Free CLO-002 Sample Questions — CompTIA Cloud Essentials+

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) is a fundamentals-level CompTIA certification exam. The blueprint splits the exam across 5 domains, starting with Cloud Concepts, Business Principles of Cloud Environments, Management and Technical Operations. On exam day you face around 50 questions in 60 minutes, in formats such as multiple-choice and performance-based. The 20 questions below are free samples written to match that style: answer each one first, then reveal the correct answer and note which topics you miss. The CLO-002 is rated beginner in difficulty. Because every answer is revealed in place, you can work through the whole set without leaving this page. Work through all 20 samples before deciding whether to buy the full 94+ question PDF.

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Question 1

Which of the following would be expected from a security consultant who has been hired to investigate a data breach of a private cloud instance?

  • A. Incident report
  • B. Application scan results
  • C. Request for information
  • D. Risk register
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Correct Answer:
A. Incident report
Question 2

A company wants to deploy an application in a public cloud. Which of the following service models gives the MOST responsibility to the provider?

  • A. PaaS
  • B. IaaS
  • C. BPaaS
  • D. SaaS
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Correct Answer:
A. PaaS
Question 3

A systems administrator is reviewing a disaster recovery option that requires little to no downtime in the event of a natural disaster. Which of the following BEST meets this requirement?

  • A. Configure availability zones
  • B. Configure high availability
  • C. Configure geo-redundancy
  • D. Configure auto-scaling
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Correct Answer:
C. Configure geo-redundancy
Question 4

An architect recently discovered new opportunities the cloud can provide to the company. A business analyst is currently working with the architect to document the business use-case scenarios. Which of the following should be the architect's NEXT step?

  • A. Initialize a PoC
  • B. Conduct a feasibility study
  • C. Perform a gap analysis
  • D. Gather cloud requirements
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Correct Answer:
B. Conduct a feasibility study
Question 5

Volume, variety, velocity, and veracity are the four characteristics of:

  • A. machine learning
  • B. Big Data
  • C. microservice design
  • D. blockchain
  • E. object storage
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Correct Answer:
B. Big Data
Question 6

Which of the following is used to build and manage interconnections between cloud resources within the same cloud environment?

  • A. Firewall
  • B. Software-defined network
  • C. Virtual private network
  • D. Direct Connect
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Correct Answer:
C. Virtual private network
Question 7

Which of the following are the appropriate responses to risks?

  • A. Mitigate, accept, avoid, validate
  • B. Migrate, accept, avoid, transfer
  • C. Mitigate, accept, avoid, transfer
  • D. Migrate, accept, avoid, validate
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Correct Answer:
B. Migrate, accept, avoid, transfer
Question 8

Which of the following should be considered to ensure the availability of data that is accessed across multiple sites? (Choose two.)

  • A. Auto-scaling
  • B. Geo-redundancy
  • C. Backup
  • D. Provisioning
  • E. Locality
  • F. Zones
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Geo-redundancy
  • F. Zones
Question 9

Which of the following allows for the management of network policies from a central portal while maintaining a hardware-agnostic approach?

  • A. Virtual private network
  • B. Software-defined network
  • C. Load balancing
  • D. Direct Connect
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Correct Answer:
B. Software-defined network
Question 10

A report identified that several of a company's SaaS applications are against corporate policy. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this issue?

  • A. Shadow IT
  • B. Sensitive data
  • C. Encryption
  • D. Vendor lock-in
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Correct Answer:
A. Shadow IT
Question 11

Which of the following stores transactions in a distributed ledger of which all users have a copy?

  • A. Big Data
  • B. Blockchain
  • C. Machine learning
  • D. Artificial intelligence
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Correct Answer:
B. Blockchain
Question 12

Which of the following DevOps options is used to integrate with cloud solutions?

  • A. Provisioning
  • B. API
  • C. SOA
  • D. Automation
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Correct Answer:
B. API
Question 13

A company with critical resources in the cloud needs to ensure data is available in multiple datacenters around the world. Which of the following BEST meets the company's needs?

  • A. Auto-scaling
  • B. Geo-redundancy
  • C. Disaster recovery
  • D. High availability
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Correct Answer:
B. Geo-redundancy
Question 14

Which of the following is a benefit of microservice applications in a cloud environment?

  • A. Microservices are dependent on external shared databases found on cloud solutions
  • B. Federation is a mandatory component for an optimized microservice deployment
  • C. The architecture of microservice applications allows the use of auto-scaling
  • D. Microservice applications use orchestration solutions to update components in each service
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Correct Answer:
C. The architecture of microservice applications allows the use of auto-scaling
Question 15

A document that outlines the scope of a project, specific deliverables, scheduling, and additional specific details from the client/buyer is called a:

  • A. statement of work
  • B. standard operating procedure
  • C. master service document
  • D. service level agreement
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Correct Answer:
A. statement of work
Question 16

Which of the following would MOST likely trigger a compliance audit?

  • A. vulnerability
  • B. breach
  • C. risk
  • D. threat
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Correct Answer:
B. breach
Question 17

Which of the following BEST explains the concept of RTOs for restoring servers to operational use?

  • A. To reduce the amount of data loss that can occur in the event of a server failure
  • B. To ensure the restored server is available and operational within a given window of time
  • C. To ensure the data on the restored server is current within a given window of time
  • D. To reduce the amount of time a particular server is unavailable and offline
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Correct Answer:
D. To reduce the amount of time a particular server is unavailable and offline
Question 18

An incident response team requires documentation for an email phishing campaign against a company's email server. Which of the following is the BEST resource to use to start the investigation?

  • A. Audit and system logs
  • B. Change management procedures
  • C. Departmental policies
  • D. Standard operating procedures
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Correct Answer:
A. Audit and system logs
Question 19

Which of the following cloud characteristics helps transform from a typical capital expenditure model to an operating expenditure model?

  • A. Pay-as-you-go
  • B. Elasticity
  • C. Self-service
  • D. Availability
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Correct Answer:
A. Pay-as-you-go
Question 20

A software developer wants to ensure a packaged application can be deployed in different environments without modifying anything but the application settings. The developer creates an image and provides instructions for the systems administrator to use for deployment. This is an example of:

  • A. application versioning
  • B. source code control
  • C. containerization
  • D. deployment automation
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Correct Answer:
C. containerization

CLO-002 sample questions FAQ

Are these CLO-002 sample questions from the real exam?

No. They are original practice questions written to match the format and topic mix of the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ exam, which contains around 50 questions. Treat them as representative practice, not leaked exam content.

How many free CLO-002 sample questions do I get?

This page includes 20 questions, each with its correct answer you can reveal in place. The full study PDF expands that to 94+ questions.

Do the sample questions include the correct answers?

Yes. Open the answer panel under each question to see which option is correct. Answer first, then reveal, so the set works as a self-check rather than a reading exercise.

Is 20 sample questions enough to pass the CLO-002?

Not on its own. Use the samples to find weak topics, revise them against the official domains, then work through the full 94+ question set under timed conditions before booking the exam.

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