Exam 4: CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004

A cloud administrator for an ISP identified a vulnerability in the software that controls all the firewall rules for a geographic area. To ensure the software upgrade is properly tested, approved, and applied, which of the following processes should the administrator follow?

A cloud administrator is reviewing the requirements for a SaaS application and estimates downtime will be very expensive for the organization. Which of the following should the administrator configure to minimize downtime? (Choose two.)

A small business is engaged with a cloud provider to migrate from on-premises CRM software. The contract includes fixed costs associated with the product. Which of the following variable costs must be considered?

A document that outlines the scope of a project, specific deliverables, scheduling, and additional specific details from the client/buyer is called a:

Which of the following technologies would help a game company prepare its cloud infrastructure to support a global distribution workload of a newly released online game? (Choose two.)

A cloud administrator configures a server to insert an entry into a log file whenever an administrator logs in to the server remotely. Which of the following BEST describes the type of policy being used?

Which of the following metrics defines how much data loss a company can tolerate?

A startup company wants to use a CRM application to manage its sales and support organizations. The company does not have any IT staff. Which of the following cloud computing models is MOST appropriate for this company to use?

The cloud consumer compliance team requires the IT department to patch and update cloud resources properly. Which of the following cloud service delivery models will BEST suit this need?

A cloud administrator suggested using spot instances to reduce cloud costs for part of a new cloud infrastructure. Which of the following conditions must be addressed by the application that will run on these instances?

Which of the following cloud migration methods would take full advantage of the cloud computing model?

Which of the following is true about the use of technologies such as JSON and XML for cloud data interchange and automation tasks?

A company is evaluating the capital expenditure necessary to modernize its on-premises datacenter. Management has directed that 50% of capital expenditure be reallocated to operating expenditure. Which of the following cloud characteristics applies?

A small online retailer is looking for a solution to handle the high load on its servers during the holiday season. The retailer is not currently ready to move its IT operations completely to the cloud. Which of the following will BEST fit these requirements?

Which of the following would help a company avoid failure of a cloud project due to a lack of adherence of the company's operations and business processes to a cloud solution?

Which of the following allows for the management of network policies from a central portal while maintaining a hardware-agnostic approach?

A SaaS provider specifies in a user agreement that the customer agrees that any misuse of the service will be the responsibility of the customer. Which of the following risk response methods was applied?

Which of the following can be used to achieve automation, environment consistency, and standardization of computer resources in a cloud environment?

A business analyst is comparing utilization for a company's cloud servers on a financial expenditures report. The usage report is as follows: Which of the following instances represents the highest utilization?

A company has a perpetual license for a database application. Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective option when moving to the cloud?