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Quiz 1

Which cloud service model provides developers with a way to develop, run, and
manage their applications over the internet?
Platform as a Service (PaaS)

A medium-sized e-commerce company is experiencing rapid growth and has run out of

storage to keep up with the volume of product, customer, and transaction information.

Which cloud service model would they benefit from implementing?

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

A small medical tech start-up develops new software for analyzing medical images. The

software needs to quickly analyze vast amounts of data to achieve high accuracy.

What part of cloud technology enables this type of AI?

Processing power

Nate uses his word processing and spreadsheet software on any device over the

internet with the cloud.

Since this is a software as a service (SaaS) model, which of the following tasks does Nate

NOT need to perform?

Install and manage the software.

Which cloud service model enables users to access physical computing components

such as servers, storage, and networking components using the internet?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Quiz 2

Which of the following circumstances might prompt a company to develop proprietary

software for a cloud solution?

High risk of security issues

Fill in the blank. _____________ software is protected by intellectual property laws. The

public cannot access the source code for this type of software.

Proprietary

Companies can use open source software without modification to help them build their

cloud solutions. What other ways can they utilize open source software?

Select all that apply.

Use open source software by modifying it to fit their needs.

Use open source software to supplement or enhance proprietary software.

Shauna is working on a communication app for gamers, alongside many other

developers from the gamer community. Anyone can access and modify the source code

for the app, providing they accept the terms of the license.

What type of software is Shauna working on?

Open source

What can developers expect when they work with open source software?

Select all that apply.

Developers can often use it for free and work with a community of other
developers who contribute ideas.
Developers can review the source code to make sure it’s secure and free of
vulnerabilities for their cloud solution.
Quiz 3

You’re a developer helping a friend who owns a small business that does investigative

work for law firms. Your friend needs to store client files and share documents between

two offices. Together you decide to build an open source cloud.

Which of the following steps do you need to perform as part of your development?

Choose an open source cloud storage platform that you can configure to set up

What are some typical features that a business can expect when they work with a major

cloud provider?

Select all that apply.

• A fast and reliable cloud experience with data centers around the world.
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• A range of standard services, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

AWS is the largest provider of cloud services to businesses and developers. Which of the

following statements is correct about the tools AWS offers for the cloud?

Select all that apply.

• AWS provides analytic tools so businesses can collect and analyze data.
• AWS provides machine learning and AI services to use for content and
analysis.

Fill in the blank. __________ is known for providing strong support to businesses and

integrating with its own products so businesses that already use their products can

easily adopt the cloud services.

Microsoft Azure

How does IBM Cloud differentiate itself from other cloud providers?

By offering hybrid cloud service, AI, and the emerging quantum computing
technology
Quiz 4

Fill in the blank. With ____________, a company can potentially increase productivity and

promote collaboration because employees have access to the suite of secure, cloud-

based tools and files they need to do their work from anywhere.

SaaS

Harpreet is developing a service that fulfills orders for small businesses. He’s not sure

how popular the service will become, so instead of buying servers, networking

hardware, and storage space and maintaining them, he decides to use the cloud.

What type of service model is Harpreet using?

IaaS

A software developer is working on a new company application for submitting business

expenses for reimbursement.

Using their cloud provider’s PaaS offering, what capabilities can the software developer

expect?

Select all that apply.

• Built-in frameworks to greatly simplify API development and management

• Business analytics to analyze data from the application to make decisions
about how to improve it in the future
• Dashboards to monitor the performance of the application to make sure it’s
running smoothly

A city’s cloud computing system needs to properly handle an increase in web traffic

when reporting vote results in an upcoming election. A lot of people will be visiting the

city website to view latest counts the day of and the day after the election.

What cloud service does the city need?

IaaS to scale out their cloud service to handle more web traffic on those two days
A large online retail company sees a spike in business during the holiday season and

they use the scale out functionality of their cloud provider’s IaaS service to scale their

website as needed.

By scaling out their infrastructure, what benefits does the company gain?

Select all that apply.

• They ensure that their website is available and responsive.

• They only pay for extra infrastructure when they need it.
FINAL QUIZ (80% pass)
A bank is researching new customer management software.

Why might the bank choose an in-house, proprietary software solution over open

source for this application?

Proprietary software gives the bank more visibility into the security of the
software

Which of the following is a benefit of using proprietary software?

It ensures that developers are compliant with licensing terms and avoid legal
issues.

Vasanthi is working as a cloud developer for a small biotech company. They are

developing a new drug and want to use a private open source cloud to run simulations

and experiments on their own servers without risking data breaches.

Which of the following is correct about an open source cloud?

Select all that apply.

• Developers can deploy open source clouds on company-owned computers.

• There are many open source tools available for building a personal or
company cloud.

Anand is a data analyst who concludes insights from customer feedback about his

company’s products. Anand can access his software and collect the data he needs from

his work laptop and smart phone, whether he’s in the office or at home.

Which cloud service model enables him to do this?

Software as a service (SaaS)

Which cloud service model enables the use of virtual machine computing resources for

customers to run their applications in the cloud?

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

A start-up company wants to launch a new online service. They need to access ready-

made tools and an infrastructure for developing, testing, and hosting their application.

Which cloud service model is most appropriate for this company?

Platform as a service (PaaS)

How does AWS differentiate itself from other cloud providers?

By providing strong support and integration with its products

Kendra is collaborating with co-workers on a spreadsheet their manager created. The

company realizes its employees need to be productive and collaborate using office tools

around the world.

Which cloud service model could provide value to this company?

Software as a service (SaaS)

An online retail company sees spikes in traffic on their website around holidays. The

company needs a cloud service that can scale up during high traffic months and scale

down in low traffic months.

Which cloud service model could provide value to this company?

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Todd’s company provides virtual courses for students and gathers vast amounts of

information, including the number of video views, minutes of video watched, and

student comments on lessons. Todd is tasked with figuring out how to best store all the

information that the company collects.

What cloud service model would Todd benefit from implementing?

Database as a service (DBaaS)

Aidan is a gamer who wants to create and launch his own video game that can reach

some of his gamer friends around the globe.

Which cloud provider should he choose if he would like a dedicated gaming service in

the cloud?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

A small start-up company is building a new social media application. They have a small

design budget and want to build uniform features that are familiar to users.

What is one advantage of using an open source approach rather than using proprietary

software?

Open source software allows the company to use existing code and resources,
which can save time and money.

A local company is opening a second location and both sites need access to all company

data. They know that it will be a large and expensive project to build out the

infrastructure and hardware, so they are looking to the cloud.

Which cloud service model is most appropriate for this company?

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Which of the following is a popular cloud service provider that offers a suite of artificial

intelligence (AI) tools and services that leverage natural language processing (NLP),

machine learning, and deep learning to analyze large amounts of unstructured data?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

An insurance company wants to rapidly develop a website to inform drivers about the

benefits of safe driving. They use a hybrid cloud infrastructure and are considering

using a pre-built open source software package on the public cloud to build the site.

Why is using open source software a good choice in this scenario?

Using the open source software package could help the company develop their
website more quickly.