ANSWERS

1. d
Explanation:The Azure Windows Services Platform API uses the industry standard REST, HTTP, and XML protocols that are part of any Service Oriented Architecture cloud infrastructure to allow applications to talk to Azure.

2. d
Explanation:Google application can only work within the Google infrastructure, and the application is not easily ported to other environments.

3. a
Explanation:IPsec refers to the Internet Protocol Security protocol suite for creating a secure Internet connection between two endpoints.

4. d
Explanation:Microsoft also has released SDKs for both Java and Ruby to allow applications written in those languages to place calls to the Azure Service Platform API to the AppFabric Service.

5. d
Explanation:Applications on Azure can be run as applications, as background processes or services, or as both.

6. a
Explanation:Worker roles can communicate with Azure Storage or through direct connections to clients.

7. a
Explanation:Compute is the load-balanced Windows server computation and policy engine.

8. c
Explanation:Azure Storage Service lets you create drives, manage queues, and store BLOBs.

9. a
Explanation:For relational database services, SQL Azure may be used.

10. a
Explanation:Virtual machines are instances of Windows that run the applications and services that are part of a particular deployment.