Question 1

An upgrade to a web application, which supports 400 users at four sites, is being tested. The application runs on four servers behind a load balancer. The following test plan is proposed: Have 50 users from site A connect to server 1 Have 50 users from site B connect to server 2 Have 50 users from site C connect to server 3 Have 50 users from site D connect to server 4 Which of the following parameters is being properly tested by this plan?

Accepted Answer

The test plan is checking if users from different sites can connect to specific servers, which tests connectivity.

Question 2

A new startup company is growing and wants to deploy a human resources management system on a private cloud that is only accessible to the human resources department. Which of the following is the BEST method of access control?

Accepted Answer

Discretionary access control allows the owner of a resource to specify who can access it. In this case, the human resources department would be the owner of the HR management system and would be able to specify which employees have access to it.

Question 3

A company wants to implement a public IaaS solution but also wants to address site resiliency challenges. When selecting an IaaS provider, which of the following should a cloud technician look for within the provider's capabilities to meet the requirements?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A company wants to implement a public...

Question 4

The legal department requires eDiscovery of hosted file shares. To set up access, which of the following is the BEST method to ensure the eDiscovery analyst only has the ability to search but not change configuration or settings?

Accepted Answer

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is the best method to ensure that the eDiscovery analyst has the necessary permissions to search the file shares without the ability to change configurations or settings. RBAC allows for the assignment of specific roles with defined permissions, ensuring that users have access only to what they need for their job functions.

Question 5

A company hosts its server in a public IaaS cloud. The company's management decides to migrate the servers to a different geographical region that is closer to the user base. A cloud administrator creates a new environment in that geographical region. Which of the following is the BEST way to migrate the VM from the original geographic region to the new region?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A company hosts its server in a...

Question 6

A physical server with SSD drives that hosts an IO-intensive database has been migrated into a private cloud to ensure further growth possibilities and accommodate quarterly load spikes (up to 10,000 IOPs). The requirement is to have log partition latency below 5ms and data partition latency below 10ms, irrespective of the load spikes. A cloud administrator has conducted extensive tests after the migration. Which of the following test results would ensure the migration is successful?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A physical server with SSD drives that...

Question 7

A company uses its own private cloud, which has few available resources. Mission-critical systems and other information systems are running on it. A new system will be deployed on the private cloud. The following tests are included in the test plan: Load test (2h) Backup/restore test (6h) Functional test (8h) Failover test (1h) The work schedule of the existing system is shown below.  To minimize the effect to the existing system, which of the following schedules is MOST suitable for the load test?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A company uses its own private cloud,...

Question 8

A cloud administrator is integrating account logins with Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter for marketing and to increase market presence using social media platforms. Given this scenario, which of the following components are needed to match these requirements? (Select TWO).

Accepted Answer

The answer of A cloud administrator is integrating account logins...

Question 9

A company changed its policy to have seven-year data retention in the public cloud. Which of the following would be the MOST cost-effective way to meet retention requirements?

Accepted Answer

Automated archiving is the most cost-effective way to meet data retention requirements as it typically involves moving infrequently accessed data to lower-cost storage solutions within the cloud, optimizing costs while ensuring compliance with retention policies.

Question 10

A software solution must be deployed based on the most granular access level. Which of the following methods should be used to meet the requirements?

Accepted Answer

RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) allows for the most granular access level by assigning permissions to specific roles, which can be tailored to the precise needs of users or groups within the system.

Question 11

Company A has just implemented a SaaS-based cloud storage solution. The SaaS solution provides services for both commercial and personal use. The IT department has been tasked to migrate all the on-premises file shares to the SaaS solution with the username being the corporate email address. The IT department is currently using am IAM solution to provision the accounts in the SaaS solution. Upon execution of the account creation process, the IT department is receiving multiple "unable to create account" alerts. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Company A has just implemented a SaaS-based...

Question 12

A file server is being migrated from physical hardware into a private cloud. Baselining of the server shows the disks average 90% full at all times. The contents of the file server consist mostly of compressed audio files. Multiple copies of the same files are often saved in different locations on the same disk. Which of the following storage technologies is MOST likely to help minimize storage utilization when moving this server to the private cloud?

Accepted Answer

Deduplication is the most effective technology in this scenario as it eliminates duplicate copies of repeating data, which is common with multiple copies of the same files being saved.

Question 13

A security administrator wants to automate the implementation of network-based ACLs for services deployed within the company VPC. The security administrator is mostly concerned with intra-VPN separation to prevent unauthorized communication between cloud deployed services within the VPC. Which of the following should the security administrator implement?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A security administrator wants to automate the...

Question 14

An application server, which uses a SaaS fax provider, is determined to cost too much money. An upgrade to the application allows for use of a physical fax card so the company only has to pay for a phone line. This is a production application; therefore, downtime must be minimized. Which of the following types of migration is MOST efficient in facilitating this application upgrade?

Accepted Answer

Virtual-to-physical migration is the most efficient in this scenario as it involves moving the application from a virtual environment to a physical one, allowing the use of a physical fax card with minimal downtime.

Question 15

Ann, the lead product developer for a company, just hired three new developers. Ann asked the cloud administrator to give these developers access to the fileshares in the public cloud environment. Which of the following is the BEST approach for the cloud administrator to take?

Accepted Answer

Creating a new role to access the fileshares and assigning it to the new developers ensures that access is managed securely and according to the principle of least privilege. This approach avoids sharing credentials and provides a scalable way to manage permissions.

Question 16

A cloud engineer deployed an email server in a public cloud. Users can access the email server, but the emails they send cannot reach their destinations. Which of the following should the cloud engineer do FIRST?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A cloud engineer deployed an email server...

Question 17

Ann. a user, has tried to connect to a VM hosted in a private cloud using her directory services credentials. After three attempts, she realizes the keyboard was set to German instead of English, and she was typing "z" instead of "y". After fixing this issue, Ann is still unable to log in; however, other users can access the VM. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Ann. a user, has tried to connect...

Question 18

An administrator is deploying a new application platform with the following resource utilization:  Company policy requires that no resource utilization surpasses 80%. Which of the following resources will need to be upgraded prior to deployment?

Accepted Answer

The answer of An administrator is deploying a new application...

Question 19

A customer recently provisioned a new server on the IaaS. The IP address assigned from the pool resolves to another hostname. Some user traffic is being dumped or is causing slowness because of this issue. Which of the following maintenance activities does the provider need to perform to prevent this issue?

Accepted Answer

The issue described is related to DNS resolution, where the IP address resolves to an incorrect hostname. Running a script to remove stale DNS entries would address this problem by ensuring that DNS records are up-to-date and correctly mapped.

Question 20

A cloud deployment engineer is modifying versions of the existing template image to instantiate new VMs. The engineer accomplishes this through the cloud self-service portal. After the version is changed and a new VM is successfully started, it does not have any connectivity, and all ping tests to other VMs fail. Which of the following would be the BEST approach to solve the problem?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A cloud deployment engineer is modifying versions...

Exam 6: CompTIA CySA+ Certification Exam (CS0-002)