Exam 16: Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the traditional way of purchasing and running your own IT infrastructure.

Security is greatest when using a ________ cloud.

One of the major benefits of web services is that they can be reused across an organization in other applications.

________ allow organizations to use the existing internet infrastructure without having to implement any new technologies.

________ clouds are shared, easily accessible, multicustomer IT infrastructures that are available nonexclusively to any entity in the general public)

What are the benefits of cloud computing? What are the risks and concerns of cloud computing? Do you think the benefits of cloud computing outweigh the risks? Why or why not? Under what circumstances would you be willing to use cloud computing?

Virtualization provides fault tolerance and redundancy.

Stand-alone PCs were first introduced in the ________.

________ require massive amounts of electrical power, air conditioning, backup generators, and security.

Grid computing provides fault tolerance and redundancy.

When IT was first introduced into the business environment, organizations initially used ____________.

________ allows organizations to connect employee computers and servers onto one network.

________ is the registry of descriptions of web services.

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics addresses the business need to increase or decrease capacity when necessary (for example, retailers frequently need much more computational capacity on Black Friday)?

With the ________ model, cloud computing providers offer remotely accessible servers, networks, and storage capacity.

________ was/were NOT initially supported by firms' IT departments.

Customers manage the most with the IaaS service model compared to the PaaS and SaaS service models.

Google Drive is an example of a public cloud)

Suppose you store all your important documents and pictures on Google Drive. Google Drive is an example of a ________ cloud.

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows organizations to share resources?