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C. An organization’s funds are used to acquire server hardware.

D. Costs can be volatile.

D. Cloud computing costs are generally volatile since cloud
services can be provisioned and deprovisioned in a matter of minutes.
A, B, and C. One benefit of cloud computing is that CAPEX

becomes OPEX; therefore, there is no up-front capital investment as
there would be if all IT services were hosted in-house. SLAs will
normally contain clauses related to premature service termination fees.
The cloud provider, not the cloud customer, acquires server hardware.

6. How can unpredictable costs associated with cloud services be
managed? (Choose two.)

A. Choose the cheapest cloud provider.

B. Set limits on total costs for a given timeframe.
C. Ensure costs are related to revenue.

D. Prohibit IaaS from being used.

B and C. Despite rapid elasticity, cloud costs can be managed by
setting a limit on cloud-related costs and ensuring that these costs are
relevant to the business.
A and D are incorrect. Choosing the cheapest cloud provider is not

a good strategy; there are many variables to consider besides cost.
Even though prohibiting the use of IaaS could reduce cloud costs, B
and C are better answers.

Understand How to Maintain Strategic Flexibility

7. What should you do to ensure your cloud data can be used with other
cloud providers? (Choose two.)

A. Use the fastest network connection possible.
B. Know the format in which cloud data is stored.

C. Know the maximum usable cloud storage capacity.

D. Know the format cloud data can be exported to.

B and D. Data stored in the cloud might be stored in its native file
format and also might be exportable in its native format. For example,
storing a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file in the cloud might allow you

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