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Question 41

In Amazon’s EC2, virtual machines are provided and can be controlled through a service API. Which of the following best defines this service?
  • A Public
  • B SaaS
  • C PaaS
  • D IaaS
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Correct answer: D

Explanation

Correct Answer:

IaaS is correct.

Amazon’s EC2 provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud via VMs that can be controlled via API, thus fitting the definition of IaaS. 

Incorrect Answers:

PaaS, SaaS, and Public are incorrect.

These do not match the Amazon EC2 service description.

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