UGC NET Computer Science December 2019 | Question 128

Question 128

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Consider the following statements :
(a) Windows Azure is a cloud-based operating system.
(b) Google App Engine is an integrated set of online services for consumers to communicate and share with others.
(c) Amazon Cloud Front is a web service for content delivery.
Which of the statements is (are) correct?

1. 1. Only (a) and (b)
2. 2. Only (a) and (c)
3. 3. Only (b) and (c)
4. 4. (a), (b) and (c)

Answer : 2. Only (a) and (c)

Explanation Question 128

1. Windows Azure is a cloud-based operating system. True
2. Google App Engine is an integrated set of online services for consumers to communicate and share with others. False
3. Amazon Cloud Front is a web service for content delivery. True

Microsoft Azure, commonly referred to as Azure, is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.

Google App Engine (often referred to as GAE or simply App Engine) is a Platform as a Service and cloud computing platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers.

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) offered by Amazon Web Services. Content delivery networks provide a globally-distributed network of proxy servers which cache content, such as web videos or other bulky media, more locally to consumers, thus improving access speed for downloading the content.

Statement (b) is wrong because Google App Engine is a cloud computing platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. It's not an online services for consumers to communicate and share with others.

Hence, Correct statements are only (a) and (c)

So, option 2 is correct answer

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