Which of the following is not considered a characteristic of cloud computing?

Correct answer: Limiting networking accessibility. Cloud computing offers broad network access, so limiting network accessibility is not a characteristic.

Background: Cloud services are available over the network.

• On-demand self service: On-demand self-service is a cloud characteristic.
• Resource pooling: Resource pooling is a cloud characteristic.
• Rapid elasticity: Rapid elasticity is a cloud characteristic.

Did you know? Cloud also uses “measured service”, so you pay for what you use.

Memory trick: Cloud = open access, not limited.