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CV0-004 Practice Question: A cloud architect is selecting a deployment model…
A cloud architect is selecting a deployment model for a workload that has strict data sovereignty requirements; data must remain within the company's on-premises data center. Which cloud deployment model should be chosen?
⚠ Common exam trap
CompTIA often tests the misconception that a hybrid cloud can satisfy data sovereignty by keeping sensitive data on-premises, but the trap is that the hybrid model inherently involves public cloud integration, which may still expose data to off-premises processing or storage, failing the strict 'must remain within the on-premises data center' requirement.
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Private cloud
A private cloud deployment model is the correct choice because it provides dedicated infrastructure that is exclusively used by a single organization, ensuring that all data and workloads remain within the company's on-premises data center. This model meets strict data sovereignty requirements by allowing full control over data residency, network boundaries, and physical security, unlike shared or public environments where data may cross jurisdictional lines.
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Private cloud
Why this is correct
A private cloud places all infrastructure and data within the organisation's own data centre, with no multi-tenant or third-party hosting. This directly satisfies the strict data sovereignty constraint requiring data to remain on-premises, unlike public, hybrid or community models.
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Community cloud
Why it's wrong here
A community cloud is shared by several organisations with common concerns, so infrastructure is provisioned and governed collectively rather than residing solely in the company's own data centre. It suits collaborative compliance-driven groups. Strict single-company data sovereignty demands a private cloud under exclusive organisational control.
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Hybrid cloud
Why it's wrong here
Hybrid cloud combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services, so workloads or data can still traverse the public provider, breaching the requirement that data remain on-premises. It suits bursting or gradual migration where some data may leave the data centre. A private cloud keeps all data in-house.
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Public cloud
Why it's wrong here
Public cloud resources are owned and operated by a third-party provider on shared multi-tenant infrastructure, so data would reside outside the company's data centre and breach the sovereignty requirement. It suits non-sensitive, elastic workloads. Data that must stay on-premises requires a private cloud.
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