Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions on “Provisioning Cloud Storage”.
1. Which of the following cloud storage is mainly meant for developers and to support applications built using Web services?
a) Managed
b) Unmanaged
c) Disk
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Managed cloud storage is provisioned and provided as a raw disk.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Cloud storage may be broadly categorized into four major classes of storage
b) In unmanaged storage, the storage service provider makes storage capacity available to users
c) In managed storage, the storage service provider makes storage capacity available to users
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: Unmanaged storage defines the nature of the storage, how it may be used, and by what applications.
3. Which of the following is the form of unmanaged cloud storage?
a) XDrive
b) OmniDrive
c) iDrive
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: It is unmanaged storage in the sense that the storage is preconfigured for you, you can’t format as you like.
4. Which of the following is an example of an unmanaged storage utility set up to do automated backups?
a) XDrive
b) OmniDrive
c) FreeDrive
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: FreeDrive provides web-based applications that allow internet users to store, retrieve, and share data on the internet.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Unmanaged storage is reliable
b) Managed storage is relatively cheap to use
c) Most of the user-based applications that work with cloud storage are of unmanaged type
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: Unmanaged storage is relatively cheap to use.
6. Which of the following factors led to the demise of many of the early SSPs and to many hosted file services?
a) The Dot.com bust in 2000
b) The inability of file-hosting companies to successfully monetize online storage
c) The continued commoditization of large disk drives
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: SSP stands for Storage Service Provider.
7. Which of the following is the simplest unmanaged cloud storage device?
a) file transfer utility
b) antivirus utility
c) online image utility
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: File transfer services may be shared by other users you allow, and the files that are uploaded may be discoverable for some services.
8. The service FreeDrive is storage that allows ________ users to view the content of others.
a) Facebook
b) Twitter
c) Whatsapp
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: FreeDrive is a personal storage and file sharing service designed for users of social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.
9. Which of the following file transfer utility creates a shared folder metaphor using a Web service?
a) Dropbox
b) Skype
c) Drive
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Dropbox is a service that keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share.
10. Which of the following offers Storage size of 10GB free t0 100 GB paid?
a) Adrive
b) 4shared
c) Badongo
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: As unmanaged storage offerings progressed in sophistication, they began to offer value-added software services such as folder synchronization and backup.