CS-802-B Cloud Computing - May 2022 Question Paper

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1. 7 Marks
   aDescribe the characteristics of cloud computing environment.
   How to answer

   • Define cloud computing environment
   • List key characteristics - on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, measured service
   • Brief explanation of each characteristic
   • Significance for users and providers
2. 7 Marks
   bDefine Cloud Computing enlist and explain essential characteristics of cloud computing.
   How to answer

   • Define cloud computing per NIST
   • Enlist five essential characteristics
   • Explain on-demand, network access, pooling, elasticity, measured service
   • Give example for each
3. 7 Marks
   aWhat do you understand by Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). How it support cloud computing? Explain it.
   How to answer

   • Define Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
   • Explain principles - services, loose coupling, reusability, SOAP/WSDL
   • Explain how SOA supports cloud - service publishing, composition, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS
   • Benefits for cloud integration
4. 7 Marks
   bHow administration and monitoring of cloud services is done?
   How to answer

   • Define cloud administration and monitoring need
   • List tools and mechanisms - dashboards, metering, SLA monitoring
   • Explain performance, availability, security monitoring
   • Role of provider vs consumer
5. 7 Marks
   aWhat are the fundamental components introduce in cloud reference model? Explain.
   How to answer

   • Define cloud reference model
   • Identify fundamental components - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS layers, management, security
   • Explain role of each component
   • Diagram of reference model
6. 7 Marks
   bWhat is the need of virtualization discuss the architecture of hyper-V and discuss its use in cloud computing?
   How to answer

   • Define virtualization and its need
   • Describe Hyper-V architecture - hypervisor layer, parent/child partitions, VMBus
   • Explain types and working
   • Use in cloud computing for consolidation and isolation
7. 7 Marks
   aDifferentiate between Utility computing and Elastic computing.
   How to answer

   • Define Utility computing and Elastic computing
   • Compare on basis of concept, resource provisioning, pricing, scalability
   • Give examples - utility as pay-per-use, elastic as auto-scaling
   • Summary table of differences
8. 7 Marks
   bDiscuss the pitfalls of virtualization.
   How to answer

   • Define virtualization pitfalls
   • Discuss security risks, overhead, licensing, single point of failure
   • Explain performance and management complexity
   • Mitigation remarks
9. 7 Marks
   aExplain virtualization hypervisor management software.
   How to answer

   • Define hypervisor and management software
   • Explain Type-1 vs Type-2 hypervisors
   • Describe management functions - provisioning, monitoring, migration
   • Examples of tools
10. 7 Marks
    bDescribe the top threats identified by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) of cloud computing.
    How to answer

    • Introduce Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
    • List top threats - data breaches, data loss, account hijacking, insecure APIs, etc.
    • Brief description of each threat
    • Impact on cloud adoption
11. 7 Marks
    aDiscuss and explain map reduce model? Give its applications.
    How to answer

    • Define MapReduce model and phases - Map, Shuffle, Reduce
    • Explain working with example
    • Describe architecture and data flow
    • List applications - indexing, log analysis, machine learning
12. 7 Marks
    bWrite short note:

    1. i)GFS
    2. ii)HDFS
    How to answer

    • Define GFS - architecture, master/chunkservers
    • Define HDFS - NameNode/DataNode, replication
    • Highlight features and fault tolerance
    • Comparison of GFS vs HDFS
13. 7 Marks
    aDiscuss QOS issues in cloud computing.
    How to answer

    • Define QoS in cloud context
    • Discuss issues - performance, availability, reliability, SLA compliance
    • Explain factors affecting QoS - latency, bandwidth, multi-tenancy
    • QoS management approaches
14. 7 Marks
    bDescribe the major cloud features of Google application engine.
    How to answer

    • Introduce Google App Engine
    • Describe features - auto-scaling, PaaS services, datastore, versioning
    • Explain runtime environments and APIs
    • Advantages for cloud applications
15. 7 Marks
    aExplain features and functions of cloud computing platforms.
    How to answer

    • Define cloud computing platforms
    • Explain features - virtualization, scalability, service models
    • Describe functions - provisioning, storage, networking, security
    • Examples of platforms
16. 7 Marks
    bWrite brief notes:

    1. i)Sky computing
    2. ii)Data Migration
    How to answer

    • Define Sky computing - multi-cloud interoperability
    • Explain concept, need and challenges
    • Define Data Migration - process, types, issues
    • Cloud migration strategies