DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK (R2021)

Year/Sem: III / V Batch: 2021 - 2025
Subject Code/Name: CCS335 – Cloud Computing

UNIT I - CLOUD ARCHITECTURE MODELS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Cloud Architecture: System Models for Distributed and Cloud Computing – NIST Cloud
Computing Reference Architecture – Cloud deployment models – Cloud service models; Cloud
Infrastructure: Architectural Design of Compute and Storage Clouds – Design Challenges
PART-A
1. What is meant by the term Cloud Computing? (K1)(Nov/Dec 2020)
2. List the main characteristics of cloud computing. (K1)
3. Define multi core CPU? (K1)
4. Define on-demand provisioning. (K1)
5. Define GPU? (K1)
6. Explain WAN? (K5)
7. Define datacenter growth and cost breakdown? (K1)
8. List the design issues in clusters? (K1)
9. Define peer-to-peer network? (K1)
10. What is mean by service oriented architecture? (K1)
11. What is mean by event driven architecture? (K1)
12. Define anything-as-a-service? (K1)
13. What is mean by SaaS? (K1)
14. What is mean by IaaS? (K1)
15. Explain PaaS? (K5)
16. Explain cloud provider and cloud broker? (K5)
17. What is the role of cloud auditor? (K1)
18. Define private cloud? (K1)
19. Define public cloud? (K1)
20. Define hybrid cloud? (K1)
21. Why communication cloud is important? (K1)
22. List the design objectives of cloud computing? (K1)
23. What are the service models available in cloud computing? (K1)
24. State Deployment models of cloud computing. (K4)
25. Give the advantages of cloud computing. (K1)
26. Analyze Autonomous computing and Utility Computing. (K4)
27. Show the difference between Thin and Thick client. (K5)
28. Draw a neat diagram for cloud components. (K2)
29. Examine the challenges and Risks available in cloud computing. (K4)
30. Assess properties of Cloud Computing? (K5)
31. Express data center. (K2)
32. Explain the challenges in Cloud technologies. (K5)
33. What is meant Scale-Up scale-Down? (K1)
34. State the types of clouds with proper examples? (K1)
35. Define short notes on Community cloud. (K1)
36. Differentiate Public cloud and Private cloud. (K2)
37. List out the characteristics of SaaS. (K1)
38. Tabulate examples provided by platform as a service. (K4)
39. Why does one choose public cloud over private cloud? (K1)
40. Point out the role of cloud auditor in cloud. (K1)
41. Define the advantages of using the cloud storage. (K1)
42. Differentiate cloud consumer and provider. (K2)
43. Compare service aggregation and service arbitrage. (K2)
44. Show the interaction between the Actors in the cloud computing. (K4)
45. Draw the diagram for conceptual reference model for cloud. (K1)
46. Demonstrate the types of cloud storage. (K2)
47. Illustrate the major activities of cloud provider. (K6)
48. Express the characteristics of private cloud. (K4)
49. Discuss any three features of IaaS. (K6)
50. Summarize the benefits and drawbacks of using “Platform as a Service”. (K4)
51. Define cloud storage. (K1)
52. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using “Infrastructure as a Service”. (K4)
53. What is a Hybrid cloud? (Nov/Dec 2020). (K1)
54. Outline the key challenges associated in the process of storing images in cloud. (K1)
(Nov/Dec 2020).
55. What is trusted cloud computing? (K1)M/J’14
56. What are the server security issues? (K1)M/J’14
57. List out the different security threats in implementing SAAS. (K1)M/J’15
58. How does access control help in attaining certain level of secured access to systems? (K1)
M/J’15
PART-B
1. List out and discuss the innovative characteristic of cloud computing. (K1,K6)
2. Describe in detail about major Deployment Models and services for cloud computing. (K6)
3. Describe in detail about cloud computing reference model with diagram. (K6)
4. Which are the technologies that cloud computing relies on? (K1)
5. i) Give the importance of cloud computing. ii) List the core features of cloud
computing(K1)
6. Describe in detail about practical examples of cloud systems exist across market segments.
(K6)
7. Discuss in detail about view of cloud computing with neat diagram. (K6)
8. List out and discuss the innovative characteristic of cloud computing. (K1,K6)
9. Explain the following challenges in cloud. i) Security. ii) Datalock-in and Standardization.
iii) Fault tolerance and Disaster recovery. (K5)
10. Summarize the challenges still open in cloud computing. (K4)
11. Outline the computing platforms and technologies for the development of cloud computing
applications. (K4)
12. How does cloud development differentiate from traditional software development?
(K1,K2)
13. Briefly explain each of the cloud computing services. (K5)
14. Identify two cloud providers by company name in each service category. (K2)
15. It is said, ‘cloud computing can save money’. What is your view? Can you name some
open source cloud computing platform databases? Explain any one database in
detail.(K5,K6)
16. What are the components of distributed system? Draw and explain its layered view
architecture. Formulate different computing paradigms. Discuss in detail different system
models for distributed and cloud computing. (K1,K5,K6)
17. Formulate stage-by-stage evolution of cloud with neat sketch and formulate any three
benefits, drawbacks achieved by it in the banking and insurance sectors. (K6) (Nov/Dec
2020).
18. Describe the challenges in cloud architecture development. (K6)M/J’14
19. Explain about layered cloud architecture. (K5)M/J’14
20. Consider there are three different cloud services that are offered by different vendors.
Assume there is a need to co-ordinate the activity of the clouds. How the cloud resources
are managed between them and how resilent they are to the failures? (K1,K4)M/J’15
21. i. Describe the NIST cloud computing reference architecture. M/J’14 ii. List the Pros and
Cons of cloud computing. (K1,K4)
22. Explain the various Layered Cloud Architectural Development design for effective cloud
computing environment. (K5)
23. i. Give the diagram of Cloud Computing Reference Architecture. ii. Illustrate in detail
about the Conceptual Reference Model of cloud. (K1,K6)
24. What are the services provided by cloud with deployment model? Explain in detail
(Nov/Dec 2017). (K1,K5)
25. List and discuss the principles for designing public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud.
(K1,K4)
26. Describe Cloud deployment models with neat diagrams. (K6) (Nov/Dec 2016).
27. List the cloud deployment models and give a detailed note about them.(13) (K1,K3)
M/J’14
28. Who are the different actors involved in NIST defined cloud reference architecture and
explain how they communicate among them to bring out a successful computing. (K1,K5)
M/J’15
29. Give the importance of cloud computing and elaborate the different types of services
offered by it. (K1,K6) (Nov/Dec 2016).
30. Briefly discuss the architectural design challenges of the cloud. (K6)
31. i. Discuss the features of Infrastructure as a service. ii. Describe in detail about IaaS with
example (K6)
32. i. Point out the features of Platform as a Service ii. Discuss in detail about PaaS with
example. Describe in detail about the cloud Storage in detail with example. (K1,K4)
33. i. Explain the features of software as a Service. ii. Discuss in detail about SaaS with
example (K1,K5)
34. Compare: Public. Private and Hybrid clouds. (K2)
35. i. List out the Cloud Storage Providers. ii. Explain in detail about Amazon Simple Storage
Service (S3). (K1,K5)
36. Demonstrate the architectural design of compute and storage clouds. (K2)
37. Illustrate in detail about the parallel and distributed programming models.(K2)
(NOV/DEC 22)

Prepared by: Verified by:

[Ms.S.NATHIYA, AP/IT] [Mrs.M.MENAKA, HOD/IT]