What is the role of orchestration in cloud computing?

To secure the network perimeter of the cloud.

To provide the physical hardware for cloud services.

To automate the deployment, management, and coordination of cloud resources and services.

Which scenario best demonstrates rapid elasticity?

A provider manually adds capacity after receiving a support ticket.

A customer upgrades their VM to a larger size permanently.

A company purchases a fixed number of servers and uses them for five years.

An e-commerce site automatically adds more web servers during a flash sale and removes them after the sale ends.

What is a benefit of using a managed cloud database service?

The customer must manually install and configure the database software.

The customer is responsible for patching the operating system of the database server.

The customer has full control over the physical servers hosting the database.

The provider handles routine administrative tasks such as backups, patching, and scaling.

Which activity is an example of a cloud service partner's contribution?

Setting the pricing for cloud services.

Migrating a customer's on-premises applications to a cloud platform.

Providing the underlying compute and storage infrastructure.

Issuing compliance certifications to cloud providers.

A large enterprise uses multiple cloud providers for different business units. Each business unit has its own cloud account, and the enterprise struggles with inconsistent security policies, cost management, and a lack of visibility across all accounts. The enterprise wants to centralize policy enforcement, gain a unified view of costs, and simplify access management. Which approach would best address these challenges?

Create separate IT teams for each cloud provider

Use a cloud service partner for migration services

Standardize on a single cloud provider to simplify management

Engage a cloud service broker to provide a unified management platform and policy enforcement across all cloud accounts

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Domain 1Objective 1

Understand Cloud Computing Concepts CCSP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design domain, which accounts for 17% of the CCSP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~12–20 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 52 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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17concepts

17%of the exam

17 Concepts in This Objective

Cloud computing definitions
Cloud service customer role
Cloud Service Provider (CSP) role
Cloud service partner role
Cloud service broker role
Regulator role in cloud
On-demand self-service
Broad network access
Multi-tenancy
Rapid elasticity and scalability
Resource pooling
Measured service
Virtualization as a building block
Storage as a building block
Networking as a building block
Databases as a building block
Orchestration as a building block

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What is the role of orchestration in cloud computing?
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A large enterprise uses multiple cloud providers for different business units. Each business unit has its own cloud account, and the enterprise struggles with inconsistent security policies, cost management, and a lack of visibility across all accounts. The enterprise wants to centralize policy enforcement, gain a unified view of costs, and simplify access management. Which approach would best address these challenges?
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