CCSP · Question #76
You are the security manager for a small application development company. Your company is considering the use of the cloud for software testing purposes. Which cloud service model is most likely to su
The correct answer is B. PaaS. For software testing, Platform as a Service (PaaS) is ideal as it provides a complete development and deployment environment without requiring management of the underlying infrastructure.
Question
You are the security manager for a small application development company. Your company is considering the use of the cloud for software testing purposes. Which cloud service model is most likely to suit your needs?
Options
- AIaaS
- BPaaS
- CSaaS
- DLaaS
How the community answered
(15 responses)- A7% (1)
- B80% (12)
- C13% (2)
Why each option
For software testing, Platform as a Service (PaaS) is ideal as it provides a complete development and deployment environment without requiring management of the underlying infrastructure.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) would require the company to manage operating systems, middleware, and runtime environments, which is more overhead than typically desired for a pure testing environment.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) provides a complete development and deployment environment, including operating systems, programming language execution environments, databases, and web servers, making it highly suitable for software testing without infrastructure management overhead.
Software as a Service (SaaS) provides ready-to-use applications to end-users and is not suitable for developing and testing custom software.
LaaS is not a standard cloud service model; the term generally refers to 'Logging as a Service' which is irrelevant for providing a testing environment.
Concept tested: Cloud service models (PaaS for Dev/Test)
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/get-started/shared-responsibility#cloud-service-models
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