Which statement best describes the hybrid cloud deployment model?

• A. It is entirely hosted on premises with no cloud usage.
• B. It uses only a public cloud provider with no on-prem resources.
• C. It combines on-premises infrastructure with cloud resources to balance control and scalability.
• D. It is a private cloud managed by a vendor with no public cloud components.

Answer: (C)

Hybrid cloud deployment blends on-premises infrastructure with cloud resources, allowing workloads to move between environments as needed. This setup gives you control and governance in your own data center while gaining the scalability and elasticity of cloud services. It’s especially useful for bursting during peak demand, improving disaster recovery, and gradually migrating systems without a full lift-and-shift to the cloud.

The other descriptions describe single-environment approaches: all on premises with no cloud usage, only a public cloud with no on-prem resources, or a hosted private cloud with no public cloud components. None of those capture the combination of both on-premises and cloud resources that defines hybrid cloud.