SOA Certified Professional Cloud Technology Lab Sample Questions:

1. Cloud Provider X has deployed a virtualization environment in Cloud X comprised of Physical Server A hosting Virtual Servers A and B. Cloud Provider X implements Cloud Service A on Virtual Server A and makes it available to Cloud Service Consumer A, which interacts with Cloud Service A by sending and receiving messages (1, 2).
Cloud Provider Y has deployed a virtualization environment comprised of Physical Server B hosting Virtual Servers C and D. Virtual Server C is made available to Cloud Service Consumer B, which interacts with Virtual Server C (3,4) in order to prepare for the deployment of a new cloud service that will be used internally by Cloud Provider Y to process data obtained from Cloud Service A.

Cloud X is administered by a group of organizations and makes Cloud Service A available only to cloud service consumers from that group. Cloud Consumer Z belongs to one of the organizations within this group. Cloud Y and Cloud Consumer Z are owned by the same organization. Which of the following statements provides a valid scenario that accurately describes the involvement of cloud deployment models, cloud delivery models, roles and/or boundaries? (Note that the correct answer represents one of multiple valid scenarios that can exist.)

A) Cloud X is based on the community cloud deployment model. Cloud Service A is based on the SaaS delivery model. Cloud Y is based on the private cloud deployment model. Virtual Server C is being offered as part of theIaaS delivery model. A cloud resource administrator working for Cloud Consumer Z uses Cloud Service Consumer B to access Virtual Server C. Cloud Consumer Z is the cloud service owner of Cloud Service A. Cloud Consumer T's organizational boundary encompasses Cloud Service Consumers A and B. Cloud Consumer Z's trust boundary encompasses Cloud Service A and Virtual Server C.
B) Cloud X is based on the hybrid cloud deployment model. Cloud Service A is based on the SaaS delivery model. Cloud Y isbased on the community cloud deployment model. Virtual Server C is being offered as part of theIaaS delivery model. A cloud resource administrator working for Cloud Consumer Z uses Cloud Service Consumer A to access Cloud Service A.Cloud Consumer Z's organizational and trust boundaries encompass Cloud Service Consumers A and B, Cloud Service A and Virtual Server C.
C) Cloud X is based on the community cloud deployment model. Cloud Service A is based on the SaaS delivery model. Cloud Y is based on the private cloud deployment model. Virtual Server C is being offered as part of theIaaS delivery model. A cloud resource administrator working for Cloud Consumer Z uses Cloud Service Consumer B to access Virtual Server Cloud Consumer Z' s trust boundary encompasses Cloud Service Consumers A and B, as well as Cloud Service A and Virtual Server The organization that owns Cloud Consumer Z will be the cloud service owner of the new cloud service that will be deployed on Virtual Server
D) Clouds X and Y are based on the community cloud deployment model. Cloud Service A is based on the SaaS delivery model. Virtual Server C is being offered as part of the PaaS delivery model. A cloud resource administrator working for Cloud Provider X uses Virtual Server A to access the Cloud Service A implementation Cloud Consumer T s trust boundary encompasses Cloud Service Consumers A and B, Cloud Service A and Virtual Server C. The organization that owns Cloud Consumer Z is the cloud service owner of Cloud Service

2. Cloud Provider Y owns Cloud Y, which provides a set of cloud services, virtual servers, and one physical server. Cloud Services A and B are hosted on Virtual Server A, which is hosted by Physical Server A. Physical Server A also hosts Virtual Server B, which hosts redundant implementations of Cloud Services A and B for load balancing purposes. Cloud Service Consumer A is accessing Cloud Service A located on Virtual Server A. Cloud Service Consumer B is accessing Cloud Service B located on Virtual Server B. Cloud Service Consumers A and B are both owned by Cloud Consumer X.
Cloud Consumer X has recently complained that Cloud Service A is becoming increasingly unreliable. Cloud Provider Y launches an investigation that reveals that Virtual Server A has been crashing sporadically due to successful malicious intermediary attacks where malicious service agents have been inserting harmful data into messages sent by Cloud Service Consumer A to Cloud Service A.

Which of the following statements describes a solution that can mitigate the malicious intermediary attacks that have been occurring on Virtual Server A - and - can further help prevent the same types of attacks from occurring on Virtual Server B?

A) Cloud Provider Y can implement the failover system mechanism by requiring that redundant copies of all service agents be deployed. This will reduce the chances of any one service agent performing malicious actions at runtime.
B) Cloud Provider Y can implement the cloud-based security group mechanism that establishes a logical trust boundary that encompasses Virtual Servers A and B.
C) Cloud Provider Y can implement the identity and access management mechanism for Virtual Servers A and B by physically deploying this mechanism on Physical Server A and then further implementing the resource replication mechanism to propagate the identity and access management system across Virtual Servers A and B.
D) Cloud Provider Y can implement the encryption and digital signatures mechanisms to protect the contents of messages from being augmented by malicious service agents.

3. The cloud service owner of Cloud Service A is evaluating Clouds X, Y and Z to determine which cloud environment can offer the greatest level of reliability. All three clouds are geographically dispersed across three separate time zones. As a result, each cloud experiences usage peaks at different times. Based on the metrics provided, the greater the usage of a cloud, the lower its reliability. When the cloud service owner complains to Cloud Provider A (the owner of all three clouds) that none of the clouds provide an adequate level of reliability, Cloud Provider A suggests a solution that increases resiliency.

Which of the following statements accurately describe how a cloud balancing solution can be implemented to fulfill the resiliency requirements of Cloud Service A?

A) Cloud Service A is redundantly deployed in advance within Clouds X. Y and Z and is further supplemented with failover system mechanisms and specialized types of automated scaling listener mechanisms.
B) A type of automated scaling listener that can also be considered a cloud monitor is implemented in Clouds X, Y and Z toestablish a system whereby each cloud can assume controlof cloud service consumer message exchanges. This results in resilient cloud balancing, as opposed to on-demand cloud balancing.
C) Clouds X, Y and Z are equipped with failover system mechanisms and specialized types of automated scaling listener mechanisms in order to establish cross-cloud resiliency. Cloud Service A is configured so that Clouds X, Y and Z can dynamically generate redundant instances on-demand.
D) Using a PaaS environment, the cloud service owner can configure a primary Cloud Service A implementation on Cloud X so that when failure conditions occur, message requests from cloud service consumers are automatically routed to a redundant on-premise implementation of Cloud Service A. This requires the implementation of the failover system and resource replication mechanisms.

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