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This IBM exam was part of the IBM Certified Advocate - Cloud v1 credential. It validated knowledge of cloud computing essentials, including the characteristics, history, and trends of cloud computing, plus IBM Cloud services and offerings. IBM marks the exam as withdrawn and notes it was replaced by C1000-142.

Exam Topics

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  • Development and Integration0%
  • Running, Testing, and Troubleshooting0%
  • Administration0%

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QuestionQ1

Administration

Which compute option is intended for developers and does not require system administrators to maintain the infrastructure?

  • A Serverless
  • B Bare metal servers
  • C Virtual servers
  • D Containers
Explanation

Serverless computing lets developers run code without provisioning or maintaining servers; the cloud provider operates the underlying infrastructure.

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QuestionQ2

Components and Architecture

What do containers represent?

  • A Independent units deployed in networking spaces that are logically separated segments
  • B A control group that can be run anywhere, desktop, traditional IT, or the cloud
  • C An executable unit of software in which application code is packaged
  • D A security group that provides security at the instance level such as VSIs
Explanation

A container is an executable unit of software that packages application code, along with the dependencies needed to run it consistently across environments.

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QuestionQ3

Administration

What must be in place before you create and use toolchains that include certain tool integrations?

  • A A Continuous Delivery service
  • B The Creator role permissions
  • C A Kubernetes cluster
  • D A container repository
Explanation

An IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery service instance is required before toolchains containing certain tool integrations can be created and used.

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QuestionQ4

Components and Architecture

Which of the following is an example of a cloud-native application?

  • A An application developed using an IBM Cloud hosted integrated development environment and deployed to production on a locally hosted virtual machine
  • B A software platform available exclusively on IBM Cloud
  • C A containerized application that is deployed on an orchestrated platform
  • D A Windows application designed to run both on IBM Cloud and on locally hosted environments
Explanation

Cloud-native applications commonly use containers and container orchestration to automate their deployment, scaling, and management. A containerized application deployed on an orchestrated platform has these defining cloud-native characteristics.

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QuestionQ5

Administration

Which database type would be suitable for a database with a high volume of transactions?

  • A graph
  • B relational
  • C document
  • D key-value
Explanation

Relational databases are designed to support high-volume, concurrent ACID transactions, including reliable commits, consistency constraints, and rollback behavior.

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