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A news company can serve all requests from their data center 95% of the time. However, some days there is a huge demand for news updates. Which NIST deployment model is recommended for the company?

The correct answer is D. hybrid. The news company requires a cloud deployment model that combines its existing private data center with external cloud resources to handle fluctuating demand, which is characteristic of a hybrid cloud.

Submitted by sofia.br· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Security

Question

A news company can serve all requests from their data center 95% of the time. However, some days there is a huge demand for news updates. Which NIST deployment model is recommended for the company?

Options

  • Apublic
  • Bprivate
  • Ccommunity
  • Dhybrid

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    9% (3)
  • C
    18% (6)
  • D
    71% (24)

Why each option

The news company requires a cloud deployment model that combines its existing private data center with external cloud resources to handle fluctuating demand, which is characteristic of a hybrid cloud.

Apublic

A public cloud involves deploying all services entirely on a cloud provider's infrastructure, which is not the case as the company serves 95% of requests from its own data center.

Bprivate

A private cloud involves deploying services exclusively on an organization's dedicated infrastructure, but the company explicitly needs to handle surges in demand beyond its current capacity.

Ccommunity

A community cloud shares infrastructure between several organizations with common concerns, which doesn't directly address the company's need to combine internal capacity with external scaling for its own fluctuating demand.

DhybridCorrect

A hybrid cloud model combines a private cloud with a public cloud, allowing an organization to run most operations on their private infrastructure while scaling to a public cloud for handling surges in demand, such as during news update peaks. This approach provides flexibility and cost efficiency by only paying for public cloud resources when needed.

Concept tested: NIST cloud deployment models (hybrid cloud)

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-145/final

Topics

#Cloud Deployment Models#Hybrid Cloud#Scalability#NIST Cloud Computing

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