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(CAPEX) become operating expenses (OPEX).

A, C, and D are incorrect. OPEX does not become CAPEX with
cloud adoption; CAPEX becomes OPEX. CAPEX decreases with
cloud adoption, and OPEX increases.

16. With a cloud solution, which of the following IT tasks are the
responsibility of the cloud provider? (Choose three.)

A. Purchasing hardware
B. Purchasing and licensing software

C. Assigning user permissions to cloud data

D. Updating software

A, B, and D. Cloud providers are responsible for all aspects of
hardware and software for their cloud solutions.
C is incorrect. The cloud customer assigns user permissions to
cloud data.

17. Stacey, a financial analyst, is describing the business benefits of public

cloud computing to her colleagues. Which of the following might she
state? (Choose two.)
A. Shorter time to market

B. Decrease in operating expenses

C. Facilitated data collaboration
D. Increase in operating expenses

A and C. Cloud solutions remove the need to wait for physical
computing hardware to arrive as IT needs grow, and provisioning of IT

services is done very quickly thanks to virtualization; these factors
reduce the amount of time a business takes to get a product or service
to their customers. Data stored in the cloud is easily accessible from
anywhere and thus facilitates data collaboration.
B and D are incorrect. Cloud computing increases operating

expenses because of ongoing subscription and usage fees, while capital
expenditures decrease. An increase in any type of cost is never a
benefit to the payer.

18. While __________ and __________ are important IT considerations
to a business, they are not specific to cloud computing.

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