A software company is developing a new mobile app backend. The team wants to deploy code frequently without managing servers, but they also need to use a specific relational database engine that is not provided by the PaaS platform they are considering. The team has limited DevOps staff. Which approach best balances the need for rapid deployment and the database requirement?

Use SaaS for the database and PaaS for the application.

Use IaaS for everything to have full control over the database and the application.

Use PaaS for everything and change the application to use a different database engine.

Use PaaS for the application code and run the required database on an IaaS VM.

A nonprofit organization has a sudden surge in donations and needs to quickly launch a donation website. They have no IT staff and a limited budget. They want to avoid upfront hardware costs and only pay for what they use. Which approach is most appropriate?

Build a private cloud in the office

Purchase and set up on-premises servers

Use a public cloud SaaS website builder

Lease a dedicated server from a hosting provider

Why might an organization choose a private cloud over a public cloud?

To reduce costs by sharing infrastructure with other companies.

To automatically scale resources without any capacity planning.

To meet strict security and compliance requirements by having dedicated resources.

To gain access to a wide range of third-party software applications.

A development team wants to build and deploy a web application without managing the underlying operating system, runtime, or scaling infrastructure. They need a service that provides a managed platform with built-in load balancing and auto-scaling. Which service model should they choose?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

A media company has a video-editing application that requires high-performance, low-latency access to large local storage. The company also runs a customer-facing website that experiences variable traffic. The company wants to use cloud services for the website but keep the video-editing application on-premises. Which deployment model best fits this requirement?

Public cloud for the video-editing application and on-premises for the website

Hybrid cloud, with the website in the public cloud and the video-editing application on-premises

Public cloud for both, because it is the most scalable

Private cloud on-premises for both, because it is more secure

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21expert · hard
A software company is developing a new mobile app backend. The team wants to deploy code frequently without managing servers, but they also need to use a specific relational database engine that is not provided by the PaaS platform they are considering. The team has limited DevOps staff. Which approach best balances the need for rapid deployment and the database requirement?
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22application · medium
A nonprofit organization has a sudden surge in donations and needs to quickly launch a donation website. They have no IT staff and a limited budget. They want to avoid upfront hardware costs and only pay for what they use. Which approach is most appropriate?
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Why might an organization choose a private cloud over a public cloud?
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A development team wants to build and deploy a web application without managing the underlying operating system, runtime, or scaling infrastructure. They need a service that provides a managed platform with built-in load balancing and auto-scaling. Which service model should they choose?
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A media company has a video-editing application that requires high-performance, low-latency access to large local storage. The company also runs a customer-facing website that experiences variable traffic. The company wants to use cloud services for the website but keep the video-editing application on-premises. Which deployment model best fits this requirement?
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A nonprofit organization has a sudden surge in donations and needs to quickly launch a donation website. They have no IT staff and a limited budget. They want to avoid upfront hardware costs and only pay for what they use. Which approach is most appropriate?

Why might an organization choose a private cloud over a public cloud?

A development team wants to build and deploy a web application without managing the underlying operating system, runtime, or scaling infrastructure. They need a service that provides a managed platform with built-in load balancing and auto-scaling. Which service model should they choose?

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