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Virtualization & Cloud Services Flashcards

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  1. A customer in the healthcare industry is evaluating cloud solutions. Which compliance framework is most relevant to their data storage requirements?

    Answer: HIPAA

    HIPAA governs the protection of patient health information (PHI) in the US, making it the primary compliance concern for healthcare cloud workloads.

  2. What is the key difference between capital expenditure (CapEx) and operational expenditure (OpEx) in the context of cloud adoption?

    Answer: CapEx requires upfront investment in physical assets; OpEx is ongoing consumption-based spending

    Traditional IT involves CapEx (buying servers upfront), while cloud shifts spending to OpEx (pay-as-you-go consumption), improving cash flow flexibility.

  3. A snapshot in a virtualized environment is best described as:

    Answer: A point-in-time copy of a virtual machine's state and disk

    A VM snapshot captures the exact state of the virtual machine at a specific moment, enabling quick rollback if needed.

  4. Which cloud networking feature allows an organization to logically isolate their cloud resources from other tenants on shared infrastructure?

    Answer: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

    A VPC provides a logically isolated section of the cloud where customers can define their own network topology, subnets, and access controls.

  5. A customer asks about the shared responsibility model in cloud computing. Which component is always the customer's responsibility regardless of cloud model (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)?

    Answer: Data and identity/access management

    Regardless of the cloud service model, customers always retain responsibility for their own data and managing who has access to it.

  6. Live migration in virtualization refers to:

    Answer: Moving a running VM from one physical host to another with minimal downtime

    Live migration moves a powered-on VM between physical hosts transparently, enabling hardware maintenance without service interruption.

  7. A salesperson is explaining total cost of ownership (TCO) of cloud vs. on-premises to a customer. Which cost is often overlooked in on-premises TCO calculations?

    Answer: Data center power, cooling, and facilities costs

    Power, cooling, and physical facility costs are often underestimated in on-premises TCO but can represent 30-40% of true infrastructure costs.