Cloud Service Providers and Case Studies # MCQs Practice set

Q.1 Which company provides Amazon Web Services (AWS)?

Microsoft
Amazon
Google
IBM
Explanation - AWS is the cloud computing platform offered by Amazon, providing services like EC2, S3, and Lambda.
Correct answer is: Amazon

Q.2 Which cloud service provider offers Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

Amazon
Google
Oracle
Microsoft
Explanation - Google Cloud Platform is developed and maintained by Google to provide cloud services.
Correct answer is: Google

Q.3 What is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform called?

OneDrive
Azure
Office 365
Dynamics 365
Explanation - Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform offering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions.
Correct answer is: Azure

Q.4 IBM offers cloud services under which brand name?

Bluemix
SoftLayer
IBM Cloud
Watson AI
Explanation - IBM Cloud is IBM’s unified cloud computing platform that integrates AI, IaaS, and PaaS.
Correct answer is: IBM Cloud

Q.5 Which cloud provider is most widely used globally as of 2024?

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
IBM Cloud
Explanation - AWS continues to hold the largest global market share due to its vast service offerings and customer base.
Correct answer is: AWS

Q.6 Which AWS service is used for scalable virtual servers?

S3
RDS
EC2
Lambda
Explanation - EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides resizable virtual servers in AWS.
Correct answer is: EC2

Q.7 Google Cloud’s serverless compute platform is called?

Cloud SQL
App Engine
Compute Engine
BigQuery
Explanation - Google App Engine is a fully managed serverless PaaS offering for building and hosting apps.
Correct answer is: App Engine

Q.8 Microsoft Azure’s serverless computing service is known as?

Azure Logic Apps
Azure Functions
App Service
VM Scale Sets
Explanation - Azure Functions allows users to run event-driven serverless code without managing infrastructure.
Correct answer is: Azure Functions

Q.9 Which company acquired SoftLayer to expand its cloud services?

Amazon
IBM
Google
Oracle
Explanation - IBM acquired SoftLayer in 2013 to strengthen its cloud infrastructure offerings.
Correct answer is: IBM

Q.10 Which AWS service is primarily used for object storage?

EBS
S3
RDS
EC2
Explanation - Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is designed for scalable object storage and backup.
Correct answer is: S3

Q.11 What is Google Cloud’s data warehouse service called?

BigTable
BigQuery
Cloud SQL
Dataflow
Explanation - BigQuery is Google Cloud’s enterprise data warehouse designed for fast SQL queries and analytics.
Correct answer is: BigQuery

Q.12 Which cloud provider powers Netflix’s global infrastructure?

Google Cloud
AWS
Azure
IBM Cloud
Explanation - Netflix relies heavily on AWS for global streaming and scalability.
Correct answer is: AWS

Q.13 Which Azure service is equivalent to AWS S3?

Azure Tables
Blob Storage
File Storage
Queue Storage
Explanation - Azure Blob Storage is used for scalable object storage, similar to AWS S3.
Correct answer is: Blob Storage

Q.14 Which Google Cloud service is similar to AWS EC2?

Compute Engine
App Engine
Cloud Run
Cloud Functions
Explanation - Google Compute Engine provides virtual machines similar to AWS EC2.
Correct answer is: Compute Engine

Q.15 Which AWS service is used for relational databases?

S3
EC2
RDS
Redshift
Explanation - Amazon RDS provides managed relational database services like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
Correct answer is: RDS

Q.16 Microsoft Teams is hosted on which cloud platform?

AWS
Google Cloud
Azure
IBM Cloud
Explanation - Microsoft Teams runs on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.
Correct answer is: Azure

Q.17 Which cloud provider offers the service 'Anthos'?

AWS
Google Cloud
Azure
IBM Cloud
Explanation - Anthos is Google Cloud’s hybrid and multi-cloud application management platform.
Correct answer is: Google Cloud

Q.18 Which AWS service is designed for data warehousing?

RDS
Redshift
DynamoDB
Athena
Explanation - Amazon Redshift is a fully managed data warehouse service optimized for analytics.
Correct answer is: Redshift

Q.19 Which of the following is a hybrid cloud service from Microsoft?

Azure Stack
CloudFront
Cloud Spanner
Watson AI
Explanation - Azure Stack extends Azure services to on-premises environments for hybrid cloud deployment.
Correct answer is: Azure Stack

Q.20 Which company provides Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)?

Amazon
Oracle
Google
IBM
Explanation - Oracle provides OCI, which focuses on enterprise workloads and databases.
Correct answer is: Oracle

Q.21 Which AWS service is used for content delivery?

CloudFront
S3
Route 53
Elastic Beanstalk
Explanation - Amazon CloudFront is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for faster global distribution of content.
Correct answer is: CloudFront

Q.22 Which Google Cloud service provides globally distributed NoSQL database?

BigQuery
BigTable
Cloud SQL
Firestore
Explanation - Cloud BigTable is Google Cloud’s NoSQL wide-column database designed for scalability.
Correct answer is: BigTable

Q.23 Which Azure service provides managed Kubernetes clusters?

AKS
EKS
GKE
Cloud Run
Explanation - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is Microsoft’s managed Kubernetes offering.
Correct answer is: AKS

Q.24 Which company provides Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?

Google Cloud
IBM Cloud
AWS
Azure
Explanation - Amazon Web Services provides EC2 as its core compute service.
Correct answer is: AWS

Q.25 Which cloud service provider hosts Spotify’s infrastructure?

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
IBM Cloud
Explanation - Spotify migrated much of its infrastructure to Google Cloud to leverage big data and analytics.
Correct answer is: Google Cloud