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

QUESTION 1:
Which of the following is a common property of distributed computing?
A) Centralized control
B) Fault tolerance
C) Single point of failure
D) Limited scalability

Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution: Distributed systems are designed to be resilient, incorporating fault tolerance
mechanisms to avoid single points of failure.

QUESTION 2:
Peer-to-Peer computing resembles truly distributed applications.
A) True
B) False

Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide-13 of Week-1 (Distributed applications)

QUESTION 3:
Which of the following application(s) uses grid computing?
A) Reactor Applications
B) Air conditioning
C) Crystallography
D) Steganography

Correct Answer: A and C

Detailed Solution: Refer to slide-21 of week-1 ( Who uses grid computing?)
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QUESTION 4:
Which of the following is(are) a key component(s) of cluster computing?

A) Parallel programming environment

B) Single central processing unit
C) Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)
D) Node affinity

Correct Answer: A, and C

Detailed Solution: A cluster is a type of parallel or distributed computing platform consisting of a

collection of interconnected stand-alone computing computers working together in a single
integrated computing resource. So, key components of stand-alone computers may be PC
workstations or SMPs, operating systems, hyper-performance interconnects middleware, parallel
programming environment and applications.

QUESTION 5:
Utility computing is a _______________ model, in which a service provider makes computing
resources and _____________ available to the customer.
A) service-provisioning, infrastructure management
B) infrastructure management,service-provisioning
C) cloud computing, resource management
D) service-provisioning, resource management

Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution: Utility computing is a service-provisioning model, in which a service provider
makes computing resources and infrastructure management available to the customer.

QUESTION 6:
Utility computing encapsulates the following characteristic(s)

A) Mobility amalgamation
B) Pay-per-use pricing business model
C) No impact on resource utilization
D) None of above

Correct Answer: B

Detailed Solution: Utility computing is a pay-per-use pricing business model.

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QUESTION 7:
In utility computing, the payment model differs for different customers based on scale and payment
frequency alone.
A) True
B) False

Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution: In utility computing, the payment model differs with the customers based on
many factors like scale, payment frequency, and commitments.

QUESTION 8:
What are the different characteristic(s) of cloud computing?

A) Virtualization
B) Service disagreement
C) Service orientated
D) Scalability

Correct Answer: A, C and D

Detailed Solution: Refer to slide- “common characteristics” of week-1.

QUESTION 9:
Google Spreadsheet is an example of :

A) Platform as a Service or PaaS

B) Software as a Service or SaaS
C) Function as a Service of FaaS
D) Infrastructure as a Service or Iaas

Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution: Google Workspace (previously known as G Suite) is a collection of productivity
tools that includes Google Spreadsheet, a web-based spreadsheet application. Users can create,
edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets online without the need for local software installation. Users
can access the application through their web browsers, and Google is responsible for managing
the underlying infrastructure and software. Therefore, Google Spreadsheet falls under the
category of Software as a Service (SaaS).
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QUESTION 10:
In the case of the client-server model: Statement (i) Virtualization is a core concept; Statement (ii)
system can scale infinitely
A) Only Statement (i) is correct
B) Only Statement (ii) is correct
C) Both Statements (i) and (ii) are correct
D) None of the statements is correct

Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution: In the case of the client-server model: there is no concept of virtualization; the
system can scale up to a certain extent.