CCSP Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Practice Question
An organization wants to ensure that if they decide to migrate away from their current cloud provider, they can retrieve all data in a usable format and delete it from the provider's systems. Which principle does this best describe?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Reversibility
Reversibility is the ability to cleanly exit a cloud service, including data portability and secure deletion of data from the provider's environment.
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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Interoperability
Why it's wrong here
Interoperability enables systems to work together, not exit.
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Portability
Why it's wrong here
Portability focuses on moving workloads, but reversibility includes exit and deletion.
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Elasticity
Why it's wrong here
Elasticity is about scaling, not exit.
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Reversibility
Why this is correct
Correct. Reversibility covers data retrieval and deletion upon exit.
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