CompTIA A+ Core 1 — Practice Exam
4.0 Virtualization and Cloud Computing: practice questions
Our CompTIA A+ Core 1 bank has 27 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
What is a private cloud?
- Cloud infrastructure used by a single organisation
- A personal USB drive
- A cloud shared by everyone on the internet, with no access restrictions
- A peer-to-peer network
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A. Cloud infrastructure used by a single organisation — It may be on-site or hosted.
Question 2
What is a Type 2 hypervisor?
- A hypervisor that runs on top of a host operating system
- A network switch
- A storage array
- A bare-metal hypervisor installed directly on the server hardware
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A. A hypervisor that runs on top of a host operating system — Examples include VirtualBox and VMware Workstation.
Question 3
What is IaaS?
- A desktop operating system
- A local hard drive
- Infrastructure as a Service: virtual servers, storage and networking from a provider
- Ready-to-use web apps
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C. Infrastructure as a Service: virtual servers, storage and networking from a provider — The customer manages the OS and applications.
Question 4
What is 'shared resources' in cloud computing?
- Pooling compute, storage and network resources among many users
- Sharing printer paper
- Sharing passwords
- Sharing one monitor
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A. Pooling compute, storage and network resources among many users — Resources are allocated dynamically.
Question 5
Why might a technician use a virtual machine for testing?
- To avoid licensing all software
- To replace backups
- To test software or settings in an isolated environment without affecting the host
- To make the host run faster
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C. To test software or settings in an isolated environment without affecting the host — Snapshots allow quick rollback.