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1. In what form does IaaS provide compute power and storage to customers?
Question 1A. Pre-built business solutionsB. Virtual MachinesC. Individual functionsD. Data feeds via APIsE. Pre-installed database platforms
2. Who is responsible for installing and upgrading software in an IaaS arrangement?
Question 2A. The cloud service providerB. A third-party solution ownerC. The customerD. The hardware manufacturerE. Nobody, as software is not used in IaaS
3. How does a cloud service provider charge for IaaS?
Question 3A. A flat fee per userB. Based on compute and storage usageC. Per function invocationD. Per data record pulledE. Per report generated
4. In the laptop analogy for IaaS from I Am Datapedia!, what does the service provider supply?
Question 4A. Laptops with only the operating system of your choiceB. Laptops with all software pre-installedC. Laptops with a pre-built solution ready to useD. Only the data stored on the laptopsE. A single function running on the laptop
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the customer's responsibilities under IaaS?
Question 5A. Installing security softwareB. Enabling encryptionC. Configuring Disaster Recovery and High AvailabilityD. Periodically upgrading softwareE. Buying and hosting the physical servers
6. Which phrase summarises IaaS in a nutshell?
Question 6A. Pre-built solutions in the CloudB. Pulling data on demand through APIsC. Software with infrastructure and storageD. Deploying only functions in the CloudE. Only having infrastructure with no support to maintain software
7. Under IaaS, who manages High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR)?
Question 7A. The cloud provider automaticallyB. The operating system vendorC. A government regulatorD. The customer, on their ownE. An independent auditor
8. In the IaaS laptop analogy, what does keeping a second laptop and moving data to it periodically illustrate?
Question 8A. Auto-scalingB. Function deploymentC. A Disaster Recovery and High Availability strategyD. Container orchestrationE. Data as a Service
9. What must customers bring to an IaaS environment?
Question 9A. Their own software, tools and IT solutionsB. Their own physical serversC. Their own electricity supplyD. Their own data centre buildingE. Nothing, as everything is provided
10. Which of these is the ONLY thing pre-installed by the provider on an IaaS virtual machine in the analogy?
Question 10A. A databaseB. MS Office softwareC. Security softwareD. An operating system of your choiceE. An encrypted hard disk