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Cloud computing MCQ

The document contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to cloud computing concepts, service models, and technologies. It covers topics such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, cloud deployment models, and various cloud providers. Each question is followed by the correct answer, providing a comprehensive overview of cloud computing knowledge for different levels of expertise.

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Cloud computing MCQ

The document contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to cloud computing concepts, service models, and technologies. It covers topics such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, cloud deployment models, and various cloud providers. Each question is followed by the correct answer, providing a comprehensive overview of cloud computing knowledge for different levels of expertise.

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Cloud Computing MCQ Google Docs is an example of:

A. IaaS
Basic Level (1–30) B. PaaS
C. SaaS
Cloud computing is based on which model? D. DBaaS
A. Local server model Answer: C
B. Client-server model
C. Network model Which cloud service model provides virtual
D. Service model machines?
Answer: D A. SaaS
B. IaaS
Which of the following is not a cloud C. PaaS
computing service model? D. DBaaS
A. SaaS Answer: B
B. PaaS
C. IaaS The term “elasticity” in cloud computing
D. CaaS refers to:
Answer: D A. Data durability
B. Storage capacity
What does SaaS stand for? C. Auto-scaling of resources
A. Storage as a Service D. Software updates
B. Software as a Service Answer: C
C. Security as a Service
D. System as a Service Which of the following is a deployment
Answer: B model?
A. Local Cloud
Which company provides Amazon Web B. Global Cloud
Services (AWS)? C. Private Cloud
A. Microsoft D. Static Cloud
B. Amazon Answer: C
C. Google
D. IBM Which of the following is not a feature of
Answer: B cloud computing?
A. On-demand service
What is the main advantage of cloud B. Limited access
computing? C. Resource pooling
A. Expensive hardware D. Broad network access
B. High latency Answer: B
C. Scalability
D. Local storage Which company offers Azure?
Answer: C A. IBM
B. Microsoft
What is a public cloud? C. Google
A. Cloud used by a single organization D. Oracle
B. Cloud available to the public over the Answer: B
internet
C. Cloud on a private network Dropbox is an example of:
D. Cloud requiring VPN A. SaaS
Answer: B B. IaaS
C. Hybrid Cloud

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D. Storage Cloud C. Distributed computing
Answer: A D. Both B and C
Answer: D
Which deployment model allows use of both
public and private cloud? Which protocol is used to transfer files
A. Hybrid cloud to/from the cloud?
B. Dedicated cloud A. FTP
C. Static cloud B. HTTP
D. Shared cloud C. SMTP
Answer: A D. SNMP
Answer: A
PaaS is used for:
A. Infrastructure provisioning Multi-tenancy means:
B. Application development A. One user per server
C. Data migration B. Multiple users sharing same
D. Load balancing infrastructure
Answer: B C. Multi-user billing
D. Multiple networks
Who coined the term “cloud computing”?
Answer: B
A. Steve Jobs
B. John McCarthy Which of the following provides a database
C. Larry Page solution in the cloud?
D. Tim Berners-Lee A. Amazon RDS
Answer: B B. Google Sheets
C. Dropbox
What is virtualization in cloud computing?
D. Azure Blob
A. Real server configuration
Answer: A
B. Running multiple OS on a server
C. Physical machine monitoring Cloud computing enables:
D. Localized storage A. Limited access
Answer: B B. Increased latency
C. Anywhere access
AWS stands for:
D. Slower development
A. Amazon Web Systems
Answer: C
B. Amazon Wide Service
C. Amazon Web Services Which layer handles computing resources?
D. Active Web Services A. SaaS
Answer: C B. IaaS
C. PaaS
Which of the following offers data storage as
D. Middleware
a service?
Answer: B
A. Google Drive
B. Microsoft Excel In cloud computing, resources are:
C. Dropbox A. Static
D. Both A and C B. Manually managed
Answer: D C. Dynamically scalable
D. Fixed
Cloud computing is based on:
Answer: C
A. Peer-to-peer network
B. Grid computing

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Which of these is a characteristic of private needing more control?
cloud? A. Public Cloud
A. Public access B. Hybrid Cloud
B. Shared by many customers C. Private Cloud
C. Operated solely for one organization D. Community Cloud
D. Free for use Answer: C
Answer: C 34.What is the primary goal of load
balancing in cloud environments?
Who manages the infrastructure in SaaS?
A. Reducing storage
A. End-user
B. Minimizing server performance
B. Client company
C. Distributing workloads evenly
C. Cloud provider
D. Enhancing cost
D. IT admin
Answer: C
Answer: C
35.Which of the following offers container
Which of the following is a benefit of cloud management in the cloud?
computing? A. Amazon RDS
A. Capital expense B. Azure Blob
B. Manual updates C. Google Kubernetes Engine
C. Lower operational cost D. Microsoft OneDrive
D. Expensive licensing Answer: C
Answer: C 36.What is cloud bursting?
A. Expanding the local server room
Which cloud model offers the most control B. Shutting down cloud operations
to users? C. Moving workload to public cloud
A. SaaS during peak demand
B. PaaS D. Crashing the cloud infrastructure
C. IaaS Answer: C
D. DaaS 37.Which of the following is not an
Answer: C advantage of cloud computing?
✅ Intermediate Level (31–70) A. High availability
B. Increased capital expenses
31.Which of the following is an example of C. Flexibility
PaaS? D. Automatic updates
A. Dropbox Answer: B
B. Microsoft Azure App Services 38.Which protocol is used for secure
C. Amazon EC2 transmission in cloud environments?
D. Gmail A. HTTP
Answer: B B. HTTPS
32.Which component is responsible for C. FTP
managing hardware resources in D. POP3
virtualization? Answer: B
A. Hypervisor 39.In which model do users manage
B. Host OS applications and data only?
C. Guest OS A. SaaS
D. Middleware B. PaaS
Answer: A C. IaaS
33.Which type of cloud deployment is
suitable for government organizations
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D. DBaaS C. Google
Answer: B D. Oracle
40.Which cloud provider introduced Lambda Answer: C
for serverless computing? 47.What is a service level agreement (SLA)?
A. Microsoft A. A type of subscription
B. Amazon B. A legal contract for cloud usage
C. Google C. A monitoring tool
D. IBM D. A backup protocol
Answer: B Answer: B
41.A key benefit of PaaS is: 48.What does “availability zone” mean in
A. Full control of virtual machines AWS?
B. Pre-built development frameworks A. Specific pricing region
C. Hardware access B. A region with backup servers
D. Application hosting only C. A physically isolated location within a
Answer: B region
42.What is meant by “pay-as-you-go” in D. Free-tier access
cloud computing? Answer: C
A. One-time fee 49.Which of the following is NOT typically
B. Pay upfront offered as part of IaaS?
C. Usage-based pricing A. Network
D. Subscription model only B. Operating System
Answer: C C. Applications
43.Which AWS service is used for content D. Storage
delivery? Answer: C
A. S3 50.What is the purpose of identity and
B. EC2 access management (IAM)?
C. CloudFront A. Virus scanning
D. RDS B. Managing infrastructure
Answer: C C. Defining who can access what
44.Cloud computing reduces capital D. Billing system
expenses by: Answer: C
A. Removing internet usage 51.Which database service is available on
B. Reducing IT staff AWS?
C. Shifting to operational expenses A. OracleDB
D. Eliminating the need for power B. MongoDB
Answer: C C. RDS
45.Which of the following helps scale D. MySQL
applications automatically? Answer: C
A. Cloud Shell 52.What does “serverless computing”
B. Auto Scaling mean?
C. CloudWatch A. No hardware is used
D. Lambda B. Applications are run without
Answer: B provisioning servers
46.Which company provides the "App C. Programs run only on local systems
Engine" PaaS? D. Code runs on microcontrollers
A. Microsoft Answer: B
B. Amazon

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53.Azure Functions is a: A. Amazon Athena
A. VM service B. MS Paint
B. Container tool C. Notepad++
C. Serverless computing platform D. Firefox
D. Storage solution Answer: A
Answer: C 61.Which of the following ensures high
54.In cloud computing, latency refers to: availability in the cloud?
A. Cost of usage A. Load balancing
B. Response delay B. DNS
C. Number of users C. Email servers
D. Network bandwidth D. SSD drives
Answer: B Answer: A
55.CloudWatch is used for: 62.A virtual machine is:
A. Cloud security A. A physical server
B. Performance monitoring B. A cloud-based computer emulator
C. Creating virtual machines C. A mobile app
D. Storage provisioning D. A network device
Answer: B Answer: B
56.Which of these is a benefit of a multi- 63.What is the role of cloud storage
cloud strategy? gateways?
A. Vendor lock-in A. Compressing files
B. Reduced redundancy B. Bridging on-premise and cloud storage
C. Better flexibility and resilience C. Antivirus scanning
D. Increased downtime D. Data encryption
Answer: C Answer: B
57.What is the use of orchestration in cloud 64.Cloud computing enables what kind of
computing? resource pooling?
A. Music synchronization A. Static
B. Coordinating automated tasks B. Vendor-specific
C. Manual configuration C. Multi-tenant
D. Static resource allocation D. Single-use
Answer: B Answer: C
58.AWS IAM can be used to: 65.Which AWS service is ideal for large-
A. Create new EC2 instances scale data warehousing?
B. Control access to resources A. EC2
C. Store encrypted data B. Lambda
D. Manage billing C. Redshift
Answer: B D. CloudWatch
59.What is a “cloud-native” application? Answer: C
A. Legacy software 66.How is data encrypted in cloud storage?
B. Built to run in traditional data centers A. Using base64
C. Specifically designed for the cloud B. With cryptographic algorithms
environment C. Without encryption
D. Offline applications D. Through compression
Answer: C Answer: B
60.Which of the following is used for 67.What does GCP stand for in cloud
managing large-scale data in cloud? computing?

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A. General Cloud Platform 73. Which cloud concept allows rolling back to a
B. Google Cloud Platform previous system state?
C. Global Computing Product A. Provisioning
D. General Computing Protocol B. Auto-scaling
Answer: B C. Snapshot
68.What is the main advantage of D. Monitoring
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)? Answer: C
A. Manual setup
B. Automated and repeatable 74. What is the purpose of a CDN (Content
infrastructure provisioning Delivery Network)?
C. Simplified physical server installation A. Store documents
D. Slower deployments B. Improve security
Answer: B C. Cache content closer to users for faster delivery
69.Which tool is commonly used for IaC? D. Manage databases
A. Slack Answer: C
B. Terraform
C. Excel 75. Which service is used for orchestration in
D. Teams Kubernetes?
Answer: B A. Cluster Manager
70.What is "cold storage" in cloud? B. Docker Swarm
A. High-speed storage C. Kube-scheduler
B. Low-cost, infrequently accessed D. Hypervisor
storage Answer: C
C. Unavailable storage
D. Data loss prevention 76. What is the major benefit of microservices
Answer: B architecture in the cloud?
A. Monolithic design
Advanced Level (71–100) B. Scalability and modularity
C. Complex deployment
71. What is “CloudFormation” in AWS used D. Single-point failure
for? Answer: B
A. Monitoring network usage
B. Creating and managing AWS resources with 77. Which AWS service enables real-time
templates stream processing?
C. Managing billing A. Amazon Athena
D. Encrypting data B. Amazon Kinesis
Answer: B C. Amazon Glacier
D. Amazon DynamoDB
72. What does “containerization” enable in Answer: B
cloud environments?
A. Creating virtual disks 78. Cloud security is primarily the
B. Isolating applications with their dependencies responsibility of:
C. Encrypting data A. End-user
D. Compressing files B. Internet Service Provider
Answer: B C. Shared between provider and user
D. Antivirus company
Answer: C

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79. In the shared responsibility model, who D. Jenkins
manages the physical infrastructure? Answer: C
A. Customer
B. Cloud provider 85. What does CI/CD stand for?
C. DevOps team A. Computer Integration / Cloud Deployment
D. Local IT B. Continuous Integration / Continuous
Answer: B Deployment
C. Central Internet / Cloud Directory
80. What is “data sovereignty” in cloud D. Cloud Interface / Code Distribution
computing? Answer: B
A. Backup strategy
B. Data must comply with the laws of the country 86. What’s the purpose of an API Gateway in
where it is stored cloud apps?
C. Data ownership by vendor A. Encrypt data
D. Cost of storage B. Block access
Answer: B C. Route and manage requests to microservices
D. Store logs
81. Which of the following is a disaster recovery Answer: C
solution?
A. Auto Scaling 87. AWS S3 is what type of storage service?
B. Backup & Restore A. Block storage
C. IAM B. Object storage
D. Lambda C. File storage
Answer: B D. Relational database
Answer: B
82. What is a “service mesh” in cloud
computing? 88. Which AWS tool helps forecast cloud usage
A. Network cable costs?
B. Communication layer for microservices A. Cost Explorer
C. Storage layer B. CloudTrail
D. Front-end UI C. CloudWatch
Answer: B D. Trusted Advisor
Answer: A
83. Which GCP service is equivalent to AWS
EC2? 89. Terraform is an example of what kind of
A. Cloud Functions tool?
B. Compute Engine A. CI/CD
C. App Engine B. Configuration management
D. BigQuery C. Infrastructure as Code
Answer: B D. Load balancing
Answer: C
84. Which of the following is a container
orchestration tool? 90. What is the role of AWS CloudTrail?
A. Ansible A. Monitor user activity and API usage
B. Terraform B. Encrypt storage
C. Kubernetes C. Run serverless functions

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D. Analyze traffic D. API endpoint
Answer: A Answer: C

91. What is the core benefit of DevOps in cloud 97. What is the difference between block and
computing? object storage?
A. Slower releases A. Block stores files; object stores websites
B. Manual configuration B. Block is for large files only
C. Automated deployments and collaboration C. Block is like a hard drive; object is metadata-
D. Data encryption rich and scalable
Answer: C D. Object storage is for databases only
Answer: C
92. What is an egress charge in cloud billing?
A. Data stored 98. What does horizontal scaling involve?
B. Data coming into the cloud A. Adding more powerful CPUs
C. Data transferred out of the cloud B. Increasing disk space
D. Monthly subscription fee C. Adding more servers
Answer: C D. Upgrading the OS
Answer: C
93. What is the “immutable infrastructure”
principle? 99. AWS WAF stands for:
A. Updating servers regularly A. Web Application Firewall
B. Servers remain unchanged once deployed B. Wide Access File
C. Rebooting servers often C. Web Admin Framework
D. Using legacy systems D. Windows Access Feature
Answer: B Answer: A

94. What does AWS VPC stand for? 100. What is the main benefit of using multi-
A. Virtual Public Cloud region deployment in cloud?
B. Virtual Private Cloud A. Lower power usage
C. Verified Private Cloud B. Higher availability and disaster recovery
D. Variable Pricing Cloud C. Faster software updates
Answer: B D. Manual backups
Answer: B
95. The main purpose of AWS Auto Scaling is
to:
A. Schedule backups
B. Handle web requests
C. Adjust compute capacity based on traffic
D. Store logs
Answer: C

96. What is a bastion host?


A. Web server
B. Security camera
C. Special-purpose server for access to private
network

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