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CompTIA A+ Practice Test Core 1 (220-1101)

You're reading from  CompTIA A+ Practice Test Core 1 (220-1101)

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837634729
Pages 210 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Ian Neil Ian Neil
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Mark Birch Mark Birch
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Chapter 4: Virtualization and Cloud Computing

4.1 Summarize cloud computing concepts

  1. The correct answer is B. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a cloud computing service model in which a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) provides the hardware but nothing else. This is ideal when you want to move desktop computers to the cloud. To do this, you would install the operating system, configure it, and patch it. All other answers are incorrect. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a model in which a vendor creates an application, such as Salesforce, and companies lease the application. Security as a Service (SECaaS) is a model in which companies provide cloud identity management services through an external source. An example of this is Okta, which can provide SAML tokens. Monitoring as a Service (MaaS) is a model in which a cloud service provider monitors your network and servers for you.
  2. The correct answer is A. With a hybrid cloud, a company has employees working in both on-premises...
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