Test Bank Questions and Answers for Cloud Infrastructure and Services Already Passed
☆Which cloud service model enables an organization to deploy a proprietary operating system and
applications on a cloud provider's resources?
A. Platform as a Service
B. Software as a Service
C. Desktop as a Service
D. Infrastructure as a Service - Answers D. Infrastructure as a Service
Which statement describes cloud service arbitrage?
A. A cloud broker combines a variable number of cloud services into one or more services.
B. A cloud broker enhances a given service by improving some specific capability.
C. A cloud broker combines a fixed number of cloud services into one or more services.
D. A cloud broker provides value-added services to cloud consumers. - Answers A. A cloud broker
combines a variable number of cloud services into one or more services.
What provides an on-demand self-service capability to consumers, allowing them to unilaterally
provision cloud resources?
A. Web-based cloud portal
B. Specialized connectors
C. SOAP and REST web services
D. Service orchestration - Answers A. Web-based cloud portal
What is an accurate statement about resource pooling in cloud computing?
A. It enables consumers to maintain required performance levels and adapt to variation in workload.
B. It enables consumers to access cloud services from heterogeneous client platforms.
C. It enables cloud resources to be monitored and controlled by the consumer.
,D. It enables cloud resources to be assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand. - Answers
D. It enables cloud resources to be assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand.
What is a function of the physical layer of a cloud infrastructure?
A. Creating resource pools
B. Invoking provisioning tasks
C. Dynamically allocating resources
D. Storing data on storage devices - Answers D. Storing data on storage devices
☆What is a function of the control layer of a cloud infrastructure?
A. Pooling resources
B. Communicating across computer systems
C. Configuring resource pools
D. Providing workflows for executing tasks - Answers C. Configuring resource pools
☆Which layer of a cloud infrastructure includes tools that optimize resource utilization?
A. Virtual layer
B. Physical layer
C. Orchestration layer
D. Service layer - Answers A. Virtual layer
☆Which EMC product offers customers a choice of hypervisor, compute system, and network
technology?
A. VPLEX
B. VNX
C. Vblock
,D. VSPEX - Answers D. VSPEX
☆An organization plans to migrate an application that has loosely coupled components.
Which migration strategy is suitable for such an application?
A. Forklift
B. Functional
C. Compatible
D. Hybrid - Answers D. Hybrid
In which chargeback model do consumers commit up-front on their required cloud resources for the
committed period?
A. Pay-as-you-go
B. Subscription by peak usage
C. Fixed cost
D. User-based - Answers C. Fixed cost
Which role in a cloud provider organization is responsible for understanding consumer needs and
industry trends to drive an effective product strategy?
A. Service manager
B. Account manager
C. Cloud architect
D. Service operations manager - Answers A. Service manager
★An organization wants to leverage the infrastructure resources in their existing data center and
transform it to a cloud infrastructure. Which type of deployment is suitable for this transformation?
A. Private cloud
B. Public cloud
, C. Brownfield
D. Greenfield - Answers C. Brownfield
☆Which encapsulation function is performed by an iSCSI Host Bus Adapter?
A. SCSI data into IP packets
B. SCSI data into FC frames
C. SCSI data into FCIP frames
D. Both SCSI data and FC frames into IP packets - Answers A. SCSI data into IP packets
☆In a FC SAN, which FC port type does an N_Port connect to?
A. N_Port
B. E_Port
C. F_Port
D. G_Port - Answers C. F_Port
What describes the operation of the write-through cache in a block-based storage system?
A. Data is placed in the cache. Data is written to the disk. An acknowledgement for the write is sent.
B. Data is placed in the cache. An acknowledgement for the write is sent immediately. Data is later
written to the disk.
C. Data is written directly to the disk without being placed in the cache. Anacknowledgement for the
write is sent.
D. Data is written directly to the disk. An acknowledgement for the write is sent immediately. Data is
later placed in the cache. - Answers A. Data is placed in the cache. Data is written to the disk. An
acknowledgement for the write is sent.
A compute system is configured to access data from a block-based storage system over a network.
What must be true about the file system?
☆Which cloud service model enables an organization to deploy a proprietary operating system and
applications on a cloud provider's resources?
A. Platform as a Service
B. Software as a Service
C. Desktop as a Service
D. Infrastructure as a Service - Answers D. Infrastructure as a Service
Which statement describes cloud service arbitrage?
A. A cloud broker combines a variable number of cloud services into one or more services.
B. A cloud broker enhances a given service by improving some specific capability.
C. A cloud broker combines a fixed number of cloud services into one or more services.
D. A cloud broker provides value-added services to cloud consumers. - Answers A. A cloud broker
combines a variable number of cloud services into one or more services.
What provides an on-demand self-service capability to consumers, allowing them to unilaterally
provision cloud resources?
A. Web-based cloud portal
B. Specialized connectors
C. SOAP and REST web services
D. Service orchestration - Answers A. Web-based cloud portal
What is an accurate statement about resource pooling in cloud computing?
A. It enables consumers to maintain required performance levels and adapt to variation in workload.
B. It enables consumers to access cloud services from heterogeneous client platforms.
C. It enables cloud resources to be monitored and controlled by the consumer.
,D. It enables cloud resources to be assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand. - Answers
D. It enables cloud resources to be assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand.
What is a function of the physical layer of a cloud infrastructure?
A. Creating resource pools
B. Invoking provisioning tasks
C. Dynamically allocating resources
D. Storing data on storage devices - Answers D. Storing data on storage devices
☆What is a function of the control layer of a cloud infrastructure?
A. Pooling resources
B. Communicating across computer systems
C. Configuring resource pools
D. Providing workflows for executing tasks - Answers C. Configuring resource pools
☆Which layer of a cloud infrastructure includes tools that optimize resource utilization?
A. Virtual layer
B. Physical layer
C. Orchestration layer
D. Service layer - Answers A. Virtual layer
☆Which EMC product offers customers a choice of hypervisor, compute system, and network
technology?
A. VPLEX
B. VNX
C. Vblock
,D. VSPEX - Answers D. VSPEX
☆An organization plans to migrate an application that has loosely coupled components.
Which migration strategy is suitable for such an application?
A. Forklift
B. Functional
C. Compatible
D. Hybrid - Answers D. Hybrid
In which chargeback model do consumers commit up-front on their required cloud resources for the
committed period?
A. Pay-as-you-go
B. Subscription by peak usage
C. Fixed cost
D. User-based - Answers C. Fixed cost
Which role in a cloud provider organization is responsible for understanding consumer needs and
industry trends to drive an effective product strategy?
A. Service manager
B. Account manager
C. Cloud architect
D. Service operations manager - Answers A. Service manager
★An organization wants to leverage the infrastructure resources in their existing data center and
transform it to a cloud infrastructure. Which type of deployment is suitable for this transformation?
A. Private cloud
B. Public cloud
, C. Brownfield
D. Greenfield - Answers C. Brownfield
☆Which encapsulation function is performed by an iSCSI Host Bus Adapter?
A. SCSI data into IP packets
B. SCSI data into FC frames
C. SCSI data into FCIP frames
D. Both SCSI data and FC frames into IP packets - Answers A. SCSI data into IP packets
☆In a FC SAN, which FC port type does an N_Port connect to?
A. N_Port
B. E_Port
C. F_Port
D. G_Port - Answers C. F_Port
What describes the operation of the write-through cache in a block-based storage system?
A. Data is placed in the cache. Data is written to the disk. An acknowledgement for the write is sent.
B. Data is placed in the cache. An acknowledgement for the write is sent immediately. Data is later
written to the disk.
C. Data is written directly to the disk without being placed in the cache. Anacknowledgement for the
write is sent.
D. Data is written directly to the disk. An acknowledgement for the write is sent immediately. Data is
later placed in the cache. - Answers A. Data is placed in the cache. Data is written to the disk. An
acknowledgement for the write is sent.
A compute system is configured to access data from a block-based storage system over a network.
What must be true about the file system?
