f5 402 practice test

What is the primary goal of on-demand provisioning of application services in the cloud?
Choose one:

• A. To efficiently allocate and scale resources based on immediate demand
• B. To randomly provision services when no one is looking
• C. To organize weekly office parties
• D. To delay service provisioning until next year

Which of the following is a primary advantage of using an orchestration model like N/E/S/W-bound
APIs?
Choose one:

• A. It makes coffee for the IT team
• B. It increases the number of office plants
• C. It simplifies and automates the creation and management of services
• D. It predicts the weather accurately

Scenario: Your company is using cloud deployment templates to automate the provisioning of
application services. What best practices should be followed to ensure these templates remain
effective and secure?
Choose one:

• A. Limit the scope of templates to only a few services.
• B. Avoid updating templates to maintain consistency.
• C. Use templates exclusively without any manual intervention.
• D. Regularly update templates to incorporate new security features.

How can SDN technologies impact the scalability of F5 components?
(Select all that apply)
Choose:

• A. SDN can provide dynamic scaling of F5 components.
• B. SDN technologies only impact F5 hardware, not virtual components.
• C. SDN technologies have no impact on F5 scalability.
• D. SDN can limit the number of F5 devices in use.

Scenario: Your company is planning to implement a hybrid cloud strategy that involves application
bursting during peak business hours.
What considerations should you prioritize to ensure the success of this strategy?
Choose one:

• A. Ensure the application can scale across multiple cloud environments.
• B. Minimize the use of cloud resources to avoid additional costs.
• C. Restrict the application to a single cloud provider.
• D. Focus on reducing the application’s overall resource requirements.

Scenario: During a cloud deployment, you notice that application performance is not meeting
expectations. What steps can you take to optimize instance sizing and location?
Choose one:

• A. Increase instance sizes indiscriminately to handle more traffic.
• B. Ignore performance issues and hope they resolve on their own.
• C. Analyze application traffic patterns and adjust instance sizes accordingly.
• D. Move all instances to a single region to simplify management.

In the context of cloud application bursting, what does "horizontal scaling" refer to?
Choose one:

• A. Reducing the number of application users
• B. Adjusting the color scheme of the application
• C. Adding more virtual machines or instances to handle increased demand
• D. Increasing the size of the data center

Which of the following is NOT a common cloud service model?
Choose one:

• A. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• B. Product as a Service (PraaS)
• C. Software as a Service (SaaS)
• D. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

What is the primary role of Identity and Access Management (IAM) in a cloud environment?
Choose one:

• A. To control user access and permissions within cloud services
• B. To regulate access to network devices
• C. To monitor physical security of data centers
• D. To manage hardware resources

When designing a cloud bursting solution, what variables should be evaluated?
(Select all that apply)
Choose:

• A. The CEO's favorite color
• B. Cloud provider capabilities
• C. Application scalability requirements
• D. The weather forecast