Advanced Cloud Computing Questions & Answers focuses on “Communicating with the Cloud”.
1. How many types of protocols are important for instant messaging?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: In an effort to create an interoperability standard between different IM clients, several instant messaging protocols have been created.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Every third-party IM clients aim to allow their users to connect to the different major IM services
b) SIP stands for Secure Initiation Protocol
c) XMPP stands for Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol.
3. Which of the following protocol is adopted for interoperability by top three IM service providers?
a) SIP
b) SIMPLE
c) XMPP
d) IMPS
Answer: b
Clarification: They allow their users to connect with the other services’ public users for a fee.
4. Which of the following protocol is not an Internet Engineering Task Force standard?
a) SIP
b) SIMPLE
c) XMPP
d) IMPS
Answer: d
Clarification: IMPS is an IM communications standard.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) All IM clients use peer-to-peer messaging
b) IM software aimed at businesses such as XMPP, Lotus Sametime, and Microsoft Office Communicator use a client/server architecture
c) Instant messaging is as popular in business as it is in personal communications
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Some IM clients use peer-to-peer messaging.
6. Which of the following IM client allow their users to connect to the different major IM services?
a) Pidgin
b) Miranda IM
c) Trillian
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Trillian runs on Windows, Macintosh, IOS (iPhone OS), Android, Blackberry, and inside browsers.
7. Which of the following is also referred to as Short Message Service?
a) Mini-blogs
b) Micro-blogs
c) Nano-blogs
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: When a service collects your messages in a conversation, it is called a micro-blog.
8. Which of the following is a good example of an SMS service organized into a social network and blog?
a) Twitter
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: It is sometimes referred to as the SMS of the Internet or as a form of Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
9. Which of the following language is used to build a message server queue in twitter?
a) Ruby
b) Scala
c) Java
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: The Twitter Web client was built using Ruby on Rails and deployed on the Ruby Enterprise Edition, with the message queue server written in Scala.