Questions on “CaaS – Communication as a Service”.
1. Which of the following is an example of a vertical cloud that advertise CaaS capabilities?
a) FedCloud
b) ClearPoint PCI
c) Rackserve PCI
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: It’s much easier to envisage a CaaS system built inside a private cloud where the data is under the control of a single entity.
2. Point out the wrong statement.
a) SPML is used to prepare Web services and applications for use
b) With SPML, a system can provide automated user and system access
c) Without a provisioning system, a cloud computing system can be very efficient and potentially reliable
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: Without a provisioning system, a cloud computing system can be very inefficient and potentially unreliable.
3. Which of the following allows a distributed ID system to write and enforce custom policy expressions?
a) XACML
b) XML
c) SOAP
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: This is a general-purpose authorization policy language.
4. Which of the following is a man-in-the-middle type of service?
a) CaaS
b) IaaS
c) AaaS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: A CaaS would need to be able to manage cloud relationships, understand security policies and procedures.
5. Point out the correct statement.
a) Cloud computing by its very nature spans same jurisdictions
b) SaaS is much more than simply providing an anonymous service token to an identity
c) A Compliance as a Service application would need to serve as a trusted third party
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: CaaS may need to be architected as its own layer of an SOA architecture in order to be trusted.
6. Which of the following can be used for the banking industry?
a) athenahealth
b) bankserve
c) bankingsol
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: Athenahealth is used for the medical industry.
7. ________ as a Service is a hosted application that is the cloud equivalent of a traditional desktop application.
a) Software
b) Platform
c) Analytics
d) Compliance
Answer: a
Clarification: Most of the cloud computing compliance systems to date have been built using private clouds.
8. Which of the following is a PCI CaaS service?
a) FedCloud
b) ClearSoln
c) Rackserve PCI
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: FedCloud is used for government.
9. _________ is used for merchant transactions under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
a) ClearPoint PCI
b) ClearSoln
c) Rackserve PCI
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Organizations can manage PCI compliance risk more effectively with the help of ClearPoint PCI.
10. ________ as a Service is a development environment that builds upon an existing cloud computing application infrastructure.
a) Software
b) Platform
c) Analytics
d) Compliance
Answer: b
Clarification: Service types are models upon which distributed applications are created and hosted.