A healthcare company must store patient records with strict compliance requirements, including data residency and auditability. The company also runs a customer-facing appointment portal that experiences unpredictable traffic spikes. The IT team is small and wants to minimize maintenance. Which deployment strategy best balances compliance, scalability, and operational overhead?

Public cloud IaaS for everything

Private cloud for patient records and public cloud PaaS for the portal

What does 'pay-as-you-go' pricing in a public cloud model mean?

You pay a penalty if you do not use the resources.

You pay only for the resources you actually consume.

You pay a fixed monthly fee regardless of usage.

You pay an upfront license fee for the software.

What is a hybrid cloud?

A cloud that is hosted by multiple providers for redundancy.

A cloud service that provides both IaaS and PaaS.

A cloud environment that uses only public cloud resources.

A combination of on-premises (private) and public cloud resources that work together.

What is a key networking consideration for remote workers using cloud services?

They must use a dedicated leased line to the cloud provider.

They must be connected to the company's local area network (LAN).

They need to configure the cloud provider's internal routing protocols.

They need a reliable internet connection with sufficient bandwidth.

A company is deciding between hosting its customer database on its own servers in a data center it owns, or using a cloud provider's managed database service. Which statement correctly contrasts these two approaches?

On-premises eliminates the need for IT staff, while cloud requires a large IT team to manage the infrastructure.

On-premises requires an upfront capital investment, while cloud services are typically paid as an ongoing operational expense.

Cloud services always provide better performance than on-premises because they use newer hardware.

Cloud services are always less secure than on-premises because the data is stored off-site.

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