Which is an example of a Cloud delivery model

Cloud Computing Foundations

Week 4

Cloud Service Model Quiz

 

Question 1

Which is an example of a Cloud delivery model?

1 / 1 point

You got it! PaaS or Platform as a Service is a cloud delivery model that abstracts much of the complexity of software infrastructure.

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Question 2

What is an advantage of a static site?

1 / 1 point

You got it! There are no servers involved in hosting a static site.

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Question 3

What is an appropriate use case for a Virtual Machine?

1 / 1 point

You got it! Virtual Machines are ideal for exploration of ideas in software engineering projects.

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Question 4

What type of service is Google App Engine (GAE)?

1 / 1 point

You got it! GAE is a Platform as a Service offering.

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Question 5

What is AWS Lambda?

1 / 1 point

You got it! AWS Lambda is a type of serverless offering since it requires no servers.

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Question 6

What does Comparative Advantage mean for Cloud computing?

1 / 1 point

You got it! It is an economic theory that highlights the importance on focusing on your unique advantage and outsourcing other tasks.

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Question 7

What is Elastic Beanstalk?

1 / 1 point

You got it! AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a PaaS offering on the AWS Cloud.

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Question 8

What is a Spot Instance?

1 / 1 point

You got it! AWS Spot instances are bid like an auction, resulting in substantial savings of up to 80-90% off.

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Question 9

What is a Function as a Service (FaaS)?

1 / 1 point

You got it! AWS Lambda is both a FaaS and a PaaS since is a function deployed without the use of servers.

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Question 10

What is Amazon S3?

1 / 1 point

You got it! Amazon S3 is object storage that has near infinite scale and compute.