ISDS 3130 Exam 2 2026 With
Questions And Correct Answers
What does experimenting with cloud computing require? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-1. Allow everyone
to experiment
2. Embracing tangible projects that have a cloud focus
3. Should not be capital intensive
4. Should not require a lot of financial
5. Set goals aligning with KPIs of org
6. Go slow
7. Evolve organizational roles
8. Learn through experiences and see the benefits for themselves
9. Encourage everyone to be certified in the cloud at a basic level
IT culture must embrace what mentalities to create a cloud strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-From
"building technology" to "enabling business value"
From "gatekeeper" to "guardrails and governance"
From "capacity management" to "optimization"
Instant access
Everything "as code"
IT as a customer centric organization rather than technologists
The financial mindset towards cloud computing means viewing IT in what way? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-From IT as a capital expenditure to an operating expenditure
Requires shifting from a one-time approval view of IT (i.e. CapEx) to continuous optimization (i.e. OpEx)
IT becomes an ongoing expenditure that is constantly being optimized
,Requires joint responsibility for SLAs between IT and purchasing
Finance and IT must work together on optimization
Understand how IT operations under a cloud mentality will complete specific tasks - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-See picture
The new model of IT operations under a cloud mentality will provision IT resources when? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-User selects from service catalog
As long as the provision is validated with compliance and policy and validated against budget the
provision goes through
Know the different levels of cloud maturity and their corresponding characteristics - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-CMMO: Legacy
CMM 1: initial Ad Hoc
CMM 2: Repeatable, Opportunistics
CMM 3: Defined Systematic
CMM 4: measured, Measurable
CMM 5: Optimized
CMMO: Legacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Legacy applications on dedicated infrastructure
No cloud approach
, No cloud elements implemented
CMM 1: initial Ad Hoc - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Analysis of current environment's cloud readiness
Mapping and analysis of cloud potential for existing systems and services
Some awareness of cloud computing
Some groups beginning to implement could computing systems
CMM 2: Repeatable, Opportunistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Processes for cloud adoption defined
An approach has been decided upon and is applied opportunistically
The approach is not widely accepted
Redundant or overlapping approaches exist
Informally defined or exists as shelf ware
Initial benefits realized from leveraged infrastructure
CMM 3: Defined Systematic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Tooling and integration for automated cloud
usage
Affected parties have reviewed and accepted the approach
The documented approach is always or nearly always follows
Questions And Correct Answers
What does experimenting with cloud computing require? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-1. Allow everyone
to experiment
2. Embracing tangible projects that have a cloud focus
3. Should not be capital intensive
4. Should not require a lot of financial
5. Set goals aligning with KPIs of org
6. Go slow
7. Evolve organizational roles
8. Learn through experiences and see the benefits for themselves
9. Encourage everyone to be certified in the cloud at a basic level
IT culture must embrace what mentalities to create a cloud strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-From
"building technology" to "enabling business value"
From "gatekeeper" to "guardrails and governance"
From "capacity management" to "optimization"
Instant access
Everything "as code"
IT as a customer centric organization rather than technologists
The financial mindset towards cloud computing means viewing IT in what way? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-From IT as a capital expenditure to an operating expenditure
Requires shifting from a one-time approval view of IT (i.e. CapEx) to continuous optimization (i.e. OpEx)
IT becomes an ongoing expenditure that is constantly being optimized
,Requires joint responsibility for SLAs between IT and purchasing
Finance and IT must work together on optimization
Understand how IT operations under a cloud mentality will complete specific tasks - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-See picture
The new model of IT operations under a cloud mentality will provision IT resources when? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-User selects from service catalog
As long as the provision is validated with compliance and policy and validated against budget the
provision goes through
Know the different levels of cloud maturity and their corresponding characteristics - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-CMMO: Legacy
CMM 1: initial Ad Hoc
CMM 2: Repeatable, Opportunistics
CMM 3: Defined Systematic
CMM 4: measured, Measurable
CMM 5: Optimized
CMMO: Legacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Legacy applications on dedicated infrastructure
No cloud approach
, No cloud elements implemented
CMM 1: initial Ad Hoc - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Analysis of current environment's cloud readiness
Mapping and analysis of cloud potential for existing systems and services
Some awareness of cloud computing
Some groups beginning to implement could computing systems
CMM 2: Repeatable, Opportunistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Processes for cloud adoption defined
An approach has been decided upon and is applied opportunistically
The approach is not widely accepted
Redundant or overlapping approaches exist
Informally defined or exists as shelf ware
Initial benefits realized from leveraged infrastructure
CMM 3: Defined Systematic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Tooling and integration for automated cloud
usage
Affected parties have reviewed and accepted the approach
The documented approach is always or nearly always follows
