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Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A workstation is connected to a managed switch. It obtains a valid IP address (192.168.10.50) from the DHCP server, but it cannot ping the default gateway (192.168.10.1). The link light on both the workstation NIC and the switch port are solid green. Other workstations on the same switch CAN ping the default gateway successfully. The technician accesses the switch management interface and finds that the workstation's port is configured as an access port on VLAN 10. The default gateway is located on VLAN 20. An inter-VLAN router is configured but not explicitly allowing VLAN 10 access to VLAN 20. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?

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Question 2hardmultiple choice
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A company develops a web application that relies on a custom library available only for a specific Linux distribution. They want to deploy the application in the cloud with minimal administrative overhead, but they need full control over the software stack, including the ability to install the custom library and configure the web server. Which cloud service model BEST meets these requirements?

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A company hosts a legacy application on a virtual machine. The application's license is tied to the MAC address of the virtual machine's network interface. The administrator needs to migrate the VM to a different host server without breaking the license. Which of the following virtualization features should the administrator use?

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Question 4hardmultiple choice
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A company hosts a production database on a public cloud IaaS platform. The database requires consistent low-latency access to a storage volume that can be attached to a single virtual machine. The volume must persist independently of the VM's lifecycle, meaning data should remain intact even if the VM is stopped and started. The workload requires up to 10,000 IOPS. Which of the following cloud storage types should the technician configure to meet these requirements?

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Question 5hardmultiple choice
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A company hosts a critical application on a public cloud provider. The solution is designed with a set of pre-configured virtual machines that are kept powered off in a different availability zone. In the event of a failure in the primary zone, the standby VMs are automatically started, and traffic is rerouted. This design primarily addresses which of the following cloud computing characteristics?

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Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A company hosts its critical application on a public cloud IaaS platform. The IT team has configured replication of data from the primary cloud region to a secondary region. In the event of a disaster that takes down the primary region, the IT team will manually start the virtual machines in the secondary region using the replicated data. The application will then resume service. Which cloud concept does this configuration BEST describe?

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A company is migrating a legacy application to the cloud. The application requires a specific operating system configuration and the IT team needs full administrative control over the operating system, including the ability to install custom software and configure kernel settings. The company wants to avoid upfront hardware costs and pay only for what they use. Which cloud service model BEST meets these requirements?

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Question 8mediummultiple choice
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A cloud administrator configures a virtual machine so that it automatically increases its allocated CPU and RAM resources during peak demand and reduces them during low usage periods without any manual intervention. Which cloud computing characteristic does this configuration BEST represent?

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Question 9mediummultiple choice
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A company hosts its e-commerce web application on a public cloud IaaS platform. The application experiences unpredictable traffic spikes throughout the day. The cloud platform is configured to automatically add virtual machines when the average CPU utilization exceeds 80% and to remove virtual machines when utilization drops below 30%. The IT team does not need to manually approve these additions or removals. Which of the following essential cloud characteristics does this scenario BEST demonstrate?

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Question 10hardmultiple choice
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A company is migrating its on-premises virtualized infrastructure to a public cloud IaaS provider. The on-premises VMs were configured with static private IP addresses that are hardcoded in legacy applications for licensing and integration purposes. After migration, the legacy applications fail because the IP addresses assigned to the VMs in the cloud are different from the original on-premises addresses. The cloud provider does not allow the customer to keep the same IP addresses without using additional services. Which cloud computing characteristic is MOST directly responsible for the IP address change?

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Question 11hardmultiple choice
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A company is developing a custom application that requires a specific Linux kernel version and full root access to install and configure third-party security modules. The company wants to minimize the management of physical infrastructure but needs complete control over the operating system environment, including the ability to modify kernel parameters. The cloud provider will be responsible for all underlying hardware and the hypervisor. Which cloud service model should the company choose?

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Question 12mediummultiple choice
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A company runs a web application on a virtual machine in a public cloud. The application experiences predictable spikes in traffic every day between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM. The company wants to ensure consistent performance during these spikes without permanently upgrading the VM's resources. Which of the following cloud characteristics should the administrator configure?

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Question 13mediummultiple choice
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A company hosts a critical application on a public cloud platform. The IT team configures the application to run on multiple virtual machines in an auto-scaling group. The cloud platform monitors the health of each instance. If a health check fails, the platform automatically terminates the unhealthy instance and launches a new one to maintain the desired capacity. Which cloud concept does this configuration BEST illustrate?

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Question 14mediummultiple choice
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A company is migrating its on-premises infrastructure to a cloud provider. The IT team needs full control over the operating system, the ability to install custom applications, and the ability to configure network settings such as firewalls and subnets. They want to avoid managing the physical hardware. Which cloud service model BEST meets these requirements?

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Question 15hardmultiple choice
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A company runs a critical database application on a virtual machine (VM) hosted on a Type 1 hypervisor. During peak hours, other VMs on the same host consume large amounts of CPU and memory, causing the database VM to experience performance degradation. The administrator wants to guarantee that the database VM always receives at least 4 GB of RAM and 2 vCPUs of processing power, regardless of demand from other VMs. Which virtualization feature should the administrator configure?

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