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SELF TEST ANSWERS

Typical Steps Leading to Successful Cloud Adoption

1. Which types of applications would be good cloud pilot candidates?
(Choose two.)

A. Custom line-of-business software requiring high availability

B. An employee knowledge base application with unpredictable
peak loads
C. Spreadsheets requiring multiple simultaneous user updates

D. Payroll application that stores data in a proprietary format

B and C. Cloud elasticity lends itself to provisioning services with
variable peak loads. Data collaboration for cloud-stored data, such as
spreadsheets, is commonplace with SaaS solutions.

A and D are incorrect. Custom software might be difficult to
migrate to the cloud. Even though some cloud solutions offer high
availability, the combination of custom software and high availability
makes this a poor cloud pilot candidate. Proprietary data formats can
also present complexities when migrating that data to the cloud, so this

too is a poor choice.

2. Which of the following is not a consideration when planning IaaS
adoption?
A. Cloud provider application development tools

B. Reduced time to deploy new servers

C. OPEX versus CAPEX
D. Ability to remove unneeded servers

A. Application development tools are related to PaaS, not IaaS.

B, C, and D are incorrect. Each of the listed items is a valid
consideration when planning IaaS adoption.

Cloud Computing Vendor Roles and Capabilities

3. What must be adhered to when your chosen cloud provider ceases to

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