EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Following an IT Service Management lifecycle approach, a Chief Information Officer would take which of
the following paths to implement a cloud solution?

Question2: A company is implementing a system replacement which has application components that are internally
hosted and multiple application components that are hosted as software as a service by different cloud
providers. Which of the following represents the challenge of this architecture?

Question3: Locating datacenters close to target markets is the result of which of the following strategic initiatives?

Question4: Which of the following correctly identifies a key difference between cloud computing and IT outsourcing?

Question5: Which of the following are strategic exit options?

Question6: Which of the following are the common elements of platform as a service and software as a service?
(Select two.)

Question7: Which of the following is the BEST example of a cloud vendor's monthly hosting fee changing based on
cost allocations?

Question8: An existing capability is being migrated into the cloud. Capacity management issues have been noticed in
the past and an exercise is being performed to calculate current and future volumes. In which of the
following lifecycle phases is this likely to be performed?

Question9: Which of the following is indicated by a high number of variations of different virtual servers?

Question10: Which of the following is a relevant component of the cloud ecosystem?

Question11: Which of the following processes needs to be changed to better handle Change Management in the
cloud?

Question12: A private cloud generally has which of the following characteristics?

Question13: Which of the following is the function of orchestration services?

Question14: Which of the following must be implemented by a cloud provider to ensure that different entities can
authenticate and share basic user accounting information?

Question15: Which of the following is a benefit of public cloud computing?

Question16: Why do business users prefer to deal with cloud providers directly, instead of via the IT department?

Question17: Which of the following can be deployed by a cloud provider to reduce storage costs?

Question18: A military facility is NOT able to fully embrace cloud computing because of which of the following?

Question19: As part of a cloud provider's services, customers can provision a new virtual machine as needed without
human interaction with the provider. This scenario is BEST described by which of the following cloud
characteristics?

Question20: Cloud computing is priced according to ___________ or has ___________, rather than having upfront
costs.

Question21: An organization requires that it federates its internal systems and their externally hosted SaaS finance
system so a user does not have to re-authenticate. This is an example of which of the following?

Question22: Which of the following is MOST typically accessed through Web services?

Question23: Which of the following is the MOST important impact of cloud computing on managing service levels?

Question24: The IT department has migrated company email to a web-based cloud provider. Which of the following
dependencies placed on the cloud computing vendor will have the MOST affect on all company staff?

Question25: Which represents the MOST important business continuity risk?

Question26: Which of the following describes the commonality between cloud computing and outsourcing?

Question27: An organization subscribes to a public cloud. For which of the following does the subscriber NOT depend
on the vendor?

Question28: Which of the following skills is MOST needed by the cloud vendor to communicate with the subscriber?

Question29: Which of the following does IT outsourcing and cloud computing typically have in common?

Question30: A company Chief Information Officer (CIO) who wants to ensure rapid elasticity for the company's cloud
solution would MOST likely choose which of the following types of cloud?

Question31: A provider supplies storage, processing, memory, and network bandwidth to multiple tenants, using
physical and virtual resources. This is an example of which of the following cloud characteristics?

Question32: Digital identities for logging onto SaaS solutions should be issued by all the following EXCEPT:

Question33: Consumption statistics for individual cloud service offering is used by which of the following ITIL
processes?

Question34: Which of the following cloud services would be used to rent hardware, computing and network space, and
storage over the Internet?

Question35: Which of the following is BEST used when setting up security for services being used within a public
cloud?

Question36: One of the strategic reasons to source component technology purchases from multiple providers is to:

Question37: How can an organization successfully implement a SaaS strategy?

Question38: Which of the following is a typical concern for business and IT leaders when adopting cloud computing?

Question39: Which of the following is the cloud characteristics that speeds up development, deployment, and overall
time to market?

Question40: Which of the following is an example of SaaS?

Question41: Cloud computing can BEST reduce costs for a business by:

Question42: Which of the following is included in a compliance audit?

Question43: Which of the following can cause user response times to deteriorate?

Question44: In which of the following scenarios would a hybrid cloud be the BEST choice for an organization to use?

Question45: Which of the following is the risk when an IT department restricts itself to solely being an infrastructure
provider?

Question46: How can an organization successfully implement an IaaS strategy?

Question47: Which of the following assets have risks related to a cloud provider going out of business?

Question48: A business has recently implemented a hybrid cloud federated solution, which will allow if to rapidly and
dynamically allocate resources during high demand, and quickly implement its Disaster Recovery Plan
(DRP) and Continuity of Operations (COOP). Given this implementation, the IT director is MOST likely
concerned about:

Question49: An organization is replacing its core insurance platform. The solution is made up of internally hosted
insurance systems and applications hosted in the cloud. Which of the following activities is part of service
transition?

Question50: Twitter is a service that allows users to exchange short text messages. This is an example of:

Question51: Why are traditional chargeback systems not compatible with cloud computing?

Question52: Cloud computing brings new challenges to ___________ management, because traditional licensing
models do not fit well with scalable resources.

Question53: Which of the following is the difference between cloud computing and IT outsourcing?

Question54: Which of the following can influence the monthly service fee Company A pays for Company B to host their
cloud, such that Company A might pay more per month as their company grows?

Question55: Which of the following is true when mitigating risks in a cloud environment while avoiding impact to
performance?

Question56: A software development platform is in the process of being migrated from an in-house framework to a
cloud-based PaaS. Which of the following development aspects is likely to be applicable in the PaaS
environment?

Question57: Which of the following risk results if cloud computing providers limit their Service Level Agreement (SLA)
liabilities?

Question58: Which of the following is a difference between cloud computing and visualization when implementing
IaaS?

Question59: Which of the following is an example of a cloud-related security risk?

Question60: After migrating the company's entire datacenter infrastructure to a private IaaS solution, while at the same
time maintaining the current network and server logical configuration, the IT director eliminated 50% of the
IT engineering staff. The remaining staff has now shifted focus from a daily server maintenance and
upkeep role, to more of a service provisioning, performance, and reporting role. Which of the following was
MOST impacted by this migration?

Question61: How can the internal IT department successfully react to cloud computing?

Question62: A company wants to implement an internal virtualized infrastructure to provide its employees with on
demand storage which will be accessible through a web interface over the public Internet. This is an
example of which of the following?

Question63: Which of the following is the MOST significant difference between SaaS and IaaS?

Question64: A company is adopting a public SaaS cloud based computing system to migrate a mission critical
application. Which of the following capabilities will be MOST likely lost?

Question65: Which of the following will allow an organization to integrate internal identity management services with a
cloud provider in order to provide single sign-on across the internal and cloud-hosted environments?

Question66: How can cloud-related financial risks be managed?

Question67: A company decides to reduce its IT labor force by hiring an external company to manage various aspects
of IT administration, such as software patch management, desktop virtualization, and remote network
maintenance. The company will still retain technicians for maintenance and storage administration. Which
of the following services has this company implemented?

Question68: Privacy is the right of________ to selectively disclose information about _________ and restrict the further
use of that information by any party.

Question69: How can cloud computing help reduce integrity risks?

Question70: A company is trying to understand the IT service management impacts of adopting cloud computing as the
delivery vehicle for a new service. Which of the following lifecycle phases would be likely to see these
impacts evaluated?

Question71: Which of the following risks occurs when a cloud provider stops serving the company?

Question72: A company's IT department currently spends several hours a day maintaining the hardware of the
database server. The company migrates the server to the cloud. Which of the following job responsibilities
of the IT department has been MOST impacted by this change?

Question73: Which of the following would help an organization's IT department set their objectives and expectations for
a cloud computing solution?

Question74: Which of the following cloud computing services requires the MOST involvement from a company's in-
house staff?

Question75: Which of the following should be implemented to BEST roll out desktop images from a cloud network?

Question76: Which of the following is the BEST way to mitigate the security and privacy issues associated with cloud
computing?

Question77: Which of the following applies only to public cloud computing as opposed to outsourcing?

Question78: Which of the following roles can the IT department play in the selection process of cloud computing
providers?

Question79: A company has decided to implement a third-party hosted service so that they have access to as many
virtual instances as needed, for exclusive use. Which of the following types of services would this
represent?

Question80: How does cloud computing influence service operations?

Question81: Which of the following are essential steps to take when creating a virtual server?

Question82: Why is it important to consider the cloud ecosystem when developing applications?

Question83: Which of the following would be considered in a private cloud?

Question84: Elastic computing is important to businesses as it relates to which of the following cloud characteristics?

Question85: A cloud usage metering scheme allows for which of the following customer chargeback alternatives?

Question86: Which of the following is the FIRST item of consideration when a company wants to implement a cloud
network by following the ITIL standard?

Question87: Cloud computing relies heavily on which of the following virtualization characteristics? (Select two.)

Question88: Which of the following is an important factor for maintaining strategic flexibility?

Question89: In cloud computing, the ability to scale resources on demand, benefits the business in which of the
following ways?

Question90: Which of the following would represent a successful implementation of a cloud service strategy?

Question91: Which of the following is a negative business impact of cloud computing?

Question92: Companies that are looking to move from capital expenses to operating expenses benefit from cloud
services.

Question93: Which of the following business benefits do cloud computing and IT outsourcing have in common?

Question94: Why can cloud computing be a challenge in relation to compliance risks (e.g. compliance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act)?

Question95: A company is using an Internet-based cloud service provided by a third party. Which of the following can
the third party NOT guarantee when providing cloud resources?

Question96: Which of the following types of organizations would NOT benefit from cloud computing due to legal
requirements?

Question97: Which of the following confidentiality risks is introduced by cloud computing?

Question98: As part of a critical SaaS application, one of the contractual statements by the cloud provider is a
requirement to perform scheduled maintenance. This has a direct impact on which of the following?

Question99: Which of the following describes what is meant by the ITIL Service Strategy component?

Question100: A university has migrated several services from their internal infrastructure to a third-party cloud provider.
Which of the following is MOST important to the university in order to ensure an appropriate security
posture?

Question101: Which of the following is an advantage of cloud computing that can enhance business value?

Question102: Which of the following BEST describes the properly of cloud computing that enables services to be readily
on hand?

Question103: An external cloud service provider has been chosen by a financial company to deliver some capabilities
that used to be performed in-house. Which of the following would provide the BEST amount of coverage to
the financial company byway of continually asserting that there is an acceptable security posture being
achieved by the service provider?

Question104: A company has hired a third party vendor to provide email and spam/anti-malware filtering services. The
type of cloud service provided by the vendor is BEST described as which of the following?

Question105: Which of the following capabilities MUST a vendor be able to fulfill in order to provide a successful IaaS
solution? (Select TWO).

Question106: Which of the following factors of service must be managed effectively by a SaaS provider in a cloud
computing environment?

Question107: In which of the following ways do IT outsourcing and cloud computing differ?

Question108: Which of the following IT processes is likely to become more important due to the adoption of cloud
computing?

Question109: A specific cloud deployment has been established specifically for financial services companies to
consume. Which of the following BEST describes this type of cloud environment?

Question110: A legal hold has been requested on an employee's mailbox by the company's legal office. The company IT
group is unable to implement the legal hold since the email system has recently been outsourced to the
cloud. Which of the following has the company failed to consider when migrating the email service to the
cloud?

Question111: Which of the following applications is MOST suitable for a cloud computing pilot?

Question112: Using https instead of http for accessing a cloud service is considered more secure.

Question113: Since the implementation of a cloud infrastructure, a senior level network administrator's job description
has changed from being responsible for maintaining the hardware of the network infrastructure to more of
a management position, ensuring the cloud vendor is providing the services specified in the contract with
the company. Which of the following has been impacted the MOST by the change in job responsibility?

Question114: The business benefits of mobile computing are enhanced MOST by which of the following cloud service
characteristics?

Question115: A cloud computing vendor is focusing on delivering applications to customers. The goal is to simplify the
deployment of database functionality while removing the need for customers to manage the operating
system and application patching. Which of the following types of solution is the vendor offering?

Question116: Why does request fulfillment become more complicated in a cloud environment?

Question117: A software development company would like to deploy all of their application development using their own
software to the cloud. The type of cloud they will MOST likely choose to implement is which of the
following?

Question118: Synchronization of updates is ___________ than replicating data across locations because it gives better
assurance that data is always ___________ everywhere.

Question119: Which of the following early examples of cloud computing was used for software engineering purposes in
the form of web-based applications and required interoperability between different systems?

Question120: Which of the following application types is suitable for a cloud computing pilot?

Question121: Which of the following characteristics would allow a company to market its product to the public by using
cloud computing services?

Question122: Which of the following is a reason for business users lo be interested in cloud computing?

Question123: Which of the following is an effect of cloud computing on application development?

Question124: A company would like to move an application to the cloud which resides on a single physical server in their
datacenter. The server has two drives, one of which hosts the operating system, and the other hosts the
application data. The operating system has been showing errors recently and the application data was
corrupted last Friday at 4:00PM. Data is backed up every day at 1:00AM. Which of the following would be
the BEST option for migrating this application to the cloud?

Question125: Which of the following should be measured with a direct cost chargeback method?

Question126: Which of the following are the appropriate steps to migrating a backwards compatible application into the
cloud?

Question127: Which of the following aspects of public cloud computing would a company MOST likely need to consider
to ensure information security?

Question128: An organization wants to host a critical application on two redundant leased servers located at the ISP's
datacenter. Which of the following is this an example of?

Question129: Which of the following is the MOST significant risk to business continuity when using an external cloud
service provider?

Question130: Which of the following cloud computing risks is compliance related?

Question131: Eucalyptus is open-source software for quickly provisioning virtual servers. This is an example of:

Question132: Which of the following is an important new skill for an IT organization to develop in the context of cloud
computing?