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A company runs a critical database server on a virtual machine in the cloud. They need to ensure the service remains available even if a single hardware component in the data center fails. Which cloud computing benefit provides this protection?

• ○ Scalability
• ✓ High availability
• ○ Agility
• ○ Pay-as-you-go pricing

A company uses cloud-based disaster recovery services to ensure business continuity. Which cloud benefit does this demonstrate?

• ○ Cost savings
• ✓ Reliability
• ○ Performance
• ○ Scalability

Which of the following are advantages of a public cloud deployment model? (Select all that apply.)

• ✓ No capital investment in hardware.
• ○ Greatest potential for customization of underlying hardware.
• ✓ Benefits from the massive economies of scale of the provider.
• ✓ Simplified operations and maintenance for the customer.

A company uses virtual machines in the cloud to host its website. During a marketing campaign, website traffic triples. The cloud platform automatically adds more virtual machines to the web server pool to handle the load. Which characteristic is this?

• ○ High availability
• ✓ Elasticity
• ○ Disaster recovery
• ○ Global reach

A developer uses a cloud-based service to build, test, and deploy applications without managing servers. Which service model is this?

• ○ IaaS
• ✓ PaaS
• ○ SaaS
• ○ DaaS

A startup is developing a new mobile application and wants to launch it quickly. They do not want to manage any servers, operating systems, or development tools. They only want to write the application code. Which cloud service model best supports this requirement?

• ○ Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• ✓ Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• ○ Software as a Service (SaaS)
• ○ Database as a Service (DBaaS)