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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about cloud computing concepts from an online certification course. The questions cover topics like the risks of public clouds, examples of private clouds, considerations for outsourced private clouds, XML parser APIs, the differences between virtualization and dual boot, what a hypervisor is, disadvantages of hardware-assisted virtualization, problems addressed by web services, how web services can be discovered, and the entities involved in service-oriented architecture.

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NPTEL CC Assignment2

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about cloud computing concepts from an online certification course. The questions cover topics like the risks of public clouds, examples of private clouds, considerations for outsourced private clouds, XML parser APIs, the differences between virtualization and dual boot, what a hypervisor is, disadvantages of hardware-assisted virtualization, problems addressed by web services, how web services can be discovered, and the entities involved in service-oriented architecture.

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​ NPTEL Online Certification Courses

​ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Cloud Computing
Assignment-Week 2
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10

QUESTION 1:
The public cloud has a risk of multi-tenancy.
A. True
B. False

Correct Option: A
Detailed Answer: There is a possibility that a subscriber’s workload may be co-resident of the
workloads of competitors. Hence, posing a reliability and security risk.

QUESTION 2:
Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) is an example of 
A. Private cloud
B. Public cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community Cloud

Correct Option: A
Detailed Answer: Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) is an example of a private cloud.

QUESTION 3:
Organization should consider-(i) Network Dependency and (ii) Risks from multi-tenancy
while thinking of deploying an outsourced private cloud.
A. Only (i)
B. Only (ii)
C. Both (i) and (ii)
D. None of (i) and (ii)

Correct Option: C
Detailed Answer: For outsourced private cloud, subscribers may have an option to provide a
unique, protected, and reliable network. Additionally, there is always a risk of multi-tenancy.
​ NPTEL Online Certification Courses

​ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

QUESTION 4:
Which of the following is/are XML parser API(s)?
A. XaaS (Anything as a Model)
B. DOM (Document Object Model)
C. CLI (Command Line Interface)
D. SLA (Service Level Agreement)

Correct Option: B
Detailed Answer: DOM is one of the three generic parser APIs. It reads in XML data, checks for
syntax, and makes data available to an application.

QUESTION 5:
What is/are the main difference(s) between virtualization and dual boot?
A. No difference between dual boot and virtualization.
B. In virtualization, operating systems are not isolated from each other, but not in dual boot.
C. In a dual boot, both operating systems run simultaneously, but not in virtualization.
D. In virtualization, both operating systems run simultaneously, but not in dual boot.

Correct Option: D
Detailed Answer: Virtualization is a method of running multiple operating systems and user
applications on the same hardware. Both OSs run simultaneously and are completely isolated
from each other.

QUESTION 6:
In virtualization, a virtual machine monitor is also called
A. Hypervisor
B. Short-term Scheduler
C. Analyzer
D. Parser

Correct Option: A
Detailed Answer: A virtual machine monitor is also called a hypervisor. It runs the guest OS
directly on the CPU to enable virtualization.
​ NPTEL Online Certification Courses

​ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

QUESTION 7:
Speed and flexibility are the two disadvantages of hardware-assisted virtualization.
A. True
B. False

Correct Option: A
Detailed Answer: An unmodified OS cannot take advantage of any of the underlying features of
virtualization. So, speed and flexibility become cons.

QUESTION 8:
The following problems are addressed through Web services:
1. Firewall
2. Interoperability
3. Complexity
4. Speed

Correct Option: A,B,C


Detailed Answer: Web services improve distributed interoperability by using open standards that
can enable any two software components to communicate. It is also intended to take care of
firewall issues.

QUESTION 9:
A web service can be discovered using 
A. SMS
B. HTTP
C. SMTP
D. UDDI

Correct Option: D
Detailed Answer: Web service is an application component that can be discovered by UDDI
(Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration).
​ NPTEL Online Certification Courses

​ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

QUESTION 10:
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) consists of relationships between:
A. Two entities ( a service provider and a requestor)
B. Two entities ( a service provider and a broker)
C. Three entities ( a service provider, a service requestor, and a broker)
D. Three entities ( a service provider, a service requestor, and a hypervisor)

Correct Option: C
Detailed Answer: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) consists of relationships between three
entities ( a service provider, a service requestor, and a broker)

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