Which of the cloud deployment models is used by popular services such as iCloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive?

The correct answer is B. Public. iCloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive are all public cloud services - infrastructure and services owned and operated by a cloud service provider (Apple, Dropbox Inc., and Microsoft respectively) and made available to the general public over the internet. Users share the underlying…

Submitted by haru.x· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design

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AHybrid
BPublic
CPrivate
DCommunity

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Explanation

iCloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive are all public cloud services - infrastructure and services owned and operated by a cloud service provider (Apple, Dropbox Inc., and Microsoft respectively) and made available to the general public over the internet. Users share the underlying infrastructure with other customers, though their data is logically separated. A private cloud is dedicated to a single organization. A hybrid cloud combines private and public environments. A community cloud is shared among organizations with common interests (e.g., government agencies). The defining characteristic of these consumer-facing services is that they are publicly accessible and operated by a third-party provider.

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