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In the shared responsibility model, the cloud provider is responsible for
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securing the underlying cloud infrastructure
☑ MCQ PRACTICE
Cloud Computing Unit 5
Practice objective questions for quick revision and examination preparation. Try answering each question before revealing the answer.
Cloud Computing MCQs - Unit 5
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IAM stands for
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Identity and Access Management
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Data stored on disks in the cloud (data at rest) is best protected by
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encryption
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Data moving between a user and the cloud (data in transit) is protected by
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TLS/SSL
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A DDoS attack mainly targets
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availability
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In a VM escape attack, the attacker
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breaks out of a virtual machine to reach the hypervisor or host
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A risk of multi-tenancy is
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side-channel attacks between co-resident virtual machines
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A data breach is mainly a loss of
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confidentiality
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HIPAA is a regulation related to
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the privacy of health information
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Multi-factor authentication requires
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two or more different forms of verification
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Edge computing
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processes data close to where it is generated
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Fog computing
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extends cloud services closer to the edge of the network
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Serverless computing (Function as a Service) allows developers to
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run code without managing servers
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Containers are lightweight because they
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share the host operating system kernel
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Kubernetes is used for
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orchestrating containers
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Using services from more than one cloud provider is called
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multi-cloud
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DevOps focuses on
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collaboration between development and operations with automation
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In IoT systems, the cloud is mainly used to
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store and process data collected from sensors and devices
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Green cloud computing aims at
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reducing the energy consumption of cloud data centers
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Cloud migration is the process of
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moving applications and data to the cloud
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three Vs of big data?
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Vision
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Data remanence refers to
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residual data that may remain after deletion
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An attack that uses fake web pages to steal login credentials is
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phishing
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Which cloud threat is related to weak interfaces used by applications to access cloud services?
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Insecure APIs
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Encryption keys should ideally be stored
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separately from the encrypted data
Fill in the Blanks
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IAM stands for ______.
Correct Answer
Identity and Access Management
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DDoS stands for ______.
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Distributed Denial of Service
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In the shared responsibility model, the ______ is responsible for securing the cloud infrastructure.
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cloud provider
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Data stored on disk is called data at ______.
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rest
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Data moving across the network is protected using ______ (the successor of SSL).
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TLS
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In a ______ escape attack, the attacker breaks out of a virtual machine to reach the host.
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VM
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MFA stands for ______.
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Multi-Factor Authentication
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______ computing processes data close to the place where it is generated.
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Edge
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______ computing extends cloud services closer to the edge of the network.
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Fog
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______ computing (Function as a Service) lets developers run code without managing servers.
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Serverless
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______ is a popular platform for building and running containers.
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Docker
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Kubernetes is used to orchestrate ______.
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containers
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Using services from more than one cloud provider is called ______ cloud.
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multi
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CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration and Continuous ______.
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Delivery (or Deployment)
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Green cloud computing aims to reduce ______ consumption.
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energy