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350-401 · Question #612

350-401 Question #612: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

In an on-premises (private) deployment model, costs are capital expenditures (CapEx) because organizations purchase and own physical hardware outright, and administrators have complete control over servers, configurations, and security policies. In contrast, public or hybrid clou

Submitted by ahmad_uae· Mar 6, 2026Cloud Concepts - Understanding and differentiating between on-premises, public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment models and their associated characteristics (CompTIA Cloud+ / AWS Cloud Practitioner / Azure Fundamentals)

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Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the characteristics from the left onto the infrastructure deployment models on the right. Answer:

Explanation

In an on-premises (private) deployment model, costs are capital expenditures (CapEx) because organizations purchase and own physical hardware outright, and administrators have complete control over servers, configurations, and security policies. In contrast, public or hybrid cloud models shift costs to operational expenditures (OpEx), improve elasticity by allowing rapid scaling of resources on demand, and reduce management overhead since the cloud provider handles infrastructure maintenance, patching, and hardware lifecycle management.

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#Cloud Deployment Models#CapEx vs OpEx#On-Premises vs Cloud#Infrastructure Management

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