Cloud Computing (IT-702 (B)) - Important Questions

Differentiate between grid computing and cloud computing across various aspects with examples, including advantages of cloud over grid.

Explain the major features of Google App Engine and the kinds of problems it can solve.

Explain the essential components of cloud computing architecture and how they interact to deliver seamless cloud services.

Compare public and private cloud models. What are the security concerns in public cloud deployment?

Discuss the requirements for designing and deploying cloud services.

Explain Platform as a Service (PaaS) with an example and how Google App Engine and Microsoft Azure provide PaaS solutions.

Explain how cloud computing advantages reduce time-to-market and capital expenses, including benefits for social networking applications.

Explain the community cloud model and how it differs from the public cloud.

Explain how virtualization is employed in Microsoft Azure.

Explain and compare the cloud service models SaaS, PaaS and IaaS with examples and differences in service delivery.

What is virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)? Explain its concept.

Describe the architecture and working principle of on-demand computing with real-time examples.

Describe the cloud stack architecture. How does SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) integrate with cloud computing?

Explain security challenges in cloud storage and how cloud analytics helps improve cloud service performance

Explain Software as a Service (SaaS) in cloud computing with examples.

Discuss the pros and cons / advantages and disadvantages of SaaS.

Discuss the suitable conditions / use cases for PaaS.

Explain the essential characteristics of the Platform as a Service (PaaS) model.

Explain the terms Cloud Analytics and Storage Cloud

Define/explain virtualization, its working principle via hypervisors and HVM, and its benefits/importance in cloud computing

Discuss Logical Partitioning (LPAR) and its role in enhancing resource utilization in cloud computing.

Discuss the activities performed by a virtualized data center.

Differentiate between Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) and their use in storage virtualization.

Explain the architecture and components of storage virtualization systems with a neat sketch.

Explain the techniques/classes of architecture for implementing hardware virtualization

Describe VM provisioning and migration techniques with a relevant case study.

Discuss in detail about hypervisor and Xen architecture.

Explain virtualization-based threats in the cloud, including unauthorized access, and VM-specific security techniques to detect and mitigate them.

Examine the methodology for conducting vulnerability assessments in cloud environments.

Explain the benefits of Vulnerability Assessment Tools (VATs) and how they improve cloud security.

Evaluate current research challenges and future trends in cloud security and privacy protection.

Discuss the concept of autonomic security and how it enhances identity and access management in dynamic cloud environments.

Discuss data security risks in cloud computing.

Explain how digital identity can overcome risks.

Explain the security challenges in cloud computing and how security is provided to data at various stages.

Explain the cloud computing security architecture, with suitable block diagrams.

Discuss QoS issues in cloud computing and how to attain QoS by managing the cloud, with suitable examples.

Describe the features and design of the elastic computing platform.

How does Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) integrate with IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)? What are the advantages of using SOA in cloud environments?

Compare and contrast cloud computing, inter-cloud computing and sky computing in terms of resource sharing and scalability.

Discuss mobile cloud computing and its challenges and explain how Inter-Cloud communication enables seamless cloud operations.

Explain the drawbacks / disadvantages of the cloud computing paradigm.

Explain the features and modes of Eucalyptus in detail.

Explain in brief on any two of the following:

Write short notes on any two of the followings:

A cloud system handles 500 user authentications per hour. If each authentication takes 2 seconds to process, calculate the total time required per hour for authentication processing.

What is Honeypot? What are the different types of Honeypot?

Write a short notes (any three):

Take a suitable example and explain the concept of Map Reduce.