A team is testing whether a managed offering meets the NIST definition of cloud computing. Which three of the five essential characteristics are listed below? Choose three.

Answer: C. Measured service.
B. On-demand self-service.
D. Resource pooling.

The five essential characteristics are on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured service. Encryption is not among them.

Source: NIST SP 800-145 (NIST) — SP 800-145 > 2. The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing