9.11: Assessments

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    Key Terms and Definitions

    Match each term (1–14) with the correct definition (A–N).

    Key Terms and Definitions
    # Term
    1 Workload Profile
    2 Horizontal Scaling
    3 Vertical Scaling
    4 Diagonal Scaling
    5 Layer 4 Load Balancer
    6 Layer 7 Load Balancer
    7 Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    8 Public Subnet
    9 Private Subnet
    10 NAT Gateway
    11 Lift-and-Shift
    12 Re-platforming
    13 Re-architecting
    14 Right-sizing
    Letter Definition
    A Adding more instances/nodes to distribute load across multiple machines.
    B Increasing the capacity (CPU, RAM) of a single machine to handle more load.
    C A combination of horizontal and vertical scaling strategies applied together.
    D A document describing an application's technical requirements, dependencies, and cloud alignment plan.
    E A load balancer operating at the transport layer, routing traffic based on IP address and port.
    F A load balancer operating at the application layer, routing based on HTTP headers, URLs, or cookies.
    G A logically isolated virtual network in the cloud with custom IP ranges and routing.
    H A subnet with a route to an internet gateway, allowing resources to be directly accessible from the internet.
    I A subnet with no direct internet route; resources are only accessible internally.
    J A service allowing resources in private subnets to access the internet for updates without being publicly reachable.
    K Migrating a workload to the cloud with minimal changes — moving it as-is to cloud VMs.
    L Moving a workload to the cloud while making moderate changes to leverage some managed services.
    M Fundamentally redesigning an application for the cloud using cloud-native patterns like microservices.
    N Adjusting cloud resource sizes to match actual utilization, eliminating waste from over-provisioned instances.

    Answer Key: 1-D, 2-A, 3-B, 4-C, 5-E, 6-F, 7-G, 8-H, 9-I, 10-J, 11-K, 12-L, 13-M, 14-N

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