This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Benefits and Drawbacks of Cloud Computing”.

1. Which of the following was one of the top 5 cloud applications in 2010 ?
a) Cloud backup
b) Web applications
c) Business applications
d) All of the mentioned
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2. Point out the correct statement :
a) Google’s cloud includes perhaps some 10 datacenters worldwide
b) Flipkart.com’s infrastructure was built to support elastic demand so the system could accommodate peak traffic
c) Datacenters have been sited to optimize the overall system latency
d) All of the mentioned
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3. Which of the following benefit is related to creates resources that are pooled together in a system that supports multi-tenant usage ?
a) On-demand self-service
b) Broad network access
c) Resource pooling:
d) All of the mentioned
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4. The _____ is something that you can obtain under contract from your vendor.
a) PoS
b) QoS
c) SoS
d) All of the mentioned
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5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) Internet consumes roughly 1 percent of the world’s total power
b) The cost advantages of cloud computing have enabled new software vendors to create productivity applications
c) A client can provision computer resources without the need for interaction with cloud service provider personnel
d) None of the mentioned
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6. All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their WAN connectivity.
a) propagation
b) latency
c) noise
d) All of the mentioned
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7. Cloud computing is a _______ system and it is necessarily unidirectional in nature.
a) stateless
b) stateful
c) reliable
d) 4


8. Which of the following is most important area of concern in cloud computing ?
a) Security
b) Storage
c) Scalability
d) All of the mentioned
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9. You can’t count on a cloud provider maintaining your _____ in the face of government actions.
a) scalability
b) reliability
c) privacy
d) None of the mentioned
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10. Which of the following architectural standards is working with cloud computing industry ?
a) Service-oriented architecture
b) Standardized Web services
c) Web-application frameworks
d) All of the mentioned
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