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1. What is cloud computing?

Difficulty: EasyType: MCQTopic: Cloud Basics

Using physical servers only
Delivering computing services over the internet
Running applications offline
Installing software manually

Cloud computing means accessing servers, storage, databases, networking, and software over the internet. It removes the need for owning hardware and allows flexible scaling.

Correct Answer: Delivering computing services over the internet

2. Which of the following is NOT a cloud service model?

Difficulty: EasyType: MCQTopic: Cloud Models

IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
RAAS

The three main cloud service models are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). RAAS is not a standard model in cloud computing.

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1. What is cloud computing?

2. Which of the following is NOT a cloud service model?

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3. Which model provides virtualized computing resources such as servers and storage?

4. Which cloud model is best suited for developers to build and deploy applications quickly?

5. Which of the following is an example of Software as a Service (SaaS)?

6. Which is NOT a recognized cloud deployment model?

7. What is the main advantage of a hybrid cloud?

8. In the shared responsibility model, what is the cloud provider responsible for?

9. What is the difference between a region and an availability zone?

10. Explain the concept of elasticity in cloud computing.

11. What is scalability and how is it different from elasticity?

12. What does multi-tenancy mean in cloud computing?

13. How does cloud computing support disaster recovery?

14. Describe the pay-as-you-go pricing model in cloud computing.

15. What does Amazon EC2 provide?

16. Which AWS service is mainly used for object storage?

17. What is the primary purpose of AWS IAM?

18. Which AWS service lets you create isolated private networks?

19. Which AWS service provides monitoring and logging for resources?

20. What does AWS CloudTrail record?

21. Which service allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers?

22. Which AWS pricing model charges only for what you use?

23. What is an AWS Region?

24. Explain different types of EC2 instances.

25. What are the different S3 storage classes and their use cases?

26. How are IAM policies structured in AWS?

27. List the main components of a VPC.

28. Explain the difference between CloudWatch and CloudTrail.

29. What is a Resource Group in Azure?

30. Which service provides virtual machines in Azure?

31. What type of storage is Azure Blob used for?

32. Which of these is NOT a type of Azure storage?

33. What is Azure Active Directory primarily used for?

34. Which Azure service allows hosting of web apps without managing infrastructure?

35. What does ARM in Azure stand for?

36. What is an Azure Region?

37. Which Azure pricing model is based on consumption?

38. What are Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets used for?

39. Explain Azure Functions and when to use them.

40. What are Azure Resource Locks and why are they important?

41. What is an ARM template and what are its benefits?

42. Differentiate between Azure AD and traditional Active Directory.

43. What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

44. Which GCP service provides virtual machines similar to AWS EC2?

45. Which service in GCP allows developers to deploy web apps without managing servers?

46. Which service in GCP provides object storage similar to Amazon S3?

47. What is the main purpose of BigQuery in GCP?

48. Which service allows you to execute code in response to events without managing servers?

49. What does a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in GCP provide?

50. What is the function of Identity and Access Management (IAM) in GCP?

51. Which statement best describes GCP's billing model?

52. What is the role of a Project in GCP?

53. What is a Service Account in GCP and when is it used?

54. Differentiate between Cloud Run and App Engine.

55. Describe the storage classes available in Google Cloud Storage.

56. What are the main benefits of using GCP?

57. What is a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?

58. What is the purpose of a subnet in a VPC?

59. Which of the following controls inbound and outbound traffic at the instance level?

60. What is a Network Access Control List (NACL) used for?

61. Why are VPNs used in cloud environments?

62. What does a load balancer do in cloud architecture?

63. What is the main purpose of encryption in cloud storage?

64. What does IAM stand for in cloud security?

65. Which term describes an attack that floods a service with fake traffic?

66. How do firewall rules work in cloud environments?

67. Explain the Shared Responsibility Model in cloud security.

68. What are some IAM best practices to follow in cloud environments?

69. List some cloud-native tools used for monitoring and securing networks.

70. What is the Zero Trust model in cloud security?

71. Which type of storage is used for storing unstructured data like images and backups?

72. Which AWS service provides object storage?

73. What is Azure Blob Storage mainly used for?

74. Which GCP service provides managed relational databases?

75. Which AWS service is a fully managed NoSQL database?

76. What does Amazon RDS help you manage?

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