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Questions 1–10 of 10

1. What is FaaS (Function as a Service) about?
Question 1A. Renting whole virtual machinesB. Deploying ONLY functions in the Cloud and paying for the resources needed to run themC. Subscribing to a pre-built solutionD. Deploying entire containersE. Buying data feeds on demand
2. How is FaaS positioned relative to CaaS in the cloud rental hierarchy?
Question 2A. One level higher than CaaSB. At the same level as CaaSC. One level lower than CaaSD. Two levels above IaaSE. Unrelated to CaaS
3. Which long-standing challenge does breaking a code set into functions help mitigate?
Question 3A. Choosing a database vendorB. Having to redeploy the whole code set whenever a requirement changesC. Training data scientistsD. Encrypting data at restE. Managing physical servers
4. Under FaaS, who manages the infrastructure beneath the deployed functions?
Question 4A. The customer's operations teamB. A third-party auditorC. The function's authorD. The Cloud providerE. The end users
5. In which kind of workload is it acknowledged that breaking code into functions might be difficult?
Question 5A. Web front-endsB. User authenticationC. Data PipelinesD. Mobile appsE. Static websites
6. Which example module is described as being built from multiple functions?
Question 6A. A payroll calculatorB. A reporting dashboardC. A weather forecast serviceD. A user authentication moduleE. A backup scheduler
7. How does FaaS help multiple Agile teams working in silos?
Question 7A. By letting teams develop and deploy their functions at any time using CI/CD in productionB. By forcing a single monthly releaseC. By merging all teams into oneD. By eliminating the need for testingE. By removing CI/CD
8. What benefit does deploying smaller pieces of code bring, according to the FaaS description?
Question 8A. Lower storage costsB. Stronger encryptionC. Elimination of dependencies altogetherD. Faster database queriesE. Increased flexibility to deploy only what changed, every time the code changes
9. Which statement about FaaS is FALSE?
Question 9A. Most Cloud providers offer FaaSB. The customer pays for the resources required to run the functionsC. It supports Agile teams deploying independentlyD. It is one level lower than CaaSE. The customer must manage the underlying infrastructure
10. What do IaaS and CaaS rent, in contrast to FaaS?
Question 10A. Infrastructure and container-level resourcesB. Business solutionsC. Data feedsD. Machine learning modelsE. Office productivity software