Operate and Maintain Physical and Logical Infrastructure for Cloud Environment CCSP Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   In a cloud environment, which of the following is a primary responsibility of the cloud customer to maintain guest OS availability?

   • AManaging the physical security of the data center
   • BReplacing failed physical hard drives in the host server
   • CApplying operating system patches and updates
   • DConfiguring the hypervisor's high-availability settings
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2. 17foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a key reason why patch management is especially important in a cloud environment?

   • ACloud environments are typically more vulnerable to malware than on-premises environments
   • BCloud providers are responsible for patching all software in the customer's workload
   • CCloud resources are often ephemeral and can be replaced with patched images instead of updating in place
   • DCloud workloads are often internet-facing and can be easily discovered and targeted by attackers
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4. 18foundation · easy

   In the shared responsibility model, who is typically responsible for patching the guest operating system of an IaaS virtual machine?

   • AThe cloud provider
   • BThe customer
   • CA third-party managed service provider, if contracted
   • DBoth the provider and the customer equally
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which backup approach minimizes storage consumption by only storing changes made since the last full backup, but requires the full backup and all subsequent incremental backups to be available for a complete restore?

   • AFull backup
   • BDifferential backup
   • CSynthetic full backup
   • DIncremental backup
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6. 20foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a key reason to regularly test backup and restore procedures in a cloud environment?

   • ATo confirm that backup storage costs remain within budget
   • BTo verify that backups can be successfully restored within the required recovery time objective (RTO)
   • CTo verify that backup encryption keys are stored in the same key vault as production keys
   • DTo ensure that backups are stored in the same region as the primary data
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