Which characteristic is a defining feature of a public cloud?

It is always hosted on-premises within the customer's data center.

It requires a long-term contract and does not allow scaling.

The infrastructure is owned and operated by a single organization for its exclusive use.

Resources are shared among multiple customers using a multi-tenant model.

What does Platform as a Service (PaaS) provide to developers?

Only physical servers located in a data center.

A ready-to-use software application such as email or CRM.

A platform including operating system, runtime, and development tools to build and deploy applications.

Virtual machines and storage that the developer must configure and manage.

A startup launches a new online service and expects unpredictable traffic spikes. They want to pay only for the compute resources they actually use and avoid long-term commitments. Which characteristic of public cloud is most directly aligned with this need?

Multi-tenancy, which guarantees performance isolation

Dedicated physical hardware for each customer

Pay-as-you-go pricing and rapid scalability

Fixed monthly pricing regardless of usage

What is a key characteristic of Software as a Service (SaaS)?

The provider only offers the hardware, and the customer installs the software.

The customer manages the underlying operating system and middleware.

The software is hosted and maintained by the provider, and accessed via a web browser.

The customer must install and update the software on their own servers.

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A financial services firm runs a core transaction system on its own private cloud for security and compliance. During peak trading hours, the firm needs additional compute capacity for analytics but does not want to buy more hardware. Which deployment model allows the firm to keep sensitive workloads private while using extra capacity from a provider?
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A startup launches a new online service and expects unpredictable traffic spikes. They want to pay only for the compute resources they actually use and avoid long-term commitments. Which characteristic of public cloud is most directly aligned with this need?
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