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5 free, original PBQs for Cloud+ (CV0-004), with a network diagram and drag-and-drop. Do each task, check it, and read why the answer is right.
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You do each task instead of picking an answer. Every question is explained after you check it, and you get a score at the end.
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Question 2 · Matching · Deployment
Four teams described how they release new versions, and the release manager wants each approach named in the runbook.
Match each description to the deployment strategy.
Blue-green keeps two complete environments and switches all traffic at once, so going back is a single switch. A canary release exposes a small share of users first and watches for trouble. A rolling deployment replaces instances a few at a time, so capacity never drops to zero. An in-place deployment updates the existing servers, which is simple but leaves no untouched copy to return to. Rehosting (lift and shift) is a migration approach, not a release strategy.
Question 3 · Network diagram · Cloud Architecture
A web application runs on two virtual machines in different availability zones. The design still needs a service that spreads internet users’ requests across both machines, a managed service where both machines store their relational data, and an encrypted tunnel that lets head office reach the management server without exposing it to the internet.
Place the right service in each of the three empty places.
The load balancer is the single public entry point, and it sends each request to a healthy web server in either zone, so losing a zone doesn’t take the site down. Both web servers use the managed database for relational data. The VPN gateway ends the encrypted tunnel from head office, which keeps the management server off the public internet. Object storage holds files, not relational data, and an intrusion detection sensor carries no traffic.
Question 4 · Ordering · DevOps Fundamentals
A team is setting up its first CI/CD pipeline. Each stage should only run if the one before it succeeded.
Arrange the six stages from first to last.
A commit starts the pipeline. The code is built, and the build is tested before anything is kept: a failed test stops the run. The tested artifact is stored, so the exact thing that was tested is the thing that gets deployed. It goes to staging first, and only after approval to production.
Question 5 · Matching · Troubleshooting
The operations channel has five open problems, each with a one-line description from the engineer who found it.
Match each symptom to the most likely cause.
A machine in a private subnet has no public address, so it needs a route to a NAT gateway to reach the internet. A connection that times out from one place only is usually a security group that doesn’t allow that source. “Quota exceeded” is an account limit, which the provider can raise on request. A 403 after a role change means the identity lost a permission. Autoscaling that never triggers has a threshold the metric never reaches.
CompTIA lists Cloud+ among its certifications with simulation performance-based questions: tasks in an approximation of a real tool, such as a firewall, a network diagram or a terminal window. CompTIA’s page on performance-based questions, read on November 12, 2026.
Guide
CompTIA describes performance-based questions as exam items that test your ability to solve problems in real-world settings. Most are simulations: an approximation of a tool such as a firewall, a network diagram, a terminal window or an operating system.
You don’t pick an answer. You do the task, and there can be more than one correct way to do it.
Try each question cold. Getting it wrong first and then reading why teaches more than reading the answer and nodding along.
A right answer reached by guessing is a wrong answer waiting for exam day. Every question here explains why each part is what it is.
CompTIA says a simulation question can be skipped and returned to later, with your work saved. If one is eating your time, move on, answer the multiple-choice questions and come back.
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Yes. CompTIA lists Cloud+ among its certifications with simulation performance-based questions: tasks in an approximation of a real tool, such as a firewall, a network diagram or a terminal window. That is from CompTIA’s page on performance-based questions, read on November 12, 2026.
No. They’re original tasks written to each exam’s published objectives. Using leaked real exam questions breaks every vendor’s exam rules.
CompTIA says a performance-based question can have more than one correct way through it, that its scoring allows for the different approaches, and that partial credit may be given. Here, each question is scored by its parts, so you can see which part you missed.
CompTIA says a simulation question can be skipped and returned to later, and that your work on it is saved when you move on. A virtual-environment question has to be completed when you reach it: a warning screen tells you so first.
No. The questions run in your browser and nothing is saved. Sign up only if you want full practice exams and progress tracking.
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