CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-001) — Question 27

Web hosting is a service that enables customers to deploy a website quickly. This is an example of:

Answer options

• A. IaaS.
• B. SaaS
• C. PaaS.
• D. On-demand software.
• E. None of the above.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, PaaS (Platform as a Service), because it offers a platform that allows developers to build, deploy, and manage applications easily without dealing with the underlying infrastructure. IaaS (A) provides virtualized computing resources over the internet, while SaaS (B) delivers software applications over the internet. On-demand software (D) typically refers to software that is available as a service but is not specifically about hosting websites.