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10 free, exam-style Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) (CCSP) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free CCSP practice test to study every exam domain.

Question 1

According to NIST SP 800-145, which of the following is NOT one of the five essential characteristics of cloud computing?

  1. On-demand self-service
  2. Broad network access
  3. Multi-tenancy
  4. Measured service
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Correct answer: C - Multi-tenancy

Question 2

A company wants to provision virtual machines through a web portal without needing to contact the provider's support team. Which essential cloud characteristic does this describe?

  1. Resource pooling
  2. Rapid elasticity
  3. On-demand self-service
  4. Broad network access
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Correct answer: C - On-demand self-service

Question 3

Which cloud computing role acts as an intermediary that manages the use, performance, and delivery of cloud services and negotiates relationships between cloud service providers and cloud service customers?

  1. Cloud service partner
  2. Cloud service provider
  3. Cloud service broker
  4. Cloud auditor
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Correct answer: C - Cloud service broker

Question 4

An organization consumes cloud services and is responsible for defining its requirements and managing its data. Which cloud role does this organization fulfill?

  1. Cloud service provider
  2. Cloud service customer
  3. Cloud service broker
  4. Cloud service partner
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Correct answer: B - Cloud service customer

Question 5

Which cloud characteristic ensures that cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource use by leveraging a metering capability appropriate to the type of service?

  1. Rapid elasticity
  2. Resource pooling
  3. Measured service
  4. On-demand self-service
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Correct answer: C - Measured service

Question 6

A cloud provider serves multiple customers from the same physical infrastructure while maintaining logical separation between tenants. Which cloud characteristic does this BEST describe?

  1. Broad network access
  2. Rapid elasticity
  3. On-demand self-service
  4. Multi-tenancy
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Correct answer: D - Multi-tenancy

Question 7

During a flash sale event, an e-commerce company's cloud infrastructure automatically scales from 10 to 500 server instances within minutes. Which essential cloud characteristic enables this?

  1. Measured service
  2. Resource pooling
  3. Rapid elasticity
  4. On-demand self-service
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Correct answer: C - Rapid elasticity

Question 8

A third-party consulting firm helps an organization integrate multiple cloud services and migrate workloads. Which cloud role does this firm BEST represent?

  1. Cloud service broker
  2. Cloud service provider
  3. Cloud service partner
  4. Cloud auditor
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Correct answer: C - Cloud service partner

Question 9

Which building block technology enables multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical server?

  1. Software-defined networking
  2. Orchestration
  3. Virtualization
  4. Containerization
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Correct answer: C - Virtualization

Question 10

A government agency mandates that a cloud provider comply with specific data handling standards and conducts periodic assessments. Which cloud role does the government agency fulfill?

  1. Cloud service customer
  2. Cloud service broker
  3. Regulator
  4. Cloud auditor
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Correct answer: C - Regulator

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