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Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS responsibilities and examples.

Public, private, hybrid and community cloud deployment models.

On-premises vs cloud trade-offs: cost, control, scalability.

How cloud connectivity options (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) work.

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Common Why Cloud Technology Can Transform Business exam traps

▸IaaS gives you infrastructure control; SaaS gives you only the application.
▸Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud — not two public clouds.
▸Cloud does not automatically mean cheaper or more secure.
▸Management responsibility shifts with each service model (IaaS → PaaS → SaaS).

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Why Cloud Technology Can Transform Business questions

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Question 1easymultiple choice

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A startup wants to reduce capital expenditure on hardware and scale its application globally with minimal latency. Which cloud deployment model should they choose?

Trap 1: Multi-cloud

Multi-cloud uses multiple public clouds, but the primary goal is not CapEx reduction; it adds complexity.

Trap 2: Hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud, but still requires some on-premises investment.

Trap 3: Private cloud

Private cloud requires capital investment in on-premises hardware, which does not reduce CapEx.

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A
Multi-cloud
Why wrong: Multi-cloud uses multiple public clouds, but the primary goal is not CapEx reduction; it adds complexity.
B
Public cloud
Public cloud like Google Cloud offers global reach, pay-as-you-go, and eliminates hardware purchases.
C
Hybrid cloud
Why wrong: Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud, but still requires some on-premises investment.
D
Private cloud
Why wrong: Private cloud requires capital investment in on-premises hardware, which does not reduce CapEx.

Why Cloud Technology Can Transform Business practice questions

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A startup wants to reduce capital expenditure on hardware and scale its application globally with minimal latency. Which cloud deployment model should they choose?

A retail company experiences sudden traffic spikes during holiday sales. They want to automatically add or remove compute capacity to handle the load without manual intervention. Which Google Cloud feature should they use?

A company is migrating its on-premises Oracle database to Google Cloud. They want to minimize licensing costs and use a fully managed database service with high availability. Which database should they choose?

A financial services firm must comply with PCI DSS and wants to run workloads on Google Cloud. They need to isolate their production environment from development and enforce granular access controls. Which Google Cloud service should they use?

A media streaming company wants to reduce latency for users worldwide by serving content from edge locations. They also want to offload traffic from their origin servers. Which Google Cloud service should they implement?

An organization wants to use machine learning to analyze customer feedback but has no ML expertise. They need a service that can train custom models with minimal coding. Which Google Cloud service should they use?

A healthcare startup is building a HIPAA-compliant application on Google Cloud. They need to encrypt data at rest and manage their own encryption keys. Which service should they use for key management?

A company runs a batch processing workload every night that takes 60 minutes on a single n1-standard-32 VM. They want to reduce costs by using preemptible VMs but need the job to complete within 90 minutes. The job can be parallelized if necessary. Which approach is most cost-effective?

A data analytics firm wants to query data across Cloud Storage and BigQuery without moving the data. They need a single SQL interface. Which Google Cloud service enables this?

A company wants to reduce its carbon footprint by using cloud infrastructure powered by renewable energy. Which Google Cloud sustainability commitment is most relevant?

A company is evaluating total cost of ownership (TCO) for migrating a legacy application to Google Cloud. Which cost should they include in the cloud TCO calculation that is often overlooked?

A customer wants to run a containerized application on Google Cloud with zero downtime during updates and the ability to roll back quickly. Which service and deployment strategy should they use?

A company wants to store data across multiple regions for disaster recovery and comply with data residency requirements in the European Union. Which TWO Google Cloud features should they use?

A financial company wants to run sensitive workloads on Google Cloud while ensuring data never leaves a specific geographic boundary and meets strict compliance requirements. Which THREE Google Cloud services should they combine?

A retail company runs a web application on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). They want to automatically scale the application based on custom metrics (e.g., number of items in a shopping cart). Which TWO resources should they configure?

A startup wants to launch a new application quickly and only pay for the compute resources they use, avoiding upfront hardware purchases. Which cloud benefit best supports this goal?

A company runs a batch job that processes data every night. The job can tolerate interruptions and currently runs on a dedicated on-premises server that is underutilized. They want to migrate to Google Cloud and minimise compute cost. Which compute option is most cost-effective?

A retail company experiences sudden traffic spikes during flash sales. Their on-premises infrastructure often runs out of capacity, causing downtime. They are migrating to Google Cloud and need to automatically handle traffic spikes without manual intervention. Which approach should they take?

A company wants to reduce its carbon footprint and has committed to using 100% renewable energy for its cloud infrastructure. Which Google Cloud value proposition directly supports this goal?

A financial services firm must keep sensitive data on-premises due to regulatory requirements but wants to use Google Cloud's AI/ML services for analytics on that data. Which deployment model should they adopt?

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