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Cloud Computing Week 1 Assignment

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1 Uniprocessor computing is known as
(a) Centralized computing
(b) Distributed computing
(c) None of the above
Ans: a (Hint: From the definition of uniprocessor computing.)
2 Which of the following is/are distributed system?
(a) Internet
(b) Workgroups
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Ans: c (Hint: Both Internet and Workgroups are distributed system.)
3 The basic building blocks of clusters are
(a) Nodes
(b) Network
(c) Network characterization
(d) All of these
Ans: d (Hint: Nodes, network as well as network characterization are all basic building
blocks of cluster.)
4 Utility computing is a model where service provider
(a) makes computing resources available to the customer as needed
(b) makes computing resources available to the customer for some amount of time
(c) Can’t say – implementation dependent
Ans: a (Hint: Service provider makes computing resources available to the customer as
needed in utility computing.)
5 In utility computing model, the service provider charges the customer
(a) at a flat rate
(b) based on the usage
(c) None of these
Ans: b (Hint: Service provider charges the customer based on the usage in utility
computing.)
6 Which is/are true regarding cloud computing?
(a) It does not provide ubiquitous access
(b) It provides on-demand network access
(c) Resources can be released with no management effort
(d) None of these
Ans: b (Hint: Cloud computing provides network access when demanded by the client.)
7 Which are essential characteristics of cloud computing?
(a) On-demand self service
(b) Resource pooling
(c) Rapid elasticity
(d) None of these
Ans: a,b,c (Hint: On-demand self service, resource pooling as well as rapid elasticity are
features of cloud computing.)
8 Cloud computing is a distributed computing model.
(a) True (b) False
Ans: a (Hint: Cloud computing is a distributed computing model.)
9 Amazon Web Services is an example of
(a) SaaS
(b) PaaS
(c) IaaS
(d) None of these
Ans: c (Hint: Amazon web services is an example of IaaS.)
10 The service provider gives the capability to the consumer to deploy onto the cloud in
(a) SaaS
(b) PaaS
(c) IaaS
(d) None of these
Ans: b (Hint: From the characteristics of platform as a service model.)
11 Email service on cloud is an example of
(a) SaaS (b) PaaS (c) None of these
Ans: a (Hint: Email service pn cloud is an example of a.)
12 Cloud Bursting for load balancing between clouds is an example of
(a) Community cloud
(b) Public cloud
(c) Private cloud
(d) Hybrid cloud
Ans: d (Hint: Cloud Bursting for load balancing between clouds is a hybrid cloud.)
13 Virtual machine supports migration from one host to another host.
(a) True (b) False
Ans: a (Hint: From the characteristics of virtual machine.)
14 Customer’s computer does not need the processing power or hard disk space demanded by the
application running in the cloud.
(a) True (b) False
Ans: a (Hint: From the characteristics of cloud computing.)
15 What is the disadvantage of cloud computing?
(a) It requires constant internet connection.
(b) It does not support group collaboration.
(c) It provides limited storage.
(d) None of these.
Ans: a (Hint: Cloud computing requires constant internet connection.)
16 Virtual machines are example of
(a) SaaS (b) PaaS (c) IaaS (d) None of these
Ans: c (Hint: Virtual machine is an infrastructure as a service.)
17 Adding more resources to a single computation unit is known as
(a) Vertical scale up (b) Horizontal scale out (c) None of these
Ans: a (Hint: From the definition of virtual scale up.)
18 Google docs is an example of
(a) SaaS (b) PaaS (c) IaaS
Ans: a (Hint: Google docs is an example of software as a service.)
19 Google App Engine is an example of
(a) SaaS (b) PaaS (c) IaaS
Ans: b (Hint: Google App Engine is a platform as a service.)
20 Client server application is load balanced.
(a) True (b) False (c) Can’t say
Ans: c (Hint: It depends on the scenario. Not every client server application is load
balanced.)
21 Which among the following is/are IaaS?
(a) Load balancer (b) Data storage (c) CRM (d) Office suites
Ans: a,b (Hint: Load balancer and data storage services are infrastructure as a service.)
22 SaaS is useful in case of applications where extremely fast processing of real time data is needed.
(a) True (b) False
Ans: b (Hint: It is not true.)
23 Which of these is/are managed by the user in PaaS?
(a) Data (b) Application (c) Runtime (d) All of these
Ans: a,b (Hint: Data and application are managed by the user in platform as a service.)

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