CCSP · Question #66
Which of the following are considered to be the building blocks of cloud computing?
The correct answer is C. CPU, RAM, storage and networking. The fundamental building blocks of cloud computing infrastructure are core hardware resources: CPU, RAM, storage, and networking.
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Which of the following are considered to be the building blocks of cloud computing?
Options
- AData, access control, virtualization, and services
- BStorage, networking, printing and virtualization
- CCPU, RAM, storage and networking
- DData, CPU, RAM, and access control
How the community answered
(29 responses)- B3% (1)
- C93% (27)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
The fundamental building blocks of cloud computing infrastructure are core hardware resources: CPU, RAM, storage, and networking.
Data, access control, and services are higher-level concepts or functionalities built upon the core infrastructure, not the raw building blocks themselves.
Printing is generally an end-user service capability rather than a fundamental infrastructure building block of cloud computing.
CPU (Central Processing Unit) provides processing power, RAM (Random Access Memory) offers volatile memory for active processes, storage provides persistent data retention, and networking enables communication between these components and external access. These four elements form the essential hardware foundation upon which all cloud services and virtualization layers are built.
Data and access control are important aspects of cloud computing, but they are not the foundational hardware components like CPU and RAM.
Concept tested: Cloud computing infrastructure components
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-is-cloud-computing/
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