Which combination best reflects common challenges of multi-cloud deployments?

• A. Integration complexity
• B. Data gravity
• C. Governance and cost management
• D. All of the above

Answer: (D)

Multi-cloud environments bring several moving parts that must work together, which leads to a set of common challenges. Integration complexity shows up because each cloud has its own APIs, services, authentication models, and networking quirks, making it harder to orchestrate and connect components across clouds. Data gravity explains why data tends to stay where it’s created or most actively used; in a multi-cloud setup this means data sits in multiple locations and frequent cross-cloud transfers become necessary, driving latency and egress costs. Governance and cost management across providers requires uniform policies, security controls, and clear budgeting and reporting so you can enforce compliance and optimize spend across all clouds. Taken together, these issues frequently appear in multi-cloud deployments, so choosing all of these reflects the real challenges.