Multiple choice Questions and Answers on Provisioning Cloud Storage of Cloud Computing for Freshers

1. Which of the following cloud storage is mainly meant for developers and to support applications built using Web services ?

a) Managed
b) Unmanaged
c) Disk
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Managed cloud storage is provisioned and provided as a raw disk.

2. Point out the correct statement:

a) Cloud storage may be broadly categorized into four major classes of storage
b) In unmanaged storage, the storage service provider makes storage capacity available to users
c) In managed storage, the storage service provider makes storage capacity available to users
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Unmanaged storage defines the nature of the storage, how it may be used, and by what applications.

3. Which of the following is form of unmanaged cloud storage ?

a) XDrive
b) OmniDrive
c) iDrive
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: It is unmanaged storage in the sense that the storage is preconfigured for you, you can’t format as you like.

4. Which of the following is an example of an unmanaged storage utility set up to do automated backups ?

a) XDrive
b) OmniDrive
c) FreeDrive
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: FreeDrive provides web-based applications that allow internet users to store, retrieve, and share data on the internet.

5. Point out the wrong statement:

a) Unmanaged storage is reliable
b) Managed storage is relatively cheap to use
c) Most of the user-based applications that work with cloud storage are of unmanaged type
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Unmanaged storage is relatively cheap to use.

6. Which of the following factors led to the demise of many of the early SSPs and to many hosted file services ?

a) The Dot.com bust in 2000
b) The inability of file-hosting companies to successfully monetize online storage
c) The continued commoditization of large disk drives
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: SSP stands for Storage Service Provider.

7. Which of the following is the simplest unmanaged cloud storage device ?

a) file transfer utility
b) antivirus utility
c) online image utility
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: File transfer services may be shared by other users you allow, and the files that are uploaded may be discoverable for some services.

8. The service FreeDrive is storage that allows ________ users to view the content of others.

a) Facebook
b) Twitter
c) Whatsapp
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: FreeDrive is a personal storage and file sharing service designed for users of social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.

9. Which of the following file transfer utility creates a shared folder metaphor using a Web service ?

a) Dropbox
b) Skype
c) Drive
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Dropbox is a service that keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share.

10. Which of the following offers Storage size of 10GB free t0 100 GB paid?

a) Adrive
b) 4shared
c) Badongo
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: As unmanaged storage offerings progressed in sophistication, they began to offer value-added software services such as folder synchronization and backup.

11. Which of the following service offers unlimited storage space ?

a) Adrive
b) 4shared
c) Badongo
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: Badongo.com is an online software service that enables storage, management and publication of personal content.

12. Point out the correct statement:

a) In a managed cloud storage system, the user provisions storage on demand
b) Unmanaged Storage is meant to support virtual cloud computing
c) In managed storage, the storage service provider makes storage capacity available to users
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: User pays for the storage using a pay-as-you-go model in managed cloud storage.

13. Which of the following service has WebDAV as developer API ?

a) Adrive
b) Drop.io
c) Dropbox
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: ADrive provides online cloud storage and backup solutions for personal, business and enterprise-level data.

14. Which of the following developer API is provided by FilesAnywhere service ?

a) FA
b) CA
c) BA
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: FilesAnywhere is the creation of Dallas-based software design and consulting firm, Officeware systems.

15. Point out the wrong statement:

a) The most basic service that online storage can serve is to provide disk space on demand
b) The user may be able to purchase additional space for paid service
c) S3 is example of unmanaged cloud storage
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: S3 is example of Managed cloud storage.

16. Which of the following service is provided by Google for online storage ?

a) Drive
b) SkyDrive
c) Dropbox
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service created by Google.

17. Which of the following association has coined the term Data Storage as a Service (DaaS) to describe the delivery of storage on demand to clients over a distributed system ?

a) SNIA
b) COA
c) OCCI
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Others have called these types of system services Storage as a Service (STaaS).

18. Which of the following are Managed cloud storage providers ?

a) EMC Atmos
b) Amazon.com Simple Storage Service
c) IBM Smart Business Storage Cloud
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: IBM has both infrastructure and software offerings that allow businesses to create and manage a private storage cloud.

19. Which of the following is mainly focused on backup and digital archiving, not on storage hosting ?

a) Nirvanix
b) Iron Mountain
c) Google Storage for Developers
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Iron Mountain Inc., founded in 1951, is an enterprise information management service.

20. Which of the following offer direct competition to Amazon’s S3 service ?

a) Nirvanix
b) Rackspace Cloud
c) Badongo
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Unlike other cloud providers, Rackspace only offers managed solutions.