Which of the Following Is True About Cloud Computing

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about cloud computing?

• A) Cloud firms require their customers to move all of their software off site and onto the cloud in order to meet legal requirements demanded by US regulators and European regulators.
• B) Cloud computing is not as green as traditional computing.
• C) Cloud infrastructure is often located in warehouse-style buildings designed for computers, not people.
• D) Cloud firms are usually crammed inside inefficiently cooled downtown high-rises.
• E) Cloud computing firms often have data centers that are not designed to pool and efficiently manage computing resources.

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Definitions:

Index Model

A financial model that relates a stock's returns to the returns of a broader market index, used to estimate the stock's beta and expected returns.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of values, widely used in finance to assess the risk associated with a particular investment.

Index Model

A statistical model used to predict stock prices by relating the returns of each stock to the returns of an overall market index.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.