FC0-U71 Tech Concepts and Terminology Practice Question
A company is planning to adopt cloud computing. Which THREE of the following are benefits of using cloud services compared to on-premises infrastructure? (Select THREE).
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Reduced need for hardware maintenance
Cloud benefits include on-demand resource provisioning (scalability), pay-as-you-go (reduced upfront cost), and reduced maintenance. Guaranteed uptime is not absolute (though SLAs exist), and full control is less in cloud.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Reduced need for hardware maintenance
Why this is correct
The cloud provider owns, patches and replaces the physical servers, storage and networking, so internal staff no longer perform hardware upkeep. This removes the on-premises burden of maintaining equipment, satisfying the reduced-maintenance benefit the question asks for.
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Pay-as-you-go pricing model
Why this is correct
Cloud often uses pay-as-you-go, reducing upfront costs.
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Full control over physical security
Why it's wrong here
Cloud customers relinquish control of physical security to the provider, so this is not a benefit of adoption. It tempts because on-premises teams value that control, but the actual cloud advantages are rapid provisioning, elasticity and reduced capital expenditure, none of which involve customer-owned physical safeguards.
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On-demand resource provisioning
Why this is correct
Cloud platforms let organisations provision compute, storage and network capacity automatically when needed, rather than buying hardware in advance. This elasticity removes over-provisioning and long procurement cycles, satisfying the stem's benefit comparison against on-premises infrastructure.
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Guaranteed 100% uptime
Why it's wrong here
Cloud providers publish service level agreements with availability targets below 100%, so guaranteed uptime is not a benefit. It tempts because marketing emphasises resilience, yet the concrete difference is elasticity and consumption-based cost, not an absolute uptime guarantee that no provider contracts to deliver.
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