ECP-215: Ericsson Certified Associate – Ericsson Cloud
ECP-215
Ericsson Certified Associate Ericsson Cloud
1. Which characteristic of cloud computing allows resources to be scaled up
or down automatically based on demand?
A. Elasticity
B. Latency
C. Redundancy
D. Portability
2. In the NIST cloud service model taxonomy, which model gives the
consumer the least control over the underlying infrastructure?
A. Function as a Service (FaaS)
B. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS)
D. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
3. What term describes a cloud deployment that combines private and public
cloud resources with orchestration between them?
A. Distributed cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Community cloud
D. Multi-tenant cloud
4. Which NIST essential characteristic refers to the ability to measure and
report resource usage transparently?
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A. Measured service
B. Resource pooling
C. On-demand self-service
D. Broad network access
5. What is the primary benefit of resource pooling in a cloud environment?
A. Each tenant receives a dedicated physical server
B. Networking is manually configured per tenant
C. Multiple consumers share physical resources dynamically
allocated on demand
D. Storage is always local to the compute node
6. Which of the following best defines 'on-demand self-service' in cloud
computing?
A. A consumer can provision resources automatically without human
interaction with the provider
B. Resources are provisioned only during scheduled maintenance
windows
C. A provider manually configures resources after a support ticket
D. Consumers must contact a sales representative to add capacity
7. What does the term 'multi-tenancy' refer to in a cloud infrastructure
context?
A. Each application has its own dedicated hardware rack
B. A single customer uses multiple data centers
C. Tenants share the same operating system license only
D. Multiple independent customers share the same physical
infrastructure with logical isolation
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the five essential NIST cloud
characteristics?
A. Rapid elasticity
B. Broad network access
C. Measured service
D. Vendor lock-in
9. What is the main purpose of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) in cloud
services?
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A. To formally define the expected performance, availability, and
support commitments
B. To list the hardware vendor of the servers
C. To specify the programming language used by the provider
D. To describe the physical location of the data center
10. Which cloud deployment model is dedicated to a single organization and
not shared with others?
A. Public cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Community cloud
D. Private cloud
11. What is a key driver for telecom operators adopting cloud infrastructure
for network functions?
A. Elimination of all software licensing costs
B. Removal of the need for network monitoring
C. Mandatory replacement of all radio equipment
D. Reduced capital expenditure through hardware consolidation and
flexible scaling
12. Which term describes the practice of running workloads across multiple
cloud providers simultaneously?
A. Cloud bursting only
B. Multi-cloud strategy
C. Single-tenancy
D. Vendor lock-in
13. In cloud terminology, what does 'cloud bursting' refer to?
A. Temporarily extending workloads from a private cloud into a
public cloud during peak demand
B. The process of decommissioning unused virtual machines
C. A permanent migration of all workloads to the public cloud
D. A failure event that crashes the entire cloud platform
14. What is the role of an availability zone within a cloud region?
A. A logical grouping of user accounts
B. A type of virtual network interface
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C. A billing category for cloud resources
D. An isolated location with independent power and networking to
improve fault tolerance
15. Which of the following best describes 'infrastructure as code' (IaC)?
A. Encrypting infrastructure configuration files for compliance
B. Managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-
readable definition files rather than manual processes
C. A billing model based on lines of code deployed
D. Writing application business logic in a cloud-native language
16. What is the primary purpose of a cloud management platform?
A. To provide centralized provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle
management of cloud resources
B. To function as an end-user mobile application
C. To act solely as a billing engine
D. To replace the need for a hypervisor
17. Which concept ensures that a cloud workload can continue operating
despite the failure of an individual component?
A. Fault tolerance
B. Elastic pricing
C. Static provisioning
D. Data sovereignty
18. What does 'horizontal scaling' mean in a cloud context?
A. Increasing the CPU and memory of a single existing instance
B. Reducing the number of network interfaces
C. Adding more instances of a resource to distribute load
D. Migrating workloads to a different geographic region
19. What does 'vertical scaling' mean in a cloud context?
A. Increasing the capacity of an existing resource, such as adding
more vCPU or memory
B. Splitting a database across multiple regions
C. Reducing the number of running instances
D. Adding more instances behind a load balancer
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ECP-215
Ericsson Certified Associate Ericsson Cloud
1. Which characteristic of cloud computing allows resources to be scaled up
or down automatically based on demand?
A. Elasticity
B. Latency
C. Redundancy
D. Portability
2. In the NIST cloud service model taxonomy, which model gives the
consumer the least control over the underlying infrastructure?
A. Function as a Service (FaaS)
B. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS)
D. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
3. What term describes a cloud deployment that combines private and public
cloud resources with orchestration between them?
A. Distributed cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Community cloud
D. Multi-tenant cloud
4. Which NIST essential characteristic refers to the ability to measure and
report resource usage transparently?
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A. Measured service
B. Resource pooling
C. On-demand self-service
D. Broad network access
5. What is the primary benefit of resource pooling in a cloud environment?
A. Each tenant receives a dedicated physical server
B. Networking is manually configured per tenant
C. Multiple consumers share physical resources dynamically
allocated on demand
D. Storage is always local to the compute node
6. Which of the following best defines 'on-demand self-service' in cloud
computing?
A. A consumer can provision resources automatically without human
interaction with the provider
B. Resources are provisioned only during scheduled maintenance
windows
C. A provider manually configures resources after a support ticket
D. Consumers must contact a sales representative to add capacity
7. What does the term 'multi-tenancy' refer to in a cloud infrastructure
context?
A. Each application has its own dedicated hardware rack
B. A single customer uses multiple data centers
C. Tenants share the same operating system license only
D. Multiple independent customers share the same physical
infrastructure with logical isolation
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the five essential NIST cloud
characteristics?
A. Rapid elasticity
B. Broad network access
C. Measured service
D. Vendor lock-in
9. What is the main purpose of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) in cloud
services?
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A. To formally define the expected performance, availability, and
support commitments
B. To list the hardware vendor of the servers
C. To specify the programming language used by the provider
D. To describe the physical location of the data center
10. Which cloud deployment model is dedicated to a single organization and
not shared with others?
A. Public cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Community cloud
D. Private cloud
11. What is a key driver for telecom operators adopting cloud infrastructure
for network functions?
A. Elimination of all software licensing costs
B. Removal of the need for network monitoring
C. Mandatory replacement of all radio equipment
D. Reduced capital expenditure through hardware consolidation and
flexible scaling
12. Which term describes the practice of running workloads across multiple
cloud providers simultaneously?
A. Cloud bursting only
B. Multi-cloud strategy
C. Single-tenancy
D. Vendor lock-in
13. In cloud terminology, what does 'cloud bursting' refer to?
A. Temporarily extending workloads from a private cloud into a
public cloud during peak demand
B. The process of decommissioning unused virtual machines
C. A permanent migration of all workloads to the public cloud
D. A failure event that crashes the entire cloud platform
14. What is the role of an availability zone within a cloud region?
A. A logical grouping of user accounts
B. A type of virtual network interface
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C. A billing category for cloud resources
D. An isolated location with independent power and networking to
improve fault tolerance
15. Which of the following best describes 'infrastructure as code' (IaC)?
A. Encrypting infrastructure configuration files for compliance
B. Managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-
readable definition files rather than manual processes
C. A billing model based on lines of code deployed
D. Writing application business logic in a cloud-native language
16. What is the primary purpose of a cloud management platform?
A. To provide centralized provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle
management of cloud resources
B. To function as an end-user mobile application
C. To act solely as a billing engine
D. To replace the need for a hypervisor
17. Which concept ensures that a cloud workload can continue operating
despite the failure of an individual component?
A. Fault tolerance
B. Elastic pricing
C. Static provisioning
D. Data sovereignty
18. What does 'horizontal scaling' mean in a cloud context?
A. Increasing the CPU and memory of a single existing instance
B. Reducing the number of network interfaces
C. Adding more instances of a resource to distribute load
D. Migrating workloads to a different geographic region
19. What does 'vertical scaling' mean in a cloud context?
A. Increasing the capacity of an existing resource, such as adding
more vCPU or memory
B. Splitting a database across multiple regions
C. Reducing the number of running instances
D. Adding more instances behind a load balancer
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