According to the HCIA–Cloud Computing curriculum, the evolution of cloud computing architecture reflects changes intechnology openness, business importance, resource scale, and data characteristics.

OptionAis correct because early cloud platforms were often proprietary and closed, while modern cloud computing architectures increasingly adoptopen-source technologies(such as OpenStack and Kubernetes) and open architectures to improve interoperability and innovation.

OptionBis also correct. Cloud computing initially hostednon-critical workloadssuch as testing, development, and backup systems. As reliability, security, and availability improved, cloud platforms became capable of supportingmission-critical enterprise applications, including ERP, financial systems, and core business services.

OptionDcorrectly describes the evolution of cloud architecture. Early virtualization focused onsmall-scale resource integration, while modern cloud computing emphasizeslarge-scale resource pools, enabling centralized management, elastic scheduling, and efficient utilization of massive compute, storage, and network resources.

OptionCisfalse. The evolution of cloud computing data has movedfrom structured data to semi-structured and unstructured data, not the other way around. With the rise of big data, IoT, social media, logs, images, and videos, cloud platforms are increasingly designed to processmassive volumes of unstructured and semi-structured data, which is a key trend emphasized in HCIA learning materials.