EMC Dell Cloud Infrastructure Design 2023 - D-CI-DS-23 Exam Practice Test
As a cloud architect you are working with an organization to choose between a DIY PaaS or PaaS Solution.
What is a selection criterion that applies to a PaaS Solution?
What is a selection criterion that applies to a PaaS Solution?
Correct Answer: A
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An architect is designing a cloud. The architect wants to provide static and dedicated resources to the management applications without affecting the efficiency of consumer resource sharing.
How can this be accomplished in the cloud design?
How can this be accomplished in the cloud design?
Correct Answer: B
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Your company recently negotiated several contracts with new customers to use its proprietary eCommerce system. As a result, the customer base has grown rapidly, which has introduced several challenges and requirements.
Business requirements:
- Applications need to scale quickly
- Metrics and reporting to anticipate business trends and efficient use of resource
- External customers are looking to license the eCommerce application
Other considerations:
- Applications need to be recorded for the public cloud
- Address security vulnerabilities for customer data in the cloud
Refer to Case 1.
You are designing the application development platform for the cloud and are considering using a PaaS Solution. You must ensure that monitoring is included in the platform.
Which key metrics need to be available from the PaaS Solution that you select?

Your company recently negotiated several contracts with new customers to use its proprietary eCommerce system. As a result, the customer base has grown rapidly, which has introduced several challenges and requirements.
Business requirements:
- Applications need to scale quickly
- Metrics and reporting to anticipate business trends and efficient use of resource
- External customers are looking to license the eCommerce application
Other considerations:
- Applications need to be recorded for the public cloud
- Address security vulnerabilities for customer data in the cloud
Refer to Case 1.
You are designing the application development platform for the cloud and are considering using a PaaS Solution. You must ensure that monitoring is included in the platform.
Which key metrics need to be available from the PaaS Solution that you select?
Correct Answer: B
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An organization wants to build a pilot cloud for developers to learn and practice cloud-native application design. The organization expects that the cloud will host many tiny instances that will use few resources.
What accurately describes the optimal CPU and memory configuration?
What accurately describes the optimal CPU and memory configuration?
Correct Answer: B
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How does cloud help accelerate an organization's path toward IT Transformation?
Correct Answer: C
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A cloud architect has determined that the cloud management infrastructure requires an authentication and PKI environment. In addition, each tenant will require its own authentication and PKI environment.
What describes these separate environments in a cloud design document?
What describes these separate environments in a cloud design document?
Correct Answer: A
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What are some common inter-cloud connectivity methods for linking layer-2 network segments in hybrid cloud deployments?
Correct Answer: B
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What are key benefits of ITaaS compared to traditional IT processes?
Correct Answer: C
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Which storage category and feature is represented by EMC XtremIO?
Correct Answer: D
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What are key benefits of using Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in cloud network design? (Select all that apply)
Correct Answer: B,D
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During the assessment phase of the design process, the cloud architect discovers that an organization wants to provide consumers with the ability to backup and restore specific data within a virtual machine.
Which backup application functionality will support this requirement?
Which backup application functionality will support this requirement?
Correct Answer: C
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In the context of a CMP, what is the purpose of a self-service portal?
Correct Answer: D
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