Volume, variety, velocity, and veracity are the four characteristics of:

1. A. machine learning.
2. B. Big Data.
3. C. microservice design.
4. D. blockchain.
5. E. object storage.

Correct Answer: B

An IT team documented the procedure for upgrading an existing IT resource within the cloud. Which of the following BEST describes this procedure?

1. A. Security procedure
2. B. Incident management
3. C. Change management
4. D. Standard operating procedure

Correct Answer: D

A cloud administrator for an ISP identified a vulnerability in the software that controls all the firewall rules for a geographic area. To ensure the software upgrade is properly tested, approved, and applied, which of the following processes should the administrator follow?

1. A. Configuration management
2. B. Incident management
3. C. Resource management
4. D. Change management

Correct Answer: A

Which of the following services would restrict connectivity to cloud resources?

1. A. Security lists
2. B. Firewall
3. C. VPN
4. D. Intrusion detection system

Correct Answer: A

An organization's servers are experiencing performance degradation from oversubscription of memory in the virtual environment and exhausted physical RAM.
Which of the following cloud computing characteristics would BEST address the issue?

1. A. Availability
2. B. Elasticity
3. C. Pay-as-you-go
4. D. Self-service

Correct Answer: B