IBM Certification IBM Cloud Certification 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which IBM Cloud service provides a fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration platform?
- IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (Correct answer)
- IBM Cloud Foundry
- IBM Cloud Functions
- IBM Cloud Run
Correct answer: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS) is the fully managed Kubernetes offering on IBM Cloud.
Question 2: What is the primary purpose of IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS)?
- Block storage for virtual machines
- Scalable unstructured data storage accessible via APIs (Correct answer)
- Relational database hosting
- Content delivery network caching
Correct answer: Scalable unstructured data storage accessible via APIs
IBM Cloud Object Storage is designed for storing unstructured data at scale, accessed via S3-compatible APIs.
Question 3: Which IBM Cloud pricing model charges only for the resources consumed with no upfront commitment?
- Reserved instances
- Pay-as-you-go (Correct answer)
- Subscription
- Dedicated host
Correct answer: Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go charges based on actual usage with no upfront fees or long-term commitments.
Question 4: IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL is best described as which type of service?
- IaaS
- PaaS (Correct answer)
- SaaS
- FaaS
Correct answer: PaaS
IBM Cloud Databases is a Platform-as-a-Service offering that manages the database infrastructure for you.
Question 5: Which tool is used to interact with IBM Cloud resources from the command line?
- ibmcloud CLI (Correct answer)
- IBM Cloud Console
- IBM Cloud Shell only
- CloudFormation CLI
Correct answer: ibmcloud CLI
The ibmcloud CLI is the official command-line tool for managing IBM Cloud services and resources.
Question 6: What does IBM Cloud's 'Resource Group' primarily help users manage?
- Network subnets
- Organizing and controlling access to resources (Correct answer)
- Auto-scaling policies
- Container pod scheduling
Correct answer: Organizing and controlling access to resources
Resource Groups allow users to logically group IBM Cloud resources to manage access control and billing.
Question 7: Which IBM Cloud service enables serverless execution of code in response to events?
- IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
- IBM Cloud Functions (Correct answer)
- IBM Cloud Foundry
- IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
Correct answer: IBM Cloud Functions
IBM Cloud Functions is the serverless computing service based on Apache OpenWhisk that runs code on demand.
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Which IBM Cloud service provides a fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration platform?