A consulting firm has employees in multiple time zones who need to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in real time. The firm wants to eliminate the need to install and update software on each laptop. Which solution is most appropriate?

Deploy a PaaS platform for document editing

Use a cloud-based office suite (SaaS)

Install office software on each laptop

Set up a file server on-premises

Which benefit is a primary reason for adopting a hybrid cloud strategy?

It allows organizations to keep sensitive data on-premises while using public cloud for scalability.

It simplifies compliance by moving all data to a single public cloud provider.

It guarantees that all workloads will run faster than on-premises.

It eliminates the need for any on-premises infrastructure.

A government agency handles sensitive citizen data and is required by law to keep data within the country. The agency wants to use cloud services but must ensure that the infrastructure is not shared with other organizations. Which deployment model should the agency choose?

Private cloud in a local data center

Public cloud in a foreign region

Hybrid cloud with public cloud for storage

Community cloud shared with other agencies

Which of the following is an example of Software as a Service (SaaS)?

A development framework provided by a cloud provider.

A web-based email service like Gmail or Outlook.com.

A virtual machine with a custom operating system.

A database server that you manage yourself.

A startup is building a web application and wants to focus on writing code rather than managing operating systems, runtime environments, or scaling infrastructure. The team expects traffic to vary significantly and does not want to provision servers in advance. Which cloud service model should they choose?

PaaS that automatically manages the runtime and scaling

Private cloud hosted on company-owned servers

SaaS that hosts the application for end users

IaaS with pre-provisioned virtual machines

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A consulting firm has employees in multiple time zones who need to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in real time. The firm wants to eliminate the need to install and update software on each laptop. Which solution is most appropriate?
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38application · medium
A government agency handles sensitive citizen data and is required by law to keep data within the country. The agency wants to use cloud services but must ensure that the infrastructure is not shared with other organizations. Which deployment model should the agency choose?
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40application · medium
A startup is building a web application and wants to focus on writing code rather than managing operating systems, runtime environments, or scaling infrastructure. The team expects traffic to vary significantly and does not want to provision servers in advance. Which cloud service model should they choose?
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