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Test Your Cloud Computing Knowledge

Are you ready to challenge your understanding of cloud computing? Take our quiz to discover how well you know this essential technology that is transforming the way we work and store information.

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20 Questions5 MinutesCreated by ThinkingCloud17

What is Cloud Computing replacing?

Corporate data centers

Expensive personal computer hardware

Expensive software upgrades

All of the above

What is the number one concern about cloud computing?

Too expensive

Security concerns

Too many platforms

Accessibility

Which of these companies is not a leader in cloud computing?

Google

Amazon

Blackboard

Microsoft

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

Which is not a major cloud computing platform?

Google 101

IBM Deep blue

Microsoft Azure

Amazon EC2

Which of these should a company consider before implementing cloud computing technology?

Employee satisfaction

Potential cost reduction

Information sensitivity

All of the above

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

Which of these techniques is vital for creating cloud-computing centers?

Virtualization

Transubstantiation

Cannibalization

Insubordination

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

Match the provider with the cloud-based service?

A. Amazon 1. Azure

B. IBM 2. Elastic Compute Cloud

C. EMC 3. Decho

D. Microsoft 4. Cloudburst

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?

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

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

Link the cloud-based service on the left with the desktop or server application it is designed to displace on the right?

A. Google Docs 1. Intel servers

B. Salesforce.com 2. Microsoft Office

C. Mozy.com 3. Oracle customer-relationship management

D. Amazon EC2 4. Backup disk

What August event was widely seen as an example of the risky nature of cloud computing?

Spread of Conficker virus

Gmail outage for more than an hour

Theft of identities over the Internet

Power outages in the Midwest

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