ANNAI MIRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Question Bank
YEAR & SEMESTER : III & VI
DEGREE & BRANCH : B.E & CSE
SUBJCET CODE : CCS335
SUBJECT NAME : CLOUD COMPUTING
STAFF INCHARGE : A. PAVITHRA,AP/CSE

UNIT I

UNIT I CLOUD ARCHITECTURE MODELS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Cloud Architecture : System model 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 cloud elasticity?(NOV/DEC 2023)

2. State the advantage of on-demand provisioning in cloud? (NOV/DEC 2023)
3. Explain data recovery and characteristics of SOA(APR/MAY 2023)
4. Explain about on-demand provisioning? (APR/MAY 2023)
5. What is the uses of elasticity in cloud? (NOV/DEC 2022)
6. Write the two major roles of SOA? (NOV/DEC 2022)
7. Give the advantages of storage as a service. (NOV/DEC 2022)
8. What is Cloud Computing?(APR/MAY 2023)
9. List the disadvantages of the private cloud model? (APR/MAY 2023)
10. What is disaster recovery? (nov/dec 2021)
11. What is a Hybrid cloud? (nov/dec 2021)
12. Define Cloud computing.(nov/dec 2021)
13. Depict the importance of on-demand provisioning in e-commerce applications.(nov/dec
2021)
14. What is meant by the term Cloud Computing? (Mar/Jun 2014)(Nov/Dec 2021)
15. Depict the importance of on-demand provisioning in e-commerce application?(Nov/Dec
2021)
16. what are the cloud service models?(Nov/Dec 2021)
17. What is data recovery?(Nov/Dec 2021)
18. . Differentiate Public cloud and Private cloud.(Nov/Dec 2016)(Nov/Dec 2020)
19. Summarize the benefits and drawbacks of using “Platform as a Service”(Nov/Dec 2020)
20. Difference between Authentication and Authorization?(Nov/Dec 2019)
21. List the main characteristics of cloud computing (Apr/May 17)(Nov/Dec 2020)
22. Illustrate pros and cons of cloud?(Nov/Dec 2019)
23. Differentiate cloud computing and grid computing.(Nov/Dec 2018)
24. Enlist any two advantages of distributed system.(Nov/Dec 2018)
25. State High Performance Computing(HPC) and High Throughput
Computing(HTC)?(Apr/May 17)
26. What are the cloud deployment models? Or Define anything-as-a-service. What is meant by
SaaS, PaaS and IaaS? (Apr/May2017)
27. List the essential characteristics of cloud computing (Apr/May 2017)
28. Define short notes on Community cloud(Apr/May 2017)
29. Differentiate SaaS and PaaS.(Apr/May 2017)
30. Mention the importance of transport level security.(Nov/Dec 2016)
31. What is meant by cloud computing and its properties & features? (Nov/Dec 16)
32. How does cloud computing provides on demand provisioning ?(Nov/Dec 2014)
33. What is working principle and architecture of cloud?
34. Compare parallel computing and distributed computing.
35. What are the service models available in cloud computing?
36. State Deployment models of cloud computing.
37. Give the advantages of cloud computing
38. Analyze Autonomous computing and Utility Computing.
39. Show the difference between Thin and Thick client
40. Draw a neat diagram for cloud components.
41. Examine the challenges and Risks available in cloud computing.
42. Assess properties of Cloud Computing?
43. Express data center.
44. Explain the challenges in Cloud technologies.
45. What is meant Scale-Up scale-Down?
46. Interpret distributed computing.
47. Write short note on elasticity in cloud?
48. Explain data recovery and characteristics of SOA.
49. Explain about on-demand provisioning?
50. What are the major roles within SOA?
51. Illustrate Web services .
52. List the design objectives of cloud computing. Discuss Pros and Cons of cloud computing.
53. Compare traditional IT cost model and Cloud computing cost model.
54. State the types of clouds with proper examples?
55. List out the characteristics of SaaS.
56. Tabulate examples provided by platform as a service.
57. Why does one choose public cloud over private cloud? Analyze.
58. Point out the role of cloud auditor in cloud.
59. Define the advantages of using the cloud storage.
60. Differentiate cloud consumer and provider
61. Compare service aggregation and service arbitrage
62. Show the interaction between the Actors in the cloud computing
63. Draw the diagram for conceptual reference model for cloud
64. Demonstrate the types of cloud storage.
65. Illustrate the major activities of cloud provider
66. Identify the key features of S3.
67. Express the characteristics of private cloud
68. Discuss any three features of IaaS
69. Define cloud storage.
70. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using “Infrastructure as a Service”
71. What is Amazon S3?
72. What are the three methods of resource provisioning?
73. List out some of the security challenges in cloud.
74. What are different risk in cloud storage.
75. Enlist the pros and cons of storage as a service.
76. What is Cloud Computing?
77. Write down characteristic of cloud computing?
78. What are all Cloud Computing Services
79. Descirbe the type of cloud computing?
80. Write down advandages of cloud computing? Advantages (or) Pros of Cloud Computing?
81. Write down disadvantage of cloud computing?
82. What are the computing Paradigm Distinctions?
83. What are the differences between Grid computing and cloud computing?
84. Difference between Cloud Computing and Distributed Computing
85. lists the actors defined in the NIST cloud computing reference architecture?
86. Discuss general activity of actors in NIST architecture?
87. What is a Cloud Deployment Model?
88. What is the Right Choice for Cloud Deployment Model?
89. What are different Models of Cloud Computing?
90. Define Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)?
91. Define Platform as a service (PaaS)?
92. Define Software as a service (SaaS)?
93. List the disadvantages of the public cloud model?
94. List the disadvantages of the hybrid cloud model?
95. List the disadvantages of the private cloud model?
96. What are the Cloud infrastructure components ?

PART-B &C

1. Elaborate the cloud characteristics and its benefits? (NOV/DEC 2023)

2. Explain the cloud service models of cloud? (NOV/DEC 2023)
3. Explain and contrast the public,private and hybrid cloud ? (NOV/DEC 2023)
4. Under what circumstances should you prefer to use PaaS over IaaS? Formulate it with an
example(APR/MAY 2023)
5. Give the diagram of Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (APR/MAY 2023)
6. Explain about evolution of computing in detail? (NOV/DEC 2022)
7. Illustrate in detail about parallel and distributed system?(nov/dec 2022)
8. Outline the computing platforms and technologies for the development of cloud computing
applications. (APR/MAY 2022)
9. How does cloud development differentiate from traditional software development?21. Briefly
explain each of the cloud computing services. Identify two cloud providers by company name
in each service category( APR/MAY 2022)
10. Describe the storage structure of S3 buckets with net sketch and write rules in order to make
the bucket available for public access.(Nov/Dec 2021)
11. Outline the various deployment models of cloud with neat sketch and identify which among
them could be applied to formulate cloud structure for small firm.(Nov/Dec 2021)
12. As a data center administrator, you are responsible to carry out the maintenance, operations,
infrastructure design and management. If a primary computer system fails in the data center,
elaborate the steps that must be carried out to overcome the failure. Illustrate the same with a
sketch.(Nov/Dec 2021)
13. Formulate stage-by-stage evolution of cloud with the sketch and formulate any three benefits,
drawbacks achieved by it in banking and insurance sector(Nov/Dec 2021)
14. Explain the following challenges in cloud.(Nov/Dec 2020)
i) Security.
ii) Data lock-in and Standardization.
 iii) Fault tolerance and Disaster recovery.
15. Outline the computing platforms and technologies for the development of cloud computing
applications(Nov/Dec 2020)
16. Explain the various Layered Cloud Architectural Development design for effective cloud
computing environment. (M/J 2017)(M/J 2014)(Nov/Dec 2020)
17. Demonstrate the architectural design of compute and storage clouds.(Nov/Dec 2020)
18. Illustrate the cloud delivery models in details.(Nov/Dec 2019)
19. What are the pros and cons for Public. Private and Hybrid clouds(M/J 2017)(Nov/Dec 2018)
20. Describe the NIST cloud computing reference architecture. (M/J
2014)(N/D2017)(A/M2018)
21. With architecture, elaborate the various deployment models and reference models of cloud
computing.(Nov/Dec 2017)
22. Describe in detail about major Deployment Models and services for cloud
computing(May/Jun 2017)
23. Illustrate in detail about parallel and distributed computing. (May/Jun 2014)
24. Discuss the evolution path of cloud computing. Also, express the difference between grid and
distributed computing (April/May 2018) or Discuss about Cloud Computing over the Internet
25. Briefly discuss the architectural design challenges of the cloud. (M/J 2017)
26. Describe service and deployment models of cloud computing environment with illustration.
How do they fit in NIST cloud architecture.(Nov/Dec 2017)
27. Discuss about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Grid computing
28. (i)Examine in detail about public, private & hybrid cloud or deployment model (Nov/Dec16)
(OR) Describe service and deployment models of cloud computing environment with
illustrations. How do they fit in NIST cloud architecture (Nov/Dec 2017) (OR) With
architecture, elaborate the various deployment models and reference models of cloud
computing (Apr/May 2018) (M/J 2014) (ii)Examine in detail about data center networking
structure (OR) Explain in detail about virtualization for Data-Center Automation?
(Apr/May 2017)
29. (i)Analyze the Cloud service model i) Infrastructure as a service ii)Platform as a service
iii)Software as a service (N/D16)
30. Give the importance of cloud computing and its different types of services offered by
it.(Nov/Dec 2016)
31. Compare and contrast Cloud deployment models.(Nov/Dec 2016)
32. List the Pros and Cons of cloud computing.
33. Describe in detail about practical examples of cloud systems exist across market segments.
34. Discuss in detail about view of cloud computing with neat diagram.
35. List out and discuss the innovative characteristic of cloud computing.
36. Describe in detail about cloud computing reference model with diagram.
37. Which are the technologies that cloud computing relies on?
38. Give the importance of cloud computing.
39. List the core features of cloud computing.
40. Compare the three milestones, which led to cloud computing in detail.
41. Explain the various similar configuration of cloud and evolution of cloud computing.
42. Summarize the challenges still open in cloud computing.
43. 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.
44. What are the components of distributed system? Draw and explain its layered view
architecture
45. Formulate different computing paradigms. Discuss in detail different system models for
distributed and cloud computing.
46. Describe the views of challenges in cloud
47. Give the diagram of Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
48. Illustrate in detail about the Conceptual Reference Model of cloud List and discuss the
principles for designing public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud.
49. Discuss the features of Infrastructure as a service.
50. Describe in detail about IaaS with example
51. Point out the features of Platform as a Service
52. Discuss in detail about PaaS with example
53. Describe in detail about the cloud Storage in detail with example.
54. Explain the features of software as a Service.
55. Discuss in detail about SaaS with example
56. List out the Cloud Storage Providers.
57. Explain in detail about Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
58. Demonstrate thee architectural design of compute and storage clouds
59. Generalize the following in detail Google Bigtable Datastore, I am starting a new company
to analyze videos. I’ll need a lot of storage as videos consume quite a bit of disk.
Additionally, I’ll need ample computational power, possibly running applications
concurrently. I have discovered some very good tools to facilitate development in Windows
but the deployment will be more efficiently handled in the Linux environment. All the
pointers say that I need to move to cloud. I have found that SaaS is the most attractive
service, followed by PaaS and IaaS, in that order. Given the above information, which service
do you recommend? Why?
60. Under what circumstances should you prefer to use PaaS over IaaS? Formulate it with an
example.
61. There are various companies which are offering different applications and services. How the
services/applications help a user for business? Explain the economical and operational
benefits.
62. Describe the following techniques or terminologies used in cloud computing and cloud
services .Use a concrete example cloud or case study to explain the addressed technology.
63. Describe in details about the overview of security.
64. Explain in details about resource provisioning and methods
65. Describe Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS) and Software as
service(SaaS) with example.
66. Explain in details about architecture of cloud computing ?
67. Discuss about system models for distributed and cloud computing?
68. Explain in detail about Layered Cloud Architecture Design ?
69. Explain in detail about architectural design challenges of service availability and data lock
in problem,Data Privacy and Security Concerns
70. Explain in details about Models of Cloud Computing?
71. Explain about NIST reference architecture?
72. Explain in details about Cloud Deployment Models?

Mark Range PART-A PART-B&C

Question No
50-59 1-32 1-50
60-79 1-55 1-55
Above 80 All the above
 UNIT II

UNIT II VIRTUALIZATION BASIC

Virtual Machine Basics – Taxonomy of Virtual Machines – Hypervisor – Key Concepts –
Virtualization structure – Implementation levels of virtualization – Virtualization Types: Full
Virtualization – Para Virtualization – Hardware Virtualization – Virtualization of CPU, Memory
and I/O devices.

PART-A

1. State the difference between traditional computer and virtualized computer. (NOV/DEC
2023)
2. What is hypervisor and its types.(APR/MAY 2023)
3. Define virtual machine? .( NOV/DEC 2022)
4. Define a cloud virtual machine NOV/DEC 2022)
5. List the Advantages of cloud virtual machine? .(APR/MAY 2022)
6. List the Benefits of Virtualization? .(APR/MAY 2022)
7. Define the role and benefits of virtualization in cloud.(Nov/Dec 2021)
8. Differentiate full virtualization and para-virtualization.(Nov/Dec 2020)
9. Show the requirements of VMM(Nov/Dec 2020)
10. What is mean by Virtualization?(May/Jun 2019)
11. Define Data center automation. How performance does enhance by virtualizing the data
center? (Apr/May 2018)
12. “Although virtualization is widely accepted today, it does have its limits.” Comment on the
statement. (Apr/May 2018)
13. Define Virtualization in cloud? Or roles of VM (Nov/Dec2016, 2017)
14. List Type of Virtualization in cloud? Or List levels of Virtualization (M/J 2017)
15. What is meant by Virtual Machines and its operation (Apr/May2017).
16. Distinguish the physical and virtual cluster. (Nov/Dec 2017)
17. What is the difference between physical and virtual clusters (M/J 2017)
18. What are the benefits does virtualization provide (M/J 2017)
19. Point out the basic operations of VM.
20. What is Hardware Virtualization?
21. Illustrate the virtual Appliances in cloud computing.
22. Express the levels of virtualization.
23. Define virtual machine monitor.
24. Comment on REST Architectural Elements.
25. Give the sample REST Request-Response for creating a S3 Bucket.
26. Analyze the relative merits of virtualization at various levels
27. Define memory virtualization.
28. How will you implement storage virtualization at the server level?
29. Illustrate the CPU virtualization
30. Write a short note about desktop virtualization.
31. Discuss operating system level of virtualization
32. State the responsibilities of VMM.
33. Explain hardware abstraction level of virtualization?
34. What is mean by I/O virtualization?
35. Express host based virtualization.
36. Define virtual machine monitor. List the requirements of VMM.
37. Compare and define host based virtualization, full and para-virtualization or OS Assisted
virtualization
38. Define CPU virtualization, Host virtualization, OS level virtualization, memory
virtualization, I/O virtualization?
39. Define Host OS and Guest OS, Virtual hierarchy, KVM and ISR.
40. What is memory migration, Direct I/O method and Self-virtualized I/O
41. How CPU is virtualized. Why OS-Level Virtualization?
42. Describe the resource managers of eucalyptus for virtual network.
43. How the data storage is classified in virtual environment?
44. Formulate the side effects and benefits of server virtualization.
45. List benefits of Clustering? List out the three resource managers.
46. Write short notes on Virtualization-based intrusion detection?
47. How does the virtualization Support the Linux platform?
48. Compare binary translation with full virtualization.
49. List the advantage and disadvantage of OS extension.
50. Explain full device emulation method of I/O Virtualization?
51. Is there any limit to no. of virtual machines one can install?
52. Can one access the files of one VM from another?
53. What are Types of Virtual Machines ?
54. What are Types of Virtualization?
55. Define Uses of Virtualization?
56. What is mean by hypervisor?
57. List down the different types of VMM?
58. What are the types of hypervisor?
59. What is Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM)
60. Differentiate between system VM and Process VM?
61. Mention the signification of Network Virtualization?
62. List the implementation levels of virtualization?
63. Explain hypervisor architecture ?
64. Define para-virtualization?
65. Define Application virtualization?
PART-B &C

1. Give the virtualization structure and explain the various types of virtualization ? (NOV/DEC
2023)
2. Consider the organization that is implemented by private cloud and explain how to
implement virtualization environment. (NOV/DEC 2023)
3. Define Server virtualization(APR/MAY 2023)
4. Explain about virtualization and various level of virtualization? (NOV/DEC 2022)
5. Illustrate the migration and performance effect in live VM? (NOV/DEC 2022)
6. Explain how disaster recovery is possible in virtualization? (NOV/DEC 2022)
7. What are the Taxonomy of virtual machines? (APR/MAY 2022)
8. Write the Key Concepts of virtualization? (APR/MAY 2022)
9. Discuss the various levels of virtualization implementation (OR) Discuss how virtualization
is implemented in different layers (Apr/May 2017)(Nov/Dec 2021)
10. Virtualization is the wave of the future”. Justify. Explicate the process of CPU, memory and
I/O device virtualization in data center. (Apr/May 2018) (OR) Explain in detail about
Virtualization in CPU, memory and I/O devices. (M/J 2017)(Nov/Dec 2021)
11. Explain about Virtualization for Linux and Windows and NT Platform. Design the process
of Live Migration of VM from one host to another.(Nov/Dec 2020)
12. Explain about Virtualization for Linux and Windows and NT Platform. Design the process of
Live Migration of VM from one host to another.(Nov/Dec 2020)
13. (i)Compose in detail about the classes of VM architecture based on the position of
virtualization layer Hypervisor and Xen architecture.(8) . (M/J 2017)
14. Illustrate the following Virtualization in detail CPU virtualization ii. Memory Virtualization
iii. I/O Devices . (M/J 2017)
15. (i) What is virtualization? Describe para and full virtualization. Compare and contrast them
(Nov 17) (OR) Explain in detail about binary translation with Full Virtualization?(ii) Explain
in detail about Virtual Cluster and Resource management?
16. Illustrate architecture of virtual machine and about their operation & Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA). (13) (NOV/DEC 16)
17. What is server virtualization? Explain parallel processing.
18. Analyze the web services interaction reference scenario
19. Mention about virtual machine manager.
20. Illustrate the three major components of virtualized environment
21. Analyze the pros and cons of virtualization in detail.
22. Discuss in detail about the taxonomy of virtualization techniques
23. Explain what you understand the technologies that make up the core of today’s web services.
24. Describe in details the tools and mechanisms for virtualization.
25. Define Server virtualization.
26. Describe in detail about server virtualization in detail with example
27. Express desktop virtualization. Discuss in detail about it with appropriate example
28. Compose the advantages of application virtualization.
29. Discuss in detail about the application virtualization
30. Highlight the key points and identify the distinctions in different approaches of virtualization
levels. Discuss their relative advantages, shortcomings and limitations. Also identify example
systems implemented at each level
31. Explain the differences between hypervisor and para-virtualization and give one example
VMM (virtual machine monitor), that was built in each of the two categories.
32. What is the difference between recovery time objective and recovery
33. How do they depend on each other? Justify your answer with appropriate
examples.(i)Summarize the design requirements and providers of VMM.(8)(ii)List the
advantages and disadvantages of OS extension in virtualization. (8)
34. i)Identify the support of virtualization Linux platform. (8) (ii)Summarize the support of
middleware and library for virtualization. (8) (ii)Design the implementation technology of
hardware virtualization. (8)
35. (i)Illustrate in detail about the compiler support for para virtualization
architecture.(8)(ii)Examine in detail about hardware support for virtualization and CPU
virtualization. (8)
36. (i)Point out the importance of memory virtualization.(8)
37. (ii)Explain in detail about the need of IO virtualization. (8)
38. (i)Examine the need of virtualization in multi-core processor. (ii)Give the importance of
cloud computing and elaborate the different types of services offered by it. (8)
39. (i)Discuss fast deployment, effective scheduling and high performance virtual storage in
detail. (ii)Illustrate the migration steps and performance effects involved in live VM.
40. (i)Explain the migration of memory, files and network resources in detail.(8) (ii)Analyze the
dynamic deployment of virtual clusters in detail. (8)
41. (i)How server consolidation is supported in data center?(8) (ii)How will you explain the need
of virtual storage management in data center? (8)
42. Define the need of need of cloud OS in virtualized data centers.(8)
43. Explain in details about Virtualization in Cloud Computing andTypes?
44. What are the difference between Cloud computing and Virtualization
45. Explain in details about hypervisor and it is types?
46. What are the Taxonomy of virtual machines?
47. Write the Key Concepts of virtualization?
48. Explain in detail about virtualization structures?
49. What are the Types of Virtualization?
50. What are the implementation levels of virtualization?
51. Explain in detail about virtualization of cpu,memory and I/O devices?
52. Explain in detail about Hypervisor and Xen architecture?

Mark Range PART-A PART-B&C

Question No
50-59 1-25 1-30
60-79 1-35 1-45
Above 80 All the above
 UNIT III
UNIT III VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND DOCKER
Desktop Virtualization – Network Virtualization – Storage Virtualization – System-level
of Operating Virtualization – Application Virtualization – Virtual clusters and
Resource Management – Containers vs. Virtual Machines – Introduction to Docker
– Docker Components – Docker Container – Docker Images and Repositories.

PART-A (2Marks)
1. How to implement internal network virtualization?
2. What is Hardware-level virtualization?
3. Define hypervisor?
4. Mention the advantages of SAN?
5. What is Operating system-level virtualization?
6. What is storage virtualization?
7. Define Desktop virtualization?
8. What is Network Migration?
9. Differentiate between physical and virtual cluster
10. List the issues in migration process?
11. How to manage a virtual cluster?
12. Differentiate between Containers and virtual machines?
13. List the different types of Docker networks?
14. What is the purpose of Docker Hub?
15. List the design goals for generic cloud?
16. List the cloud enabling technologies?
17. Explain the QoS factors in cloud?
18. Define hardware virtualization?
19. Explain the storage virtualization?
20. Define VM cloning?
21. Explain runtime support service?
22. Define software stack?
23. Define dynamic resource deployment?
24. Define the provisioning of compute resources?
25. Define what is docker container and its components?
 PART-B &C
1. Write a short notes on Desktop virtualization?
2. Explain in detail about Network virtualization?
3. Write a short notes on Storage virtualization?
4. Explain in detail about Operating system level virtualization?
5. Explain in detail about application level virtualization?
6. Explain in detail about Virtual Clusters and Resource Management?
7. What is a docker explain its feauters in detail?
8. What are Docker Components?
9. Explain the Docker Containers?
10. What are the other types of virtualization?
11. Explain in detail about Containers with advantages and disadvantages?
12. Explain Docker images Repositories with its features?
13. Explain different variants of Operating System.
14. Write a short note on role of OS in cloud computing.
15. What is virtualization? List its benefits and drawbacks.
16. Explain the different approaches used to achieve virtualization with a neat
diagram.
17. Differentiate full virtualization, paravirtualization, and hardwareassisted
virtualization techniques.
18. What is the role of hypervisor in virtualization? Briefly explain the different
types of hypervisors with a neat diagram.
19. Differentiate type 1 and type 2 hypervisors.
20. Explain the cloud architecture with suitable block diagram?
21. Explain the layered cloud architecture development?
22. Explain the virtualization support and disaster recovery?
23. Explain the architectural design challenges?
24. Explain the cloud service tasks and trends?
25. Explain the different methods of resource provisioning ?
26. Explain the platform deployment in detail?
27. Explain the provisioning of storage resources in detail?

Mark Range PART-A PART-B&C

Question No
50-59 1-22 1-20
60-79 1-25 1-27
Above 80 All the above
 UNIT IV

CLOUD DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT

Google App Engine – Amazon AWS – Microsoft Azure; Cloud Software Environments –
Eucalyptus – OpenStack.

PART-A (2 Marks)
1. Outline the main services that are offered by AWS(Nov/Dec 2020)
2. Identify the development technologies currently supported by App Engine. (Nov/Dec 2020)
3. Analyze the open stack components (M/J 2017)
4. What is Open Stack (M/J 2017)
5. Mention the importance of Transport level Security(Nov/Dec 2016)
6. What are the benefits offered by global exchange of cloud resources ?(M/J 2014)
7. What is trusted Cloud Computing (M/J 2014)
8. What is the use of cloud Watch in Amazon EC2?
9. Give some of the Applications of GAE
10. List the functional models of GAE
11. Analyze Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
12. Point out the use Amazon elastic block store.
13. Define SQS and SNS services of AWS cloud.
14. State and discover the core components of App Engine.
15. Demonstrate the AWS Architecture.
16. Illustrate Amazon EC2 and its basic features.
17. Create a Data Store. What type of data can be stored in it?
18. Express What is a bucket? What type of storage does it provide?
19. Explain the compute services offered by App Engine.
20. List different Perspectives of cloud Providers, Vendors, and Users
21. Give the diagram for Google cloud platform and its major building blocks.
22. Describe about GAE?
23. Mention the components maintained in a node of Google
cloud platform?
24. List the functional modules of GAE?
25. List some of the storage tools in Azure?
26. List the applications of GAE?
27. Mention the goals for design and implementation of the BigTable
system?
28. Describe about Openstack?
29. Describe about Eucalyptus?
30. List different types of computing environment?
31. Write short note on Amazon EC2?
32. Mention the advantages of Dynamo DB?
33. What is Microsoft Azure?
34. List the three modes of network component in Eucalyptus?
35. Mention the disadvantages of AWS?
 PART-B &C
1. Demonstrate in detail about Google App Engine? (NOV/DEC 2023)
2. Detail the structure of OpenStack and explain each of its components.(Nov/Dec 2021)
3. Write detailed steps to set a google app engine environment for executing any program of
your choice.(Nov/Dec 2021)
4. Write the functional Modules of GAE , Discuss in detail about GAE Applications(Nov/Dec
2020)
5. What are the programming supports of Google App Engine? Illustrate in detail about the
Google File system(M/J 2017)
6. Compare and contrast Google App Engine and Amazon AWS)(M/J 2014)
7. Discuss in detail about the working process of Google App Engine.
8. Describe the following in detail Google Cloud Infrastructure, GAE Architecture
9. Illustrate any five web services of Amazon in detail
10. What is Google App Engine and explain its architecture?
11. What are the functional Modules of GAE?
12. Explain the GAE Applications?
13. What are the important AWS Services?
14. Explain in detail about Microsoft Azure and its services?
15. Write a short notes on Cloud Software Environments?
16. Explain in detail about Eucalyptus and its components?
17. Explain in deail about Amazon AWS and its services?
18. Explain in detail about OpenStack?
19. Explain the architecture of OpenStack
20. What are the different open-source tools for SaaS? Explain any one in detail.

Mark Range PART-A PART-B&C

Question No
50-59 1-20 1-15
60-79 1-30 1-20
Above 80 All the above
 UNIT V
UNIT V CLOUD SECURITY

Virtualization System-Specific Attacks: Guest hopping – VM migration attack – hyperjacking. Data

Security and Storage; Identity and Access Management (IAM) - IAM Challenges - IAM Architecture
and Practice.
PART-A
1. Name any two security challenges associated with cloud in today’s digital
scenario (Nov/Dec 2021)
2. What is Inter-cloud?(Nov/Dec 2021)
3. Outline key challenges associated in the process of storing images in cloud.(Nov/Dec
2021)
4. Point out the layers in security architecture design.(Nov/Dec 2020)
5. Show the uses of application security(Nov/Dec 2020)
6. How can the data security be enforced in cloud?(Apr/May 2019)
7. List key privacy issues in cloud.(Nov/Dec 2019)
8. What is identity and access management in a cloud environment?(Nov/Dec 2018)
9. List any four host security threats in public IaaS.(Nov/ Dec 2017)
10. What are the various challenges in building the trust environment?(Apr/May 2017)
11. Show how will you categorize host security in IaaS? Or Identify the host security
threats in public IaaS (Nov/ Dec 2017)
12. List any four host security threats in public IaaS.(Nov/ Dec 2017)
13. List out the six layers of cloud services and their providers (M/J 2017)
14. Define Application security (M/J 2017)
15. Discuss on the application and use of identity and access management.(Nov / Dec
2016)
16. List the security issues in cloud. (M/J 2014)
17. What are the security challenges in cloud computing?
18. Give the different security threats in implementing SAAS
19. Define security governance.
20. State the third party risk management
21. Discuss change management.
22. Define VM security.
23. Analyze the security awareness in cloud.
24. Explain data privacy
25. Identify the phases of Sec SDLC
26. Illustrate the security images
27. Illustrate anything as a service.
28. Design a suitable security architecture for cloud.
29. Express security monitoring.
30. Summarize password assurance testing
31. Explain the issues in providing virtual machine security
32. What is mean by vulnerability assessment?
33. Give the diagram for evolution of cloud services.
34. List out the categories in PaaS, IaaS and SaaS application security.
35. What is a virtualization attack?
36. What are the different types of VM attacks?
37. What is guesthopping?
38. What is a hyperjacking attack?
39. How does a hyperjacking attack work?
40. What is data security and storage in cloud computing?
41. What are the 5 components of data security in cloud computing?
42. What is cloud storage and its types?
43. What are the four principles of data security?
44. What is the definition if IAM?
45. What are the challenges of IAM?
46. What is the principle of IAM?
47. What is IAM tools?
48. How many types of IAM are there?
49. What are IAM requirements?

PART-B & C
1. Represent the structure of inter-cloud resource management and explain why two or
more clouds need to interact with each other. Provide an example for the
same.(Nov/Dec 2021)
2. What is IAM and details the segregation roles carried out by IAM when services of
multiple organization are maintained within the same geographical
locations?(Nov/Dec 2021)
3. Describe the Secure Software Development Life Cycle with neat diagram.(Nov/Dec
2020)
4. Analyze the methods for providing data security and virtual machine security in
cloud.(Nov/Dec 2020)
5. Compare and Contrast the Key privacy issues in Cloud and explain the steps to
overcome the issues with necessary examples.(Nov/Dec 2020)
6. How is the identity and access management established in cloud to counter
threats?(Apr/May 2019)
7. Describe the IAM practices in SaaS, PaaS and IaaS availability in cloud.(Nov/Dec
2019)
8. “In today’s world, infrastructure security and data security are highly challenging at
network, host and application levels”, justify and explain the several ways of
protecting the data at transit and at rest(Apr/May 2018).
9. Briefly discuss on Identity and access management architecture with neat architecture
or What is the purpose and challenges of IAM? Describe its functional architecture
with an illustration. (ND2017)(M/J 2017)
10. Explain in detail about parts of Hadoop Map Reduce job? (OR) Explain in detail
about map and reduce functions? OR Discuss Map reduce with suitable diagrams
(Apr/May 2017)
11. Describe in detail with neat diagram in detail about inter cloud resource management
12. What is resource provisioning? (M/J 2017)
13. Discuss different types of resource provisioning. (M/J 2017)
14. Write detailed note on identity and access management architecture.(Apr/May 2017)
15. What are the cloud security challenges? Explain. (M/J 2017)
16. Discuss in detail about the security architecture of cloud. (M/J 2017)
17. Write details about cloud security infrastructure.(Nov/Dec 2016)
18. Illustrate the following in detail i. Demand-Driven Resource Provisioning ii. Event-
Driven Resource Provisioning iii. Popularity-Driven Resource Provisioning
19. Explain in detail about security monitoring and incident response
20. Summarize the following i. Security governance ii. Security monitoring iii. Risk
management
21. Define Application security and its use.
22. Illustrate the application security in detail.
 23. List the different types of services offered by cloud.
24. Describe in detail about Extended Cloud Computing Services
25. Recommend a model to provide resource management among multiple cloud
providers
26. Discuss Virtual Machine Creation and Management in detail with suitable diagram
27. Explain in detail about Global Exchange of Cloud Resources
28. Describe the following in detail i. Data security i. Application security iii. Virtual
machine security
29. Explain the security architecture design of a cloud environment and relate how it can
be made possible to include such measures in a typical banking scenario.
30. Assess in detail the Cloud Infrastructure Security at Network, Host and application
Level by discussing their pros and cons
31. Explain the baseline Identity and access Management(IAM) factors to be practiced by
the stakeholders of cloud services and common key privacy issues likely to happen in
the environment
32. What is virtual migration attacks?
33. Write a short notes on guest hopping?
34. Explain about cloud data security in detail?
35. What are the challenges of cloud data security?
36. What are the Benefits of cloud data security?
37. Write a short notes on IAM challenges?
38. Explain in detail about IAM architecture?
39. What are the IAM Practices in Cloud ?
40. What is Security in Cloud Computing? Explain its use and also explain how to
achieve security in Cloud Computing.
41. State and explain the use of Disaster Recovery, Privacy and Integrity in detail
42. Explain Virtualization Security in details.
43. Explain following Security aspects i.) Data Security ii.) Data Centre Security iii.)
Access Control iv.) Encryption and Decryption

Mark Range PART-A PART-B&C

Question No
50-59 1-25 1-28
60-79 1-35 1-39
Above 80 All the above

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