Multiple Choice Questions and Answers on Cloud Commons and SMI of Cloud Computing for Freshers

1. Which of the following is a core management feature offered by most cloud management service products ?

a) Support of different cloud types
b) Creation and provisioning of different types of cloud resources, such as machine instances, storage, or staged applications
c) Performance reporting including availability and uptime, response time, resource quota usage, and other characteristics
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: Automated deployment on IaaS systems represents one class of cloud management services.

2. Point out the correct statement:

a) Eucalyptus and Rackspace both use Amazon EC2 and S3 services
b) The RightScale user interface provides real-time measurements of individual server instances
c) RightScale server templates and the Rightscript technology are highly configurable and can be run under batch control
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: Eucalyptus is open source and portable.

3. Which of the following is an industry organization that develops industry system management standards for platform interoperability ?

a) DMTF
b) DMS
c) EBS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: DMTF stands for Distributed Management Task Force.

4. Which of the following is used to extend CIM to virtual computer system management ?

a) OVF
b) VMAN
c) OCSI
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: VMAN has resulted in the creation of the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), which describes a standard method for creating, packaging, and provisioning virtual appliances.

5. Point out the wrong statement:

a) Cloudkick’s Insight module is powerful and particularly easy to use
b) Both Cloudkick and RightScale are known to be easy to use with Window virtual servers and less so with Linux instances
c) All of the service models support monitoring solutions
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Cloudkick and RightScale are known to be easy to use with Linux virtual servers and less so with Windows instances.

6. Which of the following initiative tries to provide a way of measuring cloud computing services along dimension like cost ?

a) CCE
b) OCCI
c) SMI
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: SMI stands for Service Measurement Index.

7. Which of the following figure correctly describes products by CA technologies ?
a)
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c)
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Taken together, these products form the basis for CA’s Cloud Connected Management Suite.

8. Which of the following is open and both hypervisor and processor-architecture-agnostic ?

a) Dell Scalent
b) CloudKick
c) Elastra
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: OVF is essentially a container and a file format.

9. Which of the following is a workflow control and policy based automation service by CA ?

a) CA Cloud Optimize
b) CA Cloud Orchestrate
c) CA Cloud Insight
d) CA Cloud Compose

Answer: b

Explanation: CA Cloud Insight is a cloud metrics measurement service.

10. Which of the following monitors the performance of the major cloud-based services in real time in Cloud Commons ?

a) CloudWatch
b) CloudSensor
c) CloudMetrics
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: The Cloud Commons is a new online community founded by CA to promote information exchange on cloud services and the SMI standard.