This CV0-004 practice question tests your understanding of deployment. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
An organization wants to migrate its on-premises virtual machines to the cloud with minimal changes. Which deployment model is most appropriate?
Re-platform to PaaS
Why wrong: Re-platforming requires application changes to fit a platform service.
Refactor into SaaS
Why wrong: Refactoring is a major re-architecture, costly and time-consuming.
Lift-and-shift to IaaS
Lift-and-shift moves VMs without modifications, using infrastructure as a service.
Re-architect as containerized applications
Why wrong: Re-architecting involves significant changes to the application.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Lift-and-shift to IaaS
The lift-and-shift (rehost) model migrates on-premises virtual machines to IaaS with minimal changes, preserving the OS, applications, and configurations. This approach avoids refactoring or re-architecting, making it the most appropriate for minimizing modifications during cloud migration.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Re-platform to PaaS
Why it's wrong here
Re-platforming requires application changes to fit a platform service.
Refactor into SaaS
Why it's wrong here
Refactoring is a major re-architecture, costly and time-consuming.
Lift-and-shift to IaaS
Why this is correct
Lift-and-shift moves VMs without modifications, using infrastructure as a service.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Re-architect as containerized applications
Why it's wrong here
Re-architecting involves significant changes to the application.
Common exam traps
CompTIA often tests the misconception that 'minimal changes' means using a fully managed service (PaaS or SaaS), but the correct answer is IaaS because it preserves the existing VM architecture without requiring code or configuration modifications.
Detailed technical explanation
Lift-and-shift to IaaS typically uses tools like AWS VM Import/Export or Azure Migrate to convert VMDK/VHDX files into cloud disk images, preserving the guest OS and kernel. This model relies on the hypervisor abstraction layer (e.g., KVM, Hyper-V) to maintain compatibility, but may require driver updates (e.g., VirtIO for paravirtualized I/O) to optimize performance in the cloud. A real-world scenario is migrating a legacy Windows Server 2008 R2 VM to AWS EC2, where the OS and applications remain unchanged but the underlying storage and networking are virtualized.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A practitioner preparing for the CV0-004 exam encounters this exact type of scenario on the job. The correct answer here is not the most general option — it is the best answer for the specific constraint described. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Real exam questions reward reading the full scenario before eliminating options, because the constraint defines which answer fits.
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Deployment — This question tests Deployment — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Lift-and-shift to IaaS — The lift-and-shift (rehost) model migrates on-premises virtual machines to IaaS with minimal changes, preserving the OS, applications, and configurations. This approach avoids refactoring or re-architecting, making it the most appropriate for minimizing modifications during cloud migration.
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