A financial services firm must comply with regulations that require its customer data to be stored on infrastructure that is exclusively used by the firm. The firm also wants to avoid the capital expense of building a new data center. Which option best meets these requirements?

An on-premises data center, because only on-premises can be single-tenant

A public cloud subscription, because all public clouds are compliant

A hybrid cloud with the public cloud portion used for all customer data

A private cloud hosted by a third-party provider in a dedicated environment

How do cloud services primarily enable remote work?

By limiting access to company-owned devices only.

By providing access to applications and data from any internet-connected device.

By installing software on each employee's personal computer.

By requiring employees to connect through a VPN to the office network.

A startup must launch a new application in two weeks. The team has no infrastructure experience and wants to avoid any server management. They also have a limited budget and need to scale down to zero when there is no traffic. Which service model is the best fit?

Public cloud serverless functions

Private cloud with dedicated servers

Public cloud IaaS with reserved instances

Which of the following is a key trade-off when choosing between cloud and on-premises deployment?

Cloud offers more control over physical security, while on-premises offers less control.

Cloud reduces the need for upfront hardware investment, but may involve ongoing operational costs.

On-premises provides greater scalability, while cloud requires capacity planning.

On-premises is always more reliable than cloud because you control the infrastructure.

A company is transitioning to a hybrid work model where employees work from home and from the office. They need a solution that allows employees to securely access internal applications from any location without exposing the entire corporate network to the internet. Which approach best addresses this requirement?

Host all applications on the public internet without authentication

Disable all remote access and use only on-premises apps

Require employees to come to the office for all work

Use a cloud-based VPN or zero-trust access service

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A startup must launch a new application in two weeks. The team has no infrastructure experience and wants to avoid any server management. They also have a limited budget and need to scale down to zero when there is no traffic. Which service model is the best fit?
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