1
Q
How many access groups can a user belong to?
- Only 0
- Zero to Many
- Depends on IBM Account
- Only One
A
Zero to Many
2
Q
Which two options does a client use to procure a VMWare License? (Select Two)
- Procurement through IBM software Rep
- BYOL
- Procurement through IBM Hardware Seller
- Freeware License
- Procurement through Cloud Portal
A
Cloud Portal & BYOL
3
Q
What Concern is reduced through zone isolation in cloud architecture?
- Complexity
- Scale
- Failure
- Cost
A
Failure
4
Q
Which component of VPC filters traffic network interfaces on a virtual server, based on IP address?
- A Security Group
- A Zone
- A Public Gateway
- A Hardware Firewall
A
A Security Group
5
Q
What is a benefit of Serverless Computing?
- Limited on-demand resources are available, allowing applications to respond seamlessly to fluctuations in demand
- Allows application connections and tasks automation using hundreds of built-in connectors
- Clients pay for execution only
- Allows connecting new cloud-based applications to core business systems by integrating with existing on-premises MQ network
A
- Clients pay for execution only
6
Q
Which statement is true regarding MS Azure?
- Azure is the only cloud platform that offers VMWare capabilities
- It provides software, platform, and infrastructure services
- MS acquired Red Hat to position itself as a hybrid cloud provider
- Azure is also known as Aliyun in China
A
- It provides software, platform, and infrastructure services
7
Q
An Application is composed of many loosely coupled and independently deployable smaller components. Which architecture describes the application?
- Hybrid Cloud
- Microservices
- Software as a Service
- Monolithic
A
- Microservices
8
Q
Which common mode of storage in the cloud is both highly distributed and resilient?
- Object
- File
- Block
- Flash
A
Object Storage
9
Q
An organisation has a VMware Solution Dedicated environment within the IBM Cloud. Who is responsible for the management and operation of that environment?
- IBM
- VMware
- Intel
- Client
A
Client
10
Q
What is a major advantage to container-based technologies?
- It is used for meeting compliance and regulatory requirements
- It takes advantage of cloud native based architectures
- It takes advantage of unused capacity in a cloud data centre
- It supports configurations for Compute Intensive workloads
A
Takes advantage of cloud native based architectures
11
Q
The IBM Cloud Blockchain Platform Service is based on which implementation of blockchain technology?
- Ethereum
- Bitcoin
- Hyperledger indy
- Hyperledger Fabric
A
Hyperledger Fabric
12
Q
A Business partner has a workload with unpredictable usage and client dissatisfaction spikes during periods of high use due to slow application response times. How can cloud adoption help their business?
- A move to the cloud will enable the business partner to direct customer calls to the cloud provider’s support desk, which guarantees a response within 2 hours.
- All cloud providers have 1GB plus connections to the internet; the size of these connections will cope with usage far higher than the business partner already has
- Cloud Provides Elastic resources which can scale on demand; during peak periods, the. cloud capacity can grow, keeping response times up and customers happy
- Migration to a microservices-based application in the cloud will provide a global hosting presence so usage is more equally distributed and solves the slow response problem.
A
Options C & D
13
Q
What are two common examples of Application Modernization?
- Refactoring an existing business application to use Microservices
- Implementing a DevOps Pipeline
- Installing legacy business applications on VMs hosted on IBM Cloud
- Installing legacy business applications on virtual machines hosted on IBM Cloud
- Upgrading an Application Server to its newest version
- Implementing an SOA Strategy
A
- Microservices
- Implementing a DevOps Pipeline
14
Q
What is a benefit for businesses to integrate cloud into their business strategy?
- Increase capital expenditures for market solutions
- Faster go to market strategies regardless of performance
- Increase speed, agility, innovation, and decision-making
- Increase personnel expense to enable solutions and offerings
A
- B & C
15
Q
In which IBM Cloud account type can a minimum spending amount be committed for a certain period of time and receive a discount on the overall cost?
- Reserved
- Lite
- Subscription
- PAYG
A
Subscription
16
Q
In the cloud, how are services measured?
- Clients only pay for what is used or reserved
- Cloud Providers are given economies of scale, which they pass on to their customers, making cloud services cost-efficient
- Cloud computing resources can be accessed via the network through standard mechanisms and platforms
- Scaling for resources whenever needed
A
- Clients only pay for what is used or reserved
17
Q
Which two operational tasks could be avoided when using IBM Cloud DbaaS?
- Installing Database Agents
- Setting up database hardware
- Defining Database Schema
- Installing database virtualization
- Installing Database Software
A
- Setting up Database Hardware
- Installing database software
18
Q
What are two ways in which an IBM Cloud account admin can manage access to the account for other users?
- Web Services
- IBM Cloud VPC
- IBM Cloud CLI
- IBM Cloud Control panel
- IBM Cloud Console
A
- Control Panel
- Console
19
Q
What describes a data center?
- A Managed service hosting cloud applications and their data
- A location used for storing physical backups
- A Virtual representation for the storage that organisations use to house their critical applications and data
- The physical location of the compute network and storage infrastructure, that hosts cloud services
A
The physical location of the compute network and storage infrastructure, that hosts cloud services
20
Q
Why is Continuous Integration a best practice in the DevOps Framework?
- It makes it easier to roll back releases that are found to have critical defects
- It frequently commits code to prevent significant drift, competing changes, and catastrophic merge conflicts
- It facilitates low risk releases by allowing a canary release to be tested by a small group of end users
- Developers can perform enterprise application integration using a low-code/no-code development environment.
A
It frequently commits code to prevent significant drift, competing changes, and catastrophic merge conflicts
21
Q
What differentiates Oracle Cloud in the Cloud Industry?
- A flexible cloud platform for building, testing , deploying and managing microsoft applications
- A Computing environment primarily known for SaaS and DBaaS
- A full stack cloud platform that spans public, private and hybrid environments
- A collection of personal productivity and collaboration software and products
A
A Computing Environment that is primarily known for SaaS and DBaaS
22
Q
What external cloud deployment model do organisations use to build secondary infrastructures for resource that can be quickly expanded and contracted with minimal financial commitment?
- Openstack cloud
- Community Cloud
- Private Cloud
- Public Cloud
A
Public Cloud
23
Q
How is cloud on-demand self-service defined?
- Access to cloud resources needed using a simple interface, without requiring human interaction with each service provider
- Gives cloud providers economies of scale that thy pass on to their clients, making cloud cost-efficient
- Cloud computing resources that can be accessed via the network through standard mechanisms and platforms such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops and workstations
- Ability to access more network resources when needed and scale back when not needed
A
Cloud Computing resources that can be accessed via the network such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops and workstations.
24
Q
What is the SLA of cloudant, an IBM Cloud DBaaS, based on cloud apache’s CouchDB?
- 99.9%
- 99.99999%
- 99%
- 99.99%
A
99.99%
25
Which statement accurately describes the IBM Cloud Pay-As-You-Go account time with Committed Use billing model?
- Commit to using specific catalogue items and by doing so receive a discount on normal PAYG Pricing
- Pay a fixed monthly fee with limits based on PAYG Pricing
- Commit to spend at least a certain amount on IBM Cloud each month
- Pay for IBM Cloud in advance and are no longer billed Monthly
Commit to spend at least a certain amount on IBM Cloud Each Month
26
Which statement accurately describes a monolithic application?
- An application designed to serve a single purpose exclusively
- An application with decoupled UI, business logic, and data layers
- A standalone UI application which interacts with multiple other systems
- An application with tightly coupled UI, Business Logic, and Data Layers
An application with tightly coupled UI, Business Logic, and data layers
27
Which compute Option on IBM Cloud offers the choice between E880 and S922 Machines?
- hyper protect server
- VMware server
- Power Systems Virtual Server
- Bare Metal Server
Power Systems Virtual Server
28
What is the purpose of analytics engine?
- Evaluates a broad range of streaming data - unstructured text, video, audio, geospatial and sensor
- Provides an architecture of Hadoop Clusters that decouples the compute and storage tiers
- Provides a fully customizable, built-in hardware and software infrastructure based on the proven technology of IBM spectrum protect
- Makes it easier to trust, govern, and act upon data with the extensibility of flexible deployment models for speed, scalability and cost-effectiveness
Provides an architecture of Hadoop Clusters that decouples the compute and storage tiers
29
In order to win a deal from a new client, a project team must provide a convincing argument for the cloud platform they have chosen. What supports a business case for cloud computing?
- Cloud's PaaS model means that the project can choose the latest server hardware without further cost to the enterprise
- Using the cloud providers PAYG model, the project will only be charged for the services that it uses and no more
- Cloud services are highly available so any application that is deployed there will never suffer downtime, removing the cost of stand-by hardware
- Users will be able to call the cloud provider's helpdesk if there are application issues so support costs are drastically reduced
Cloud services are highly available so any application that is deployed there will never suffer downtime, removing the cost of stand-by hardware.
30
What are two unique characteristics of an IBM Cloud Premium Support plan?
- 24x7 access to IBM Cloud Technical Support team through cases, phone and chat support
- Technical support is available through stack overflow
- Quarterly business reviews are available
- A technical account manager is assigned to the account
- Case Severity Ranking is available
- Quarterly Business Reviews are available
| - A Technical Account manager is assigned to the account
31
What is the maximum file or object size supported to store the data into IBM cloud object storage on IBM cloud?
- Up to 1TB
- Up to 100GB
- Up to 10TB
- Up to 10GB
- Up to 10 TB
32
Which Compute Option on IBM Cloud can be provisioned with no operating system?
- Virtual Server
- Bare metal server
- Hyper Protect Server
- VMware Server
Bare Metal Server
33
Which two statements are true regarding serverless computing?
- Users are charged a low hourly rate during idle time for the serverless computing service
- Event-based applications do not run efficiently in a serverless computing architecture
- Infrastructure environments must be provisioned and identified to the serverless computing service by the developer
- Code only runs on-demand and scales transparently with the number of requests being served
- Users Pay Only for resources being used, never paying for idle capacity
- Users Pay Only for resources being used, never paying for idle capacity
- Code only runs on-demand and scales transparently with the number of requests being served
34
What are the characteristics of file storage?
- Presented directly to a cloud-based server and is either within the host server chassis or the same rack
- Presented to compute nodes as a network file system (NFS)
- Presented to compute nodes using high-speed fibre connections and provisioned in volumes
- Accessed via an API and does not need an underlying compute node
- Presented to compute nodes as a network file system (NFS)
| - Presented to compute nodes using high-fibre connections and provisioned in volumes
35
How did the introduction of virtualization in the 1970s impact resource sharing?
- It enabled lease locking on storage preventing contention
- It allowed multiple virtual systems to run concurrently
- It allowed multiple users to connect via terminal connections
- It increased performance by adding execution threads
- It allowed multiple virtual systems to run concurrently
36
An Architect has received the requirements to deploy a legacy application to the cloud. The requirements indicate storage must have a hierarchal structure, data encryption, and a large amount of storage. Which option meets these requirements?
- Store on block storage then create multiple namespaces with one bucket each
- Store data on object storage and access it by connecting to the compute instance
- Store on object storage then create a single namespace and multiple buckets to create the hierarchal directory structure
- Store on file storage then create a file system and a mount target
- Store on file storage then create a file system and a mount target
37
What is a container Image?
- A read-only file that includes commands and instructions to run a container
- A running process on the host operating system specifying the container's key-value configuration
- A read-only static file that includes executable code, libraries, and dependencies that are required by an application to run
- A read-write docker file specifying all properties of a container
- A read-only static file that includes executable code, libraries, and dependencies that are required by an application to run
38
Provisioning a Multi-zone Kubernetes cluster enables which capability?
- Routing the flow traffic to a specific availability zone
- Replication of data where data is duplicated across zones
- Application is automatically deployed to the nearest availability zone to the end user
- Fault tolerance so a single failure event affects only a single zone
Fault tolerance so a single failure event affects only a single zone
39
how can a load balancer provide additional security if a client wants to make a data transfer in a legacy application more secure?
- Performs packet inspection to route to correct application
- Filters traffic based on source IP range
- Provides an SSL proxy to enable HTTPs
- Balances Workload across multiple instances
- Provides an SSL proxy to enable HTTPS
40
What are the deployment models for Kubernetes service?
- Public Clouds, Private Clouds, On-Premises or Hybrid Deployments
- Public Clouds Only
- Only on a dedicated Server
- Public or Hybrid Cloud Only
- Public Clouds, Private Clouds, On-Premises or Hybrid Deployments
41
Which service provides a direct private access to an IBM Cloud Infrastructure?
- Load Balancer
- API Connect
- Direct Link
- Firewall
- Direct Link
42
In IBM Cloud, what are two terms used for virtual machines?
- Virtual Instances
- Virtual Infrastructure
- vPAR
- Virtual Server
- Virtual Network
- Virtual Instances
| - Virtual Server
43
In a PaaS computing service model, who is responsible for delivering and managing the platform infrastructure?
- 3rd Party Software Provider
- Telecommunications provider
- End User
- Cloud Service Provider
- Cloud Service Provider
44
What represents a single instance of a process running a container?
- Pod
- Deployment
- Namespace
- Cluster
- Pod
45
Which IBM Cloud Service allows application integration and task automation with hundreds of built-in connectors?
- Event Streams
- MQ
- Kafka
- App Connect
- Event Streams
46
Which type of physical server can be installed in IBM Cloud?
- Bare Metal Server
- Code Engine
- Virtual Server
- Network Switch
- Virtual Server
47
What is an attribute that distinguishes serverless computing from other computing modules?
- Granular Control over security / sharing (permissions model)
- Services to develop, test, deploy, host and maintain applications
- Offers environment consistency for development, testing, and production
- No provisioning of servers and run-times
- No provisioning of servers and run-times
48
A client has a website hosted in the United States. They currently have users in Europe, Asia, and the United States.
What should the client consider to make their website more responsive?
- Virtual Private Network
- Cloud Object Storage
- Content Delivery Network
- Direct Link
- Content Delivery Network
49
A company has a paper-based workflow and they want to convert to a UI-based workflow. Which IBM Cloud Pak has tools dedicated to address these challenges?
- IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
- IBM Cloud Pak for security
- IBM Cloud Pak for Data
- IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
- IBM Cloud Pak for Business automation
50
Building conversational interfaces into any application device can be achieved with which IBM Cloud Service?
- Dialog service
- Watson conversation
- Watson discovery
- Watson Assistant
- Watson Assistant
51
A bank has deployed an application in IBM Cloud. Now they want to connect them to the bank's private network. What is the right service to choose?
- VPN
- Transit Gateway
- SSL
- CDN
- VPN
52
Which part of an application's lifecycle does the use of containers help streamline?
- ERP, CRM, AI, Deep Learning, and virtualization
- The creation of their own virtual machines and farms
- Allows for a variety of configurations and deployment options to serve different use cases
- Development and deployment of Cloud Native Applications
- Allows for a variety of configurations and deployment options to serve different use cases
53
What is the protocol used for enabling communication with IBM Cloud File Storage?
- CIFS
- NFS
- FTP
- SMB
- NFS
54
What is continuous testing?
- An asynchronous message delivery service on IBM Cloud
- Automating the process that moves software through the software development cycle
- The process of incorporating automated feedback at different stages through the software development lifecycle
- Frequently code, build, and integrate the work of all developers on a software project each day
- The process of incorporating automated feedback at different stages through the software development lifecycle
55
When a Virtual Server Instance (VSI) is created in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), where is the network interface connected?
- Container
- Subnet
- Domain
- VLAN
- Subnet
56
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are certified to support which workloads?
- SAP and VMware
- Oracle and Microsoft Office 365
- Salesforce and AWS
- Open Source and Proprietary
- SAP and VMware
57
For which two services can costs be estimated using the IBM Cloud Cost Estimator?
- Kubernetes
- Cloudant
- Openstack
- SPARC
- Big Query
- Cloudant
| - Kubernetes
58
Which protocol would be mentioned in a document describing in some detail how data is transmitted from IoT devices to the IoT platform in IBM Cloud?
- PL/SQL
- HTTPS
- MQTT
- TLS
- MQTT
59
Which technology leads to greater trust and transparency in the conclusions and decisions made by AI algorithms?
- Big Data
- Internet of Things
- Object Storage
- OpenScale
- OpenScale
60
An organisation is modernizing and unifying their in-house legacy applications. What is the cloud computing deployment model they could use and remain on premises?
- Community Cloud
- Cloud Object Storage
- Private Cloud
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
61
Which two options are required for creating a virtual server in VPC on IBM Cloud?
- Size of GB of its boot disk
- IP Address to attach to the instance
- Password for the root or admin user
- SSH Key
- Resource Group Name
- Resource Group Name
| - SSH Key
Cloud Advocate Exam
flashcards
Decks in class (11)
# Cards
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Questions61
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Module 1: Overview of Cloud Computing10
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Module 2: Cloud Adoption & Emerging Technologies10
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Module 3: Cloud Computing Service and Deployment Models10
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Module 4: Components of Cloud Computing12
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Module 5: Cloud Computing Storage and CDN10
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Module 6 Emergent Trends, Cloud Native, DevOps and Application Modernization10
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Introduction to IBM Cloud10
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Infrastructure12
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Deploying Applications10
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Services on IBM Cloud12
