Cloud Computing MCQ Quiz Hub

1. What is Cloud Computing replacing?
Corporate data centers
Expensive personal computer hardware
Expensive software upgrades
All of the above

2. What is the number one concern about cloud computing?
Too expensive
Security concerns
Too many platforms
Accessibility

3. Which of these companies is not a leader in cloud computing?
Google
Amazon
Blackboard
Microsoft

4. Which one of these is not a cloud computing pricing model?
Free
Pay Per Use
Subscription
Ladder

5. Which of these is not a major type of cloud computing usage?
Hardware as a Service
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service

6. Which is not a major cloud computing platform?
Google 101
IBM Deep blue
Microsoft Azure
Amazon EC2

7. Cloud” in cloud computing represents what?
Wireless
Hard drives
People
Internet

8. Which of these should a company consider before implementing cloud computing technology?
Employee satisfaction
Potential cost reduction
Information sensitivity
All of the above

9. What exactly is cloud computing?
A way to organize desktop computers
Lightweight software that takes up little space on a hard drive
Computing resources that can be accessed on demand, like electricity from a utility
The World Wide Web

10. What widely used service is built on cloud-computing technology?
Twitter
Skype
Gmail
All of the above

11. Which of these techniques is vital for creating cloud-computing centers?
Virtualization
Transubstantiation
Cannibalization
Insubordination

12. An internal cloud is…
An overhanging threat
A career risk for a CIO
A cloud that sits behind a corporate firewall
The group of knowledge workers who use a social network for water-cooler gossip

13. Match the provider with the cloud-based service.
Amazon1. Azure
IBM2. Elastic Compute Cloud
EMC3. Decho
Microsoft4. Cloudburst

14. Cloud computing embraces many concepts that were previously touted as the next big thing in information technology. Which of these is not an antecedent of the cloud?
Utility computing
Remote hosted services
Grid computing
Desktop computing

15. IBM, EMC and Boeing Co. were among the companies signing what document whose title is reminiscent of a famous political statement?
Declaration of Cloud Computing
The Rights of Cloud
Mein Cloud
Open Cloud Manifesto

16. The term “cloud computing” is a metaphor that originated in what?
Graphical depiction of computer architectures
Meteorological symbolism
Worries about an unclear future for computing architectures
The idea that computer users trust in magic

17. Link the cloud-based service on the left with the desktop or server application it is designed to displace on the right.
Google Docs1. Intel servers
Salesforce.com2. Microsoft Office
Mozy.com3. Oracle customer-relationship management
Amazon EC24. Backup disk

18. What August event was widely seen as an example of the risky nature of cloud computing?
The spread of the Conficker virus
Gmail outage for more than an hour
Theft of identities over the Internet
Power outages in the Midwest