UNITED INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(An Autonomous Institution)

Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore – 641020

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT : CCS335 – Cloud Computing

SEM/YEAR: VI/III
Question Bank

UNIT – 1 - 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

Q.NO QUESTION CO BTL MARK

1. What are the five essential characteristics of cloud computing according to 1 1 2

NIST?
2. List the three main service models defined by the NIST Cloud Computing 1 1 2
Reference Architecture.
3. Name the four main cloud deployment models. 1 1 2
4. What is a hybrid cloud, and how is it beneficial? 1 2 2
5. Which cloud deployment model is most cost-effective for small businesses? 1 2 2
Why?
6. Define scalability in the context of cloud computing. 1 2 2
7. Why is elasticity important for handling dynamic workloads in cloud systems? 1 2 2
8. How do latency and bandwidth issues affect cloud computing performance? 1 2 2
PART - B

1. Explain the cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and their applications in 1 5 16
various domains.
2. Discuss the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and its significance 1 5 16
in cloud computing.
3. Analyze the role of cloud deployment models in meeting diverse business 1 5 16
needs, with a focus on public, private, hybrid, and community clouds.
4 Illustrate the importance of cloud service models in enabling efficient resource 1 5 16
utilization and scalability, and discuss their impact on the IT industry.
 UNIT – 2 - VIRTUALIZATION BASICS

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

Q.NO QUESTION CO BTL MARK

1. Define a virtual machine. 2 2 2

2. Define virtualization. 2 2 2
3. What is full virtualization? 2 2 2
4. Define para-virtualization. 2 2 2
5. List the implementation levels of virtualization. 2 1 2
6. What is the difference between Guest OS and Host OS? 2 2 2
7. Name the two types of hypervisors. 2 1 2
8. What is a hypervisor? 2 2 2
PART - B

1. What is a Hypervisor? Explain its types and the significance of each type in 2 2 16
virtualization.
2. Describe the different implementation levels of virtualization. 2 2 16

3. Differentiate between Full Virtualization and Para Virtualization. Provide 2 2 16

advantages and disadvantages of each.

4 Explain how virtualization is achieved for CPU, memory, and I/O devices. 2 2 16
Illustrate with relevant examples.

UNIT – 3 - 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

Q.NO QUESTION CO BTL MARK

1. What is desktop virtualization? 3 2 2

2 Define storage virtualization. 3 2 2
3. What is system-level virtualization in operating systems? 3 2 2
4. What is application virtualization? 3 2 2
5. What is the main purpose of network virtualization? 3 2 2
6. What is Docker? 3 2 2
7. What is a Docker container? 3 2 2
 8. What is a Docker image? 3 2 2
PART – B

1. Discuss the concept of Desktop Virtualization. 3 2 16

2. Explain Storage Virtualization and its role in data management. 3 2 16
3. Explain the concept of Virtual Clusters and Resource Management in cloud 3 2 16
computing.
4 Explain Docker Containers, Images, and Repositories. 3 2 16
UNIT – 4 - CLOUD DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT

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

PART - A

Q.NO QUESTION CO BTL MARK

1. Summarize the Service Offerings by AWS 4 2 2

2. Depict the benefits of OpenStack Compute 4 2 2
3. What do you mean by open cloud ecosystem 4 2 2
4. Write the procedure to deploy the application in Google App Engine 4 2 2
5. What is MS Azure 4 2 2
6. What are the benefits of using Amazon AWS 4 2 2
7. Identify the key services provided by MZ Azure 4 1 2
8. What is OpenStack 4 2 2
PART – B

1. Discuss Amazon AWS and MS Azure 4 2 16

2. Draw and explain the architecture of Eucalyptus 4 2 16
3. What is Google App Engine? Describe the major building blocks and functional 4 2 16
modules of the Google Cloud Platform with a diagram
4 Breakdown the architecture of OpenStack and explain how its components 4 2 16
interact.
UNIT – 5 - 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

Q.NO QUESTION CO BTL MARK

1. What is Hyper jacking attack 5 2 2

2. List out the IAM challenges 5 1 2
3. What is guest hopping in virtualization security 5 2 2
4. What are the common virtualization system specific attacks 5 2 2
5. What is the purpose of identify and access Management 5 2 2
6. Define VM Migration attack 5 2 2
7. Describe the role of IAM in cloud security 5 2 2
8. List out the key components of data security and storage in cloud environments 5 1 2
PART – B

1. List the virtualization system specific attacks and explain any two of them 5 2 16
2. Write a note about guest hopping and VM Migration attacks. Provide real time 5 2 16
case studies for the same
3. Write a detailed note on cloud security 5 2 16
4 What is Identity and Access Management? Describe its architecture. Depict the 5 2 16
procedure to carry out IAM in AWS cloud platform.