Basic Cloud Concepts Questions

Foundational cloud computing knowledge including core service models, cloud types, common services, and the principal benefits and challenges of moving to cloud. Candidates should understand infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service and be able to describe public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud models. Coverage includes basic cloud services such as compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, and managed databases; key advantages such as scalability, elasticity, cost efficiency, resilience, and faster time to market; and common challenges including vendor lock in, security and compliance, latency and data residency, cost management, and operational changes. Also include basic concepts like regions and availability zones, autoscaling and load balancing, and the shared responsibility model for cloud security.