A small company with an in-house IT staff is considering implementing a new technology that their current IT staff is unfamiliar with. The company would like to implement the new technology as soon as possible but does not have the budget to hire new IT staff. Which of the following should this company consider?
Cloud computing _____________capital cost to variable cost.
Which change in the security processes is introduced by cloud computing?
How can an organization successfully implement an IaaS strategy?
Companies that are looking to move from capital expenses to operating expenses benefit from cloud services.
Which of the following only provides configurable physical hardware and network resources used to make up the cloud?
Which of the following roles can the IT department play in the selection process of cloud computing providers?
Which of the following indicates the BEST method for maintaining Strategic Flexibility?
How does using cloud computing help to enhance business value?
Which of the following is an advantage of cloud computing that can enhance business value?
Which of the following skills is MOST needed by the cloud vendor to communicate with the subscriber?
Which of the following should be measured with a direct cost chargeback method?
Which of the following is an important factor for maintaining strategic flexibility?
In the Service Strategy model when considering a cloud solution, which of the following BEST demonstrates the Analyze phase?
Which IT process is likely to take more effort with cloud computing?
Privacy is the right of________ to selectively disclose information about _________ and restrict the further use of that information by any party.
Consumption statistics for individual cloud service offering is used by which of the following ITIL processes?
Which of the following ITIL processes would manage the datacenter in a public cloud environment?
Cloud computing brings new challenges to ___________ management, because traditional licensing models do not fit well with scalable resources.
A critical internal IT server provisioning process is under review and the IT manager is considering moving the process to the cloud. The IT staff has selected the cloud provider and must now migrate the process. Which of the following MUST the IT staff do to ensure the transition meets the IT manager's requirements?
Which of the following consequences does IT outsourcing and cloud computing have in common?
Which of the following BEST describes the properly of cloud computing that allows changes in transaction volume without major changes to the system?
A small book company is growing at a rapid rate and cannot afford to purchase and manage additional in-house computing resources. The company decides to subscribe to cloud services for additional computing resources and management of those computing resource. Which of the following is LEAST likely to enhance the overall value of the additional cloud services?
A provider supplies storage, processing, memory, and network bandwidth to multiple tenants, using physical and virtual resources. This is an example of which of the following cloud characteristics?
Why does hardware and operating system maintenance take less effort with SaaS?
Which of the following cloud computing risks is compliance related?
Which of the following is the MOST complex security provisioning problem in a cloud environment?
Which of the following applications would be a good candidate to move to a cloud-based platform?
An organization subscribes to a public cloud. For which of the following does the subscriber NOT depend on the vendor?
An organization is moving web server clusters to a public IaaS cloud while keeping database servers in the company owned datacenter. The organization will continue utilizing the internal service desk to manage the application. Which of the following ITIL processes will plan the move?
An organization requires that it federates its internal systems and their externally hosted SaaS finance system so a user does not have to re-authenticate. This is an example of which of the following?
An entrepreneur has decided to open an e-commerce site to complement their retail store. After researching their options, they decide that a PaaS solution will be sufficient. To reduce upfront cost, the entrepreneur intends to build the site themselves. Which of the following skill-sets will be needed?
Which of the following is a differentiating characteristic of private cloud solutions compared to public cloud solutions?
A cloud subscriber may come under certain security constraints when hosting sensitive data in the cloud due to government regulations. Which of the following is the BEST mitigating control that could be implemented by the cloud provider?
A retail company has decided to move its inventory software to the cloud. The company is concerned about maintaining PCI compliance for credit card data and does not want to have this data compromised. Which of the following can the company do to BEST help mitigate security concerns? (Select TWO).
A graphic design company regularly runs out of storage space on its file servers due to the large size of its customer artwork files. The company is considering migrating to cloud computing to solve this problem. Which of the following characteristics of cloud computing is the MOST beneficial reason the company should implement a cloud solution?
Which of the following risk results if cloud computing providers limit their Service Level Agreement (SLA) liabilities?
A company is using an Internet-based cloud service provided by a third party. Which of the following can the third party NOT guarantee when providing cloud resources?
A company's IT department currently spends several hours a day maintaining the hardware of the database server. The company migrates the server to the cloud. Which of the following job responsibilities of the IT department has been MOST impacted by this change?
Which of the following is the MOST important factor to define before designing a monitoring solution for cloud-based applications?
An external cloud service provider has been chosen by a financial company to deliver some capabilities that used to be performed in-house. Which of the following would provide the BEST amount of coverage to the financial company byway of continually asserting that there is an acceptable security posture being achieved by the service provider?