5.05 Evaluate the Variables Relevant to Design a Cloud Bursting Solution 402 Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1. 1application · medium

   A financial analytics firm bursts a compute-intensive Monte Carlo simulation to the cloud during month-end reporting. The firm wants to track whether the burst is delivering value. The firm's CFO asks for a report showing the cost per completed simulation run. Which monitoring approach BEST provides this insight?

   • ALog the start and end time of each simulation run, and correlate it with the cloud billing data for the burst period.
   • BMonitor the CPU utilization of the cloud instances and report the average utilization percentage.
   • CUse the cloud provider's cost explorer to view the total spend for the month and divide by the number of business days.
   • DTrack the number of cloud instances running and multiply by the hourly instance price.
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2. 2expert · hard

   A government contractor processes classified data on-premises. The contractor wants to burst a non-classified analytics workload to the cloud during peak periods. The analytics workload reads from a database that also contains classified data. The contractor's security team requires that no classified data ever leaves the on-premises environment. Which design BEST satisfies the security requirement?

   • AUse a cloud provider that offers dedicated hardware, since dedicated hardware ensures classified data is not exposed to other tenants.
   • BExtract only the non-classified data into a separate staging database on-premises, then replicate the staging database to the cloud.
   • CUse a VPN to encrypt the database replication traffic to the cloud, ensuring the classified data is protected in transit.
   • DReplicate the entire database to the cloud and filter out classified columns before the burst workload accesses it.
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4. 3foundation · easy

   Why is data locality an important consideration when deciding whether to burst a workload?

   • ABecause on-premises storage is always more secure than cloud storage
   • BBecause moving large datasets to the cloud can introduce significant delay and cost
   • CBecause cloud providers do not support all data formats
   • DBecause cloud providers charge more for storage in certain regions
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5. 4foundation · easy

   What is the role of automation in a cloud bursting solution?

   • ATo automatically detect when on-premises capacity is exceeded and deploy cloud resources
   • BTo manually provision cloud resources when demand increases
   • CTo ensure that cloud resources are always running
   • DTo replace the need for monitoring
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6. 5foundation · easy

   How can compliance requirements affect the design of a cloud bursting solution?

   • AThey require all data to be stored on-premises
   • BThey prohibit the use of cloud computing altogether
   • CThey require the use of a specific cloud provider
   • DThey may restrict which cloud regions can be used for bursting
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