CLO-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Cloud computing _____________capital cost to variable cost.

A. increases

B. reduces

C. shifts

D. equates

Which of the following applications is MOST suitable for a cloud computing pilot?

A. Applications that are currently expensive to maintain because of interconnections

B. Applications that are easy to migrate and have some business value

C. Applications with high risk and little business value

D. Legacy applications that are coupled to specific hardware and systems software

Why do business users prefer to deal with cloud providers directly, instead of via the IT department?

A. It reduces financial risks to the business

B. The IT department does not accommodate variable costs

C. They can better measure the provider's quality

D. They can use their own payment options

Which of the following roles can the IT department play in the selection process of cloud computing providers?

A. Help understand and explain the application lifecycle

B. Help understand performance parameters

C. Help understand provider quality

D. All of the above are correct

All of the following are availability risks that are introduced by cloud computing EXCEPT:

A. Dependence on an external provider.

B. Dependence on internal IT

C. Increase in users who can change data.

D. Network connectivity

Which of the following critical success factors would likely persuade a company to use a SaaS service?

A. The elimination of company driven application maintenance and backups

B. The lowering of thin client management costs

C. The decrease of company-owned physical system downtime

D. The increase of web presence

Which of the following questions should be considered BEFORE selecting a cloud computing vendor?

A. What cloud computing product will fit the business need?

B. What is the vendor policy on telecommuting?

C. What is the timeline for transition to the vendor?

D. What is the datacenter's power consumption?

Which of the following would represent a successful implementation of a cloud service strategy?

A. An organization has identified services, investments, partners, and delivery channels designed to meet requirements.

B. An organization has identified patterns of business activities that use services and manage activities to influence demand.

C. An organization has managed the investment portfolio for services available to users of the cloud services.

D. An organization has managed budgeting and accounting for cloud services needed for the organization.

Locating datacenters close to target markets is the result of which of the following strategic initiatives?

A. Geoproximity

B. Geodiversity

C. Geography

D. Localization

Which of the following types of clouds is a company implementing when it provides advertisement supported virtualized services to its customers?

A. Community

B. Private

C. Hybrid

D. Public