Assignment 3 Solution
Assignment 3 Solution
Cloud Computing
Assignment- Week 3
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10
QUESTION 1:
Which of the following system/ architecture follow(s) Quorum protocol for a large number of
concurrent reads & writes?
(a) Google File System (GFS)
(b) BigTable
(c) Dynamo
(d) None of the above
Correct Option: c
Detailed Solution: Dynamo follows Quorum protocol for a large number of concurrent reads &
writes.
QUESTION 2:
Statement 1: In ephemeral storage, the stored objects persist until the VM is terminated.
Statement 2: The ephemeral storage is managed by Cinder in OpenStack.
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Ephemeral storage is managed by NOVA in OpenStack.
QUESTION 3:
Column-oriented storage is efficient for data-warehouse workloads.
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: From the definition of data storage techniques. (Slide no. 6 of Cloud
Computing: Managing Data)
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QUESTION 4:
Horizon is a __________ self-service portal to interact with underlying OpenStack services
a) mobile based
b) OS based
c) web based
d) None of the above
Correct Option: c
Detailed Solution: Horizon provides a web-based self-service portal to interact with underlying
OpenStack services, such as launching an instance, assigning IP addresses and configuring access
controls
QUESTION 5:
What is the parallel efficiency (Eff) of an algorithm, when a task takes time T in uniprocessor
system, P is number of processors, M is time taken by each processor?
(a) Eff = (T*P)/M
(b) Eff = T*(M/P)
(c) Eff = T*P*M
(d) Eff = T/(P*M)
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Eff = T/(P*M) is the parallel efficiency(Eff) of an algorithm.
QUESTION 6:
In cloud, service downtime is 30 minutes and availability of the service is 0.80. What is the
service uptime?
Correct Option: c
Detailed Answer: Availability = 1 – (downtime/uptime).
Uptime = Downtime/(1-Availability) = 30/(1-0.8) = 150 minutes
QUESTION 7:
Which of the following is/are NOT SLA requirement(s) of PaaS cloud delivery model?
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QUESTION 8:
What does the ‘availability’ metric represent in the monitoring and auditing of SLAs?
a) The speed at which a service responds
b) How often the service is available
c) The ability for a resource to grow infinitely
d) The percentage of uptime for a service
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: availability is represented as a percentage of uptime for a service in a given
observation period.
QUESTION 9:
What architecture is used in a parallel database for the efficient execution of SQL queries?
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: For shared-nothing architecture in the parallel database, tables are partitioned
and distributed across multiple processing nodes and SQL optimizer handles distributed joins
QUESTION 10:
_______ is used for networking services in OpenStack.
a) Keystone
b) Neutron
c) Cinder
d) Swift
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Neutron is used for networking services in OpenStack.