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What are two characteristics of a public cloud implementation? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. It is owned and maintained by one party, but it is shared among multiple organizations C. It provides services that are accessed over the Internet. A public cloud implementation is owned and maintained by a single provider, shares its infrastructure among multiple organizations, and delivers services over the internet.

Submitted by rachelw· Mar 5, 2026Network Fundamentals

Question

What are two characteristics of a public cloud implementation? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AIt is owned and maintained by one party, but it is shared among multiple organizations
  • BIt enables an organization to fully customize how it deploys network resources
  • CIt provides services that are accessed over the Internet
  • DIt is a data center on the public Internet that maintains cloud services for only one company
  • EIt supports network resources from a centralized third-party provider and privately-owned virtual

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • A
    89% (16)
  • B
    6% (1)
  • D
    6% (1)

Why each option

A public cloud implementation is owned and maintained by a single provider, shares its infrastructure among multiple organizations, and delivers services over the internet.

AIt is owned and maintained by one party, but it is shared among multiple organizationsCorrect

Public clouds operate on a multi-tenant model where the underlying infrastructure is owned and maintained by a cloud provider, but its resources are logically shared among multiple client organizations.

BIt enables an organization to fully customize how it deploys network resources

While public clouds offer significant flexibility, an organization cannot 'fully' customize the underlying network infrastructure as that is managed by the cloud provider, unlike a private cloud.

CIt provides services that are accessed over the InternetCorrect

Services in a public cloud are delivered over the public internet, allowing users to access them from anywhere with an internet connection without needing direct physical access to the infrastructure.

DIt is a data center on the public Internet that maintains cloud services for only one company

A public cloud serves multiple organizations (multi-tenant), not just one company, which would instead describe a single-tenant private cloud deployment.

EIt supports network resources from a centralized third-party provider and privately-owned virtual

This describes a hybrid cloud model, combining resources from a third-party public cloud provider with privately-owned virtual resources, rather than solely a public cloud.

Concept tested: Characteristics of public cloud computing

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/get-started/what-is-cloud-computing#public-cloud

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#public cloud#cloud deployment models#cloud services#IaaS

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