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    1 Module 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing Scenario - Based Practice Questions Question 1 - 1 Raul works for a small consulting firm that assists medical organizations, such as quick care facilities, and health professionals, such as doctors’ offices or alternative care providers, to establish, update, and manage their IT systems. He regularly work s with patient databases and must ensure that his clients’ networks and other IT resources comply with strict government regulations. Raul’s boss, Cheri, recently asked him to assist in upgrading their firm’s data center. The CEO has decided they need to t ake a major step toward a more cloud - centric business model and asked Raul how the company can ensure that their cloud provider meets industry standard requirements for data security, service availability, and confidentiality. Which standard should Raul re commend they use to compare security ratings of various CSPs? A. PCI DSS B. HIPAA C. GDPR D. SSAE 18  Answer: D. SSAE 18 .  Explanation: The SOC 2 and SOC 3 reports both address benchmarks for information security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.

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    2 Question 1 - 2 Raul’s company has narrowed their options to a small handful of CSPs. All of these CSPs offer a wide variety of cloud services and meet all of the company’s security requirements. Cheri, Raul’s boss, is now asking him to recommend what type of cloud servic es would best fit their needs. She explains they want to start with cloud - based email and an office productivity suite that enables easy file sharing among team members. Which cloud service model should Raul recommend they use to accomplish these goals? A. SaaS B. IaaS C. RaaS D. PaaS  Answer: A. SaaS  Explanation: Email, office productivity apps, and file sharing are all services offered by SaaS products. Question 1 - 3 Anika has run into a problem with the VPN connection to her company’s cloud - hosted database. She has a good Internet connection and can access her work email account, which uses the same sign - in credentials as the VPN. But she still can’t pull reports from the database service. She calls Patrick, who works for the company’s help desk. As Anika describes the problem to Patrick, he tells her to try again and make sure she’s using the right password, then to restart her router, and if that still doesn’t fix it , to restart her computer. Which troubleshooting step did Patrick fail to complete in the correct order? A. Test the theory to determine cause

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    3 B. Document findings, actions, and outcomes C. Establish a plan of action and implement the solution D. Establish a theory of probable cause  Answer: D. Establish a theory of probable cause  Explanation: Patrick tried several haphazard possible solutions that were unrelated and disorganized without considering what the probable cause of the problem might be.

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    4 Video Questions Video 1 - 1: Yellow Circle Cloud Console What’s the best way to access the Yellow Circle cloud console? a. RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) b. Command Prompt c. Browser d. SSH (Secure Shell)  Answer: C Video 1 - 2: AWS Cloud Console Which AWS service is used to manage VM instances? a. Billing Dashboard b. EC2 c. VPC d. Management console  Answer: B Video 1 - 3: Azure Cloud Portal Which feature in Azure is used to track expenses? a. Subscriptions b. Resource groups c. Blades d. Notifications  Answer: A

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    5 Video 1 - 4: GCP Cloud Console What feature in GCP is used to organize resources? a. Resource groups b. Dashboards c. Cards d. Projects  Answer: D

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    6 Hands - On Projects Project 1 - 1: Cloud Computing Certifications Est. completion time: 15 minutes This course prepares you to take the CompTIA Cloud+ CV0 - 002 exam, which is a vendor - neutral exam covering a broad array of foundational and intermediate cloud computing concepts within the context of an organization's entire IT system. Other cloud certific ations are offered mostly by cloud vendors, including AWS, Google, VMware, OpenStack, Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM. Other vendor - neutral certifications are offered by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Cloud Credential Council (CCC). Use the web to research an d answer the following questions: 1. What are the five domains of objectives for the Cloud+ exam?  Answer: Configurations & D eployment, Security, Management, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting  Source: https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/cloud 2. What kind of experience does CompTIA recommend you have before taking the Cloud+ exam?  Answer: 2 – 3 years in system administration  Source: https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/cloud 3. What are the four domains of the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification?  Answer: Cloud Concepts, Security, Technology, and Billing & Pricing  Source: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified - cloud - practitioner/ 4. What kind of experience does AWS recommend you have before taking the Cloud Practitioner exam?

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    7  Answer: 6 months experience with AWS Cloud in any role, and a basic understanding of IT services and their uses in the AWS Cloud platform Source: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified - cloud - practitioner/ 5. What are the five sections of the Associate Cloud Engineer certification by Google?  Answer: o Set up a cloud solution environment o Plan and configure a cloud solution o Deploy and implement a cloud solution o Ensure successful operation of a cloud solution o Configure access and security  Source: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud - engineer Project 1 - 2: Get Started in Yellow Circle Est. completion time: 15 minutes Yellow Circle ( yellowcircle.net ) is a nonprofit cloud platform supported by many technology companies, such as Google and Microsoft, and designed solely for educational use. In addition to a free tier subscription, Yellow Circle offers several low - cost subscription options — which include increasingly larger maximums of virtual machines, memory, and storage, as well as more advanced features such as remote access, Internet access, and a public IP address. The free tier provides sufficient resources to complete all Yellow Circle projects for this course. Working in Yellow Circle is simpler and more straightforward than working in a full - scale cloud platform. This will allow you to set up simple cloud resourc es quickly in each Yellow Circle project. While there aren’t nearly as many resources available in

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    8 Yellow Circle as compared to AWS, Azure, or GCP, completing the Yellow Circle project first in each module will give you an on - ramp to learning more sophisticated cloud computing skills in the AWS, Azure, and GCP projects. Caution Yellow Circle is not in any way intended to be used in a production environment and so does not provide any level of guaranteed uptime. It’s not unusual for one or more features or even the entire website to become unavailable for various lengths of time. For example, at the time of this writing, Yellow Circle became unavailable to new accounts due to maintenance that is expected to take a few weeks to complete. While Yellow Circle is a helpful tool for educational purposes, we recommend that you not rely s olely on Yellow Circle for practice in using a cloud platform. Cengage has no direct affiliation with Yellow Circle, and we cannot ensure its availability throughout your course. To create a free Yellow Circle account, complete the following steps: 1. Go to the website at yellowcircle.net and look around. Which operating systems does Yellow Circle include for virtual machines?  Answer: Fedora, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Windows, CentOS, openSUSE, and Debian 2. Sign up for the free account. Save your username and password in a safe place (a password manager such as LastPass at lastpass.com or KeePass at keepass.info is a great tool for this purpose). Note Yellow Circle is an educational platform only. For this reason, all running instances are shut down on Fridays.

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    9 Also, if you don’t sign in to your Yellow Circle account at least weekly, it will notify you via email and then delete the account automatically for inactivity. When you’re ready to use Yellow Circle again, sign in using the same account credentials as bef ore and create a new, free subscription. 3. To sign into the platform, go to mylab.yellowcircle.net and enter your username and password. What limits are listed in your account overview?  Answer: The limits for a free account are 2 instances, 2 vCPUs, 2,048 RAM, 0 floating IPs, 10 security groups, 5 volumes, and 5 storage volumes. 4. Take a few minutes to look through the Yellow Circle platform. You’ll create resources in later projects. Sign out of your account when you’re finished. Project 1 – 3: Create an Account with AWS Est. completion time: 20 minutes (possible delay while waiting for AWS application approval) Note Public cloud platforms and related account options change frequently. While the instructions given here were accurate at the time of writing, you might need to adjust the steps or options according to later changes. AWS offers multiple options for accessing free resources for various purposes. The account itself is always free. While a typical AWS account or a standard AWS Educate account requires a credit card (even if you don’t accrue charges), you do have another o ption. Specifically, the AWS Educate Starter Account (ESA), which is grant funded and provided by a third party, does not require a credit card. Following are the three different types of accounts:

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    10  AWS account. This is a standard account type open to the public. It requires a credit card and allows full access to standard AWS services.  AWS Educate account. This account type is available to educators and students (o lde r than age 14) from accredited educational institutions and requires a credit card. Use a school - issued email account or, if necessary, provide proof of enrollment (such as student ID card) instead.  AWS Educate Starter account (ESA). This account type is available to educators and students (o lder than age 14) from accredited educational institutions, does not require a credit card, and has limited features. Use a school - issued email account or, if necessary, provide proof of enrollment (such as student ID card) instead. Consider the account options shown in Table 1 - 2. Table 1 - 2 AWS free account options Type Subscription Benefits to Students Payment Options Notes AWS account Pay - as - you - go  “12 - months free” services  “Always free” services  Short - term free trials Requires credit card Use of services beyond the free tier offers is charged at standard, pay - as - you - go rates (free tier services will be sufficient for this course) AWS Educate account AWS Educate with institution membership  $100 AWS credit*  Online labs  AWS Educate Student Portal  Access to free tier services Requires credit card Use of services beyond the free tier offers is charged at standard, pay - as - you - go rates (free tier services will be sufficient for this course)

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    11 AWS Educate account AWS Educate without institution membership  $40 AWS credit*  Online labs  AWS Educate Student Portal  Access to free tier services Requires credit card Use of services beyond the free tier offers is charged at standard, pay - as - you - go rates (free tier services will be sufficient for this course) AWS Educate Starter account (students only) AWS Educate with institution membership  $75 AWS credit*  Online labs  AWS Educate Student Portal No credit card required  Resource usage capped annually at AWS credit amount — account is terminated when credit is depleted  Can’t continue to use account after graduation and can’t upgrade account to pay - as - you - go  No access to free tier services  Some limitations on available services

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    12 AWS Educate Starter account (students only) AWS Educate without institution membership  $30 AWS credit*  Online labs  AWS Educate Student Portal No credit card required  Resource usage capped annually at AWS credit amount — account is terminated when credit is depleted  Can’t continue to use account after graduation and can’t upgrade account to pay - as - you - go  No access to free tier services  Some limitations on available services *AWS credit can be used only on eligible services. After creating your AWS account, watch for an email from AWS containing your credit code. To redeem the code, sign into your AWS console, click your name at the top of the screen, click Billing & Cost Management , and then click Credits . Enter the code and any additional information, and then click Redeem . As shown in Table 1 - 2, AWS Educate offers many appealing benefits. If your institution is an AWS Educate member, you receive more AWS credits. If you don’t have a credit card, you can use the AWS Educate Starter Account (ESA). However, your usage of AWS se rvices is limited to the annual AWS credit amount. Once those credits run out each year, you can’t use the account any longer until your AWS anniversary date when you can apply for a renewal. If you can use a credit card to sign up for a regular AWS account, you’ll receive more AWS credits, and you’ll have access to the AWS free tier services. So long as you

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    13 reliably shut down and delete the cloud resources you create for your projects, you should be able to complete all the AWS projects in this course without incurring any charges on your credit card. Use Table 1 - 2 to determine the best account option for you. Check with your instructor if you need help making this decision. Complete the following steps to create your account. If you’re creating a standard AWS account ( not an AWS Educate Starter account): 1. Go to aws.amazon.com and create an account. You’ll need a credit card number. 2. Go to aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ and apply to join AWS Educate using your existing AWS account ID (a 12 - digit number). You’ll need a school - issued email account, or you can submit proof of school enrollment. If you’re creating an AWS Educate Starter account (you will not be using a credit card): 1. Go to aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ and apply to join AWS Educate. 2. When prompted, request an AWS Educate Starter account and not an AWS account. You’ll need a school - issued email account, or you can submit proof of school enrollment. After your application is approved, complete the following steps to explore the AWS console: 3. Go to aws.amazon.com and sign in. You’ll begin at the AWS Management Console (see Figure 1 - 12).

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    14 4. Spend a few minutes exploring the console. How many categories of services are listed?  Answer: At the time of this writing, there are 23 service categories. 5. Click a few services to see service - specific dashboards, such as the EC2 Dashboard. 6. Check your account information if you can (AWS ESAs do not allow much access to account information in the AWS console). What region is currently selected in your account?  Answer: Answers may vary. For AWS ESA accounts, the answer will be US East (N. Virginia). Project 1 - 4: Create an Account with Azure Est. completion time: 20 minutes Note Public cloud platforms and related account options change frequently. While the instructions given here were accurate at the time of writing, you might need to adjust the steps or options according to later changes.

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    15 Microsoft Azure also offers free accounts, and some options provide special benefits for students and educators. To use Azure, you create a Microsoft account and then create one or more subscriptions within the account. If your school uses Office 365, you might already be able to authenticate to Azure using your existing Microsoft account. The three types of Azure subscriptions (there are others) most relevant to this course are as follows :  Free trial subscription. This subscription is available to the public and requires a credit card. The credit expires after 30 days while the free trial services last for 12 months.  Azure for Students subscription. This subscription is available to full - time faculty and students (o lde r than age 18) in a STEM - related field at an accredited, degree - granting educational institution. Use a school - issued email account. You might also be able to generate an Azure for Students verification code through your school’s Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Te aching platform.  Azure for Students Starter subscription. This subscription is available only to students (o ld er than age 13) from accredited educational institutions. Use a school - issued email account. This subscription does not provide sufficient access to services to complete the projects in this course unless you upgrade to a “pay - as - you - go” subscription, which requi res a credit card. For choosing a subscription type, consider the details shown in Table 1 - 3. Table 1 - 3 Azure free subscription options Subscription Option Benefits to Students Payment Options Notes Free Trial  $200 Azure credit for up to 30 days Requires credit card and phone number  Must upgrade to a “pay - as - you - go” subscription* after 30 days

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