This set of Interview Questions and Answers focuses on “PaaS – Platform as a Service”.

1. ______ offering provides the tools and development environment to deploy applications on another vendor’s application.
a) PaaS
b) IaaS
c) CaaS
d) All of the mentioned


2. Point out the correct statement :
a) Platforms cannot be based on specific types of development languages, application frameworks, or other constructs
b) PaaS systems offer a way to create user interfaces
c) In a CaaS model, customers may interact with the software to enter and retrieve data
d) All of the mentioned


3. Which of the following is associated with considerable vendor lock-in ?
a) PaaS
b) IaaS
c) CaaS
d) SaaS


4. _________ serves as a PaaS vendor within Google App Engine system.
a) Google
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) All of the mentioned


5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) The customer takes no responsibility for maintaining the hardware, the software, or the development of the applications
b) The vendor is responsible for all the operational aspects of the service
c) Google’s App Engine platform is IaaS offering
d) None of the mentioned

6. Which of the following can be considered PaaS offering ?
a) Google Maps
b) Gmail
c) Google Earth
d) All of the mentioned


7. __________ is the most refined and restrictive service model.
a) IaaS
b) CaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned


8. _______ provides virtual machines, virtual storage, virtual infrastructure, and other hardware assets.
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned


9. Amazon Web Services offers a classic Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to :
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned


10. Rackspace Cloud Service is an example of :
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned