CompTIA Cloud+ Cloud Deployment and Migration Questions and Answers

Question 1

A company is planning to migrate a large, complex application with many interdependencies from their on-premises data center to a public cloud.
The business requires that the application remains fully functional for all users throughout the migration process, with no downtime.
Which migration cutover approach is MOST suitable for this scenario?

Accepted Answer

Phased migration

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Big bang migration

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Hybrid migration

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Direct cutover

Question 2

An organization is performing a cloud readiness assessment for a legacy, mission-critical application. The assessment reveals the application has significant dependencies on specific hardware and an outdated operating system, making a direct 'lift-and-shift' migration impossible. The organization decides to replace the application entirely with a modern, commercially available SaaS solution that provides similar functionality. According to the '7 Rs' of cloud migration, which strategy is being implemented?

Accepted Answer

Repurchase

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Replatform

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Refactor

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Retire

Question 3

A cloud engineer needs to migrate an application running on a physical server in a data center to a virtual machine in a private cloud. The process involves creating a disk image of the physical server and converting it into a virtual disk format compatible with the target hypervisor. What is this type of migration commonly called?

Accepted Answer

P2V (Physical-to-Virtual)

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V2V (Virtual-to-Virtual)

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V2C (Virtual-to-Cloud)

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P2C (Physical-to-Cloud)

Question 4

During the planning phase of a large-scale cloud migration, the project manager insists on creating a detailed document that outlines the specific steps and criteria for reverting to the original on-premises environment if the migration fails or introduces critical issues post-cutover. What is this essential planning component called?

Accepted Answer

A rollback plan

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A disaster recovery plan

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A cutover checklist

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A communication plan

Question 5

A company wants to migrate its on-premises application to the cloud with minimal changes to the application's code and architecture. However, they want to take advantage of some cloud-native features, such as managed database services (e.g., Amazon RDS) instead of continuing to manage their own database server on a virtual machine. Which of the '7 Rs' of cloud migration BEST describes this approach?

Accepted Answer

Replatform

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Rehost

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Refactor

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Retain

Question 6

Which of the following would be performed during the assessment phase of a cloud migration to identify application interdependencies, server configurations, and performance metrics?

Accepted Answer

Automated discovery and analysis

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User acceptance testing

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Rollback execution

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DNS cutover