Which of the following is a key benefit of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?

The customer receives a fully developed application ready for immediate use.

The customer only needs to manage the application code, not the runtime environment.

The provider manages the customer's application code and data.

The customer can provision virtual servers and storage on demand without purchasing physical hardware.

A company wants to migrate its virtual machines to the cloud but needs to retain control over the operating system, middleware, and applications. Which cloud service model provides this level of control?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

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Explain Cloud Principles. CLO-002 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Cloud Concepts domain, which accounts for 24% of the CLO-002 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~6–10 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 28 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 6–10

6foundation · easy
Which of the following is a key benefit of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?
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7application · medium
A startup wants to minimize costs by paying only for the cloud resources it actually uses, such as compute hours and storage, rather than making a large upfront investment. They also want to avoid paying for idle capacity. Which cloud characteristic directly supports this cost model?
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8foundation · easy
A company wants to migrate its virtual machines to the cloud but needs to retain control over the operating system, middleware, and applications. Which cloud service model provides this level of control?
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9foundation · easy
A company runs a private cloud for sensitive data processing but wants to use public cloud resources for non-sensitive, high-volume workloads during peak times. Which deployment model enables this integration?
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10application · medium
A company runs a customer-facing web application that must be accessible 24/7. They are concerned about downtime and want to ensure that if one server fails, the application continues to operate. Which cloud characteristic is most important to address this concern?
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Questions 6–10

Which of the following is a key benefit of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?

A startup wants to minimize costs by paying only for the cloud resources it actually uses, such as compute hours and storage, rather than making a large upfront investment. They also want to avoid paying for idle capacity. Which cloud characteristic directly supports this cost model?

A company wants to migrate its virtual machines to the cloud but needs to retain control over the operating system, middleware, and applications. Which cloud service model provides this level of control?

A company runs a private cloud for sensitive data processing but wants to use public cloud resources for non-sensitive, high-volume workloads during peak times. Which deployment model enables this integration?

A company runs a customer-facing web application that must be accessible 24/7. They are concerned about downtime and want to ensure that if one server fails, the application continues to operate. Which cloud characteristic is most important to address this concern?

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