Which statement correctly describes a trade-off between cloud and local storage?

Local storage is always faster than cloud storage

Local storage is always more secure than cloud storage

Cloud storage offers easier accessibility from anywhere, but local storage provides more direct control over data

Cloud storage requires no internet connection

A startup with a small IT team needs a customer database that can be accessed by employees working from home and from the office. They want to avoid managing physical servers and prefer to pay only for the resources they use. Which storage option best meets these needs?

A database on a local server in the office

A database stored on a single employee's laptop

A database on a USB drive passed between employees

What is the main characteristic of vertical scaling for a database?

Using cloud storage instead of local storage

Increasing the resources (CPU, RAM, storage) of a single server

Adding more servers to the database cluster

Distributing data across multiple geographic locations

What is an advantage of local database storage?

Data remains under the organization's direct control

Automatically scales without any intervention

No need for hardware maintenance

Accessible from anywhere without internet

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A user wants to run a query that asks for a date range each time it is executed. Which type of query should they use?
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A startup with a small IT team needs a customer database that can be accessed by employees working from home and from the office. They want to avoid managing physical servers and prefer to pay only for the resources they use. Which storage option best meets these needs?
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What is the main characteristic of vertical scaling for a database?
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