IT-702-B Cloud Computing - Nov 2023 Question Paper

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1. 7 Marks
   aList the major feature of Google App Engine. Which kind of problems can be solved using Google App Engines?
   How to answer

   • Define Google App Engine as PaaS offering
   • List major features - auto-scaling, languages, datastore, services
   • Types of problems suited - web apps, scalable, data-intensive
2. 7 Marks
   bHow does Cloud computing help to reduce the times to market applications and to cut down capital expenses?
   How to answer

   • Define time-to-market and CapEx in cloud context
   • Explain on-demand provisioning, no upfront infra, elasticity
   • Explain pay-as-you-go and managed services reducing cost/time
3. 7 Marks
   aWhat are the essential characteristics of Platform as a service (PaaS) model?
   How to answer

   • Define PaaS model
   • List essential characteristics - development platform, middleware, scalability
   • Explain multi-tenancy, deployment and management aspects
4. 7 Marks
   bExplain following term:

   1. i)Cloud Analytics
   2. ii)Storage Cloud
   How to answer

   • Define Cloud Analytics - analytics on cloud data
   • Define Storage Cloud - storage as service
   • Give examples and use-cases for each
5. 7 Marks
   aTake a suitable example and explain the concept of Map Reduce.
   How to answer

   • Define Map and Reduce phases
   • Explain with word-count example - splitting, mapping, shuffling, reducing
   • Mention fault tolerance and parallelism
6. 7 Marks
   bHow virtualization employed in Azure?
   How to answer

   • Define virtualization in Azure context - Hyper-V
   • Explain VMs, virtual networks, storage virtualization
   • Explain role in isolation, scaling and resource pooling
7. 7 Marks
   aWhat are the different security challenges in cloud computing? Discuss in brief.
   How to answer

   • List security challenges - data breach, loss, account hijacking, multi-tenancy
   • Briefly discuss each challenge
   • Mention compliance and insider threats
8. 7 Marks
   bExplain the Cloud Computing Security Architecture using suitable block diagrams.
   How to answer

   • Define cloud security architecture layers
   • Draw block diagram showing client, service, security management layers
   • Explain functions of each block - identity, access, data security
9. 7 Marks
   aExplain the major cloud features of Google applications engine.
   How to answer

   • Recall Google App Engine / Google applications engine cloud features
   • Explain scalability, datastore, APIs and services
   • Mention development languages and integration
10. 7 Marks
    bWhat are the most important advantages of cloud technologies for social networking application?
    How to answer

    • Define social networking workload characteristics
    • Explain scalability, availability, storage for large user data
    • Explain cost, collaboration and analytics advantages
11. 7 Marks
    aExplain features and modes of Eucalyptus in detail.
    How to answer

    • Define Eucalyptus as private cloud platform
    • Explain features - EC2/S3 compatibility, scalability
    • Explain modes - networking modes and deployment
12. 7 Marks
    bDiscuss QOS issues in cloud. Explain with suitable example.
    How to answer

    • Define QoS in cloud - performance, availability, reliability
    • Discuss issues - latency, SLA violation, resource contention
    • Illustrate with suitable example
13. 14 Marks
    Explain community cloud model. How it is different from public cloud?
    How to answer

    • Define community cloud model and its ownership
    • Compare with public cloud on access, cost, security, use-case
    • Give examples of community cloud usage
14. 14 Marks
    Write a short notes (any three):

    1. a)Trusted Cloud Computing
    2. b)Cloud Computing Platforms
    3. c)SAN
    4. d)Elastic Computing
    How to answer

    • Select any three topics from given list
    • Define each term briefly with key features
    • Mention use-cases and significance in cloud