Sample Question Format

(For all courses having end semester Full Mark=50)

KIIT Deemed to be University

Online End Semester Examination(Spring Semester-2021)

Subject Name & Code: Cloud Computing(IT 3022)

Applicable to Courses:CSE/CSSE/CSCE

Full Marks=50 Time:2 Hours

SECTION-A(Answer All Questions. Each question carries 2 Marks)

Time:30 Minutes (7×2=14 Marks)

Question Question Type Question CO Answer Key

No (MCQ/SAT) Mappi (For MCQ
ng Questions only)
Q.No:1 MCQ Which of the following is CO2 c) Abstraction
essential concept related to
Cloud?
a) Reliability
b) Productivity
c) Abstraction
d)Accessibility
MCQ Which cloud combines CO2 d) Hybrid
multiple clouds where those
clouds retain their unique
identities but are bound
together as a unit?
a) Public
b) Private
c) Community
d) Hybrid
MCQ The ________ cloud CO2 b) Private
infrastructure is operated for
the exclusive use of an
organization.
a) Public
b) Private
c) Community
d) Hybrid

MCQ Which of the following is CO2 a) Public

owned by an organization
selling cloud services?
a) Public
 b) Private
c) Community
d) Hybrid

Q.No:2 MCQ Type II hypervisor is also CO3 b) Hosted

known as
a) Kernel
b) Hosted
c)Native
d)Baremetal
MCQ Which is a challenge for CO3 c)Quick
virtualization in cloud? scalability
a)Cost reduction
b)Efficient Hardware
utilization
c)Quick scalability
d)Responsiveness
MCQ Hypercalls are used in CO3 c)Para
_____ virtualization. virtualization
a)Hardware assisted
virtualization
b)Software assisted
virtualization
c)Para virtualization
d)Emulation virtualization
MCQ _______ enables batch CO3 a) Scalability
processing, which greatly
speeds up high-processing
applications.
a) Scalability
b) Reliability
c) Elasticity
d) Utility

Q.No:3 MCQ What is the best model of CO3 a)IAAS

delivery for "A fast lighting
storage solutions for gigantic
amount of data"?
a)IAAS
b)PAAS
c)SAAS
d)None
MCQ What is the best model of CO3 b)PAAS
delivery for A web hosting
solution for PHP web
applications?
a)IAAS
b)PAAS
c)SAAS
d)None
MCQ What is the best model of CO3 c)SAAS
delivery for "An Electronic
Health Record systems for
clinics and doctors"?
a)IAAS
 b)PAAS
c)SAAS
d)None

MCQ _______ is a complete CO3 c)SAAS

operating environment with
applications, management,
and user interface.
a)IAAS
b)PAAS
c)SAAS
d)None

Q.No:4 MCQ Which is the correct type of CO3 c) Both Software

full virtualization? -assisted and
a) Software assisted Hardware-assist
b) Hardware-assisted ed
c) Both Software- assisted
and Hardware-assisted
d) IoT assisted

MCQ Which is not a benefit of CO3 d) Run on single

virtualization? operating system
a) Flexible and efficient
allocation of resources
b) Lowers the cost of IT
infrastructure
c) Remote access and rapid
scalability
d) Run on single operating
system

MCQ Due to binary translation, CO3 a) Software

___ virtualization is assisted full
criticized for performance virtualizations
issues.
a) Software assisted full
virtualizations
b) IoT assisted full
virtualizations
c) Hardware-assisted full
virtualizations
d) None
MCQ CO3 c) Hardware-assi
In which virtualizations:
sted full
Guest OS’s instructions virtualizations
might allow a virtual context
to execute privileged
instructions directly on the
processor, even though it is
virtualized?
a) Software assisted full
virtualizations
b) IoT assisted full
virtualizations
 c) Hardware-assisted full
virtualizations
d) None

Q.No:5 MCQ Choose the correct CO5 a) Project

completion: Services and
APIs are enabled on a
per-__________ basis.
a) Project
b)Folder
c)Organization
d)Billing Account
MCQ Google manages every CO5 b)False
aspect of Google Cloud
Platform customers'
security.
a)True
b)False
c)Not Sure
d)Invalid
MCQ Google Cloud Data store CO5 a)Yes
supports ACID transactions?
a)Yes
b)No
c)Not Sure
d)None
MCQ You can create Compute CO5 a)Yes
Engine virtual machines
from the command line.
a)Yes
b)No
c)Not Sure
d)None
Q.No:6 MCQ Which of the following CO5 c) Amazon
allows you to create Relational
instances of the MySQL Database Service
database to support your
Web sites?
a) Amazon Elastic Compute
Cloud
b) Amazon Simple Queue
Service
c) Amazon Relational
Database Service
d) Amazon Simple Storage
System
MCQ Point out the wrong CO5 d) None
statement.
a) Amazon Machine
Instances are sized at
various levels and rented on
a computing/hour basis
b) The metrics obtained by
CloudWatch may be used to
 enable a feature called Auto
Scaling
c) A number of tools are
used to support EC2 services
d) None
MCQ What are the CO5 d)All
authentications used in
AWS?
a)Username/Password
b)Access Key
c) Access Key/Session Key
d)All

MCQ Point out the wrong CO5 b) Smart phones

statement. never come with
a) Cloud services are having native
a major impact on cellular applications that
phone technology, and vice consume Web
versa services
b) Smart phones never come
with native applications that
consume Web services
c) Mobile application
developers are staging their
apps in the cloud, and a
number of hosting services
provide support for this
d) All
Q.No:7 MCQ Which one is representing CO5 c)Confidentiality
CIA Triad for Cloud ,Integrity,
Computing? Availability
a)Computer, Internet,
Architecture
b)Concept, Internet,
Availability
c)Confidentiality, Integrity,
Availability
d)Confidentiality, Integrity,
Authentication
MCQ In CCE, Third Party Auditor CO6 b) Checking
is responsible for: Integrity
a)Checking Confidentiality
b) Checking Integrity
c) Checking Availability
d) Checking Authentication
MCQ Which is not a Threat to CO6 d)Malicious
Confidentiality by the cloud provider
External Attacker in CCE? users
a)Remote Software Attack
on cloud infrastructure
b) Remote Software Attack
on cloud application
c) Social engineering of
cloud provider users
d)Malicious cloud provider
 users
MCQ Which is not a Threat to CO6 a) Social
Confidentiality by the Inside engineering of
User in CCE? cloud provider
a) Social engineering of users
cloud provider users
b) Malicious cloud provider
users
c) Malicious cloud customer
users
d) Malicious third party
users

SECTION-B(Answer Any Three Questions. Each Question carries 12

Marks)

Time: 1 Hour and 30 Minutes (3×12=36 Marks)

Question No Question CO Mapping

(Each question
should be from
the same CO(s))
Q.No:8 i)List out the importance of CO4
scheduling algorithms in Cloud
Computing.
ii)Consider the set of 5 processes
whose arrival and burst time(in
milliseconds) are given
below(time quantum=2 units):
Process Arrival Burst
Id Time Time
P1 0 5
P2 1 3
P3 2 1
P4 3 2
P5 4 3

Calculate and Compare Round

Robin and FCFS CPU Scheduling
policies with respect to average
waiting time.
i)What are the different
scheduling criteria based on
which we compare different
scheduling algorithms.
ii)Consider the set of 4 processes
whose arrival and burst time(in
milliseconds) are given below:
 Process Arrival Burst
Id Time Time
P1 0 12
P2 2 4
P3 3 6
P4 8 5
Calculate and Compare SJF
Pre-emptive and Non pre-emptive
CPU Scheduling policies with
respect to average waiting time.
i)What do you mean by Make
span in Cloud Computing?
ii)Compare Min-Min and
Max-Min scheduling policies for
the following data with respect to
Make span.
T1 T2 T3 T4
M1 150 30 60 80
M2 100 100 120 150

Q.No:9 i) Virtualization is a key CO5

technology in CCE: Justify.
ii) In CCE, discuss the types and
role of VMM in virtualization.
iii) Compare and contrast Hot
Migration with Cold Migration.
i) What do you mean by
Hypervisor?
ii) In CCE, discuss the types and
role of Hypervisor in
virtualization.
iii) Give a brief insight to various
phases of Live Migration and
Regular Migration.

i) Discuss the advantages of

virtualization in CCE.
ii) What do you mean by Compute
Virtualization?
iii) Discuss the types of compute
virtualization with appropriate
diagram.

Q.No:10 Prepare a case study to mention CO6

the current challenges existing in
“IRCTC online reservation
system” and the role of cloud
computing to address these
challenges.
Prepare a case study to mention
the current challenges existing in
 “Online Banking system” and the
role of cloud computing to
address these challenges.
Prepare a case study to mention
the current challenges existing in
“Online Air ticket reservation
system” and the role of cloud
computing to address these
challenges.
Q.No:11 i) Discuss the importance of VM CO5 &6
lifecycle model in CCE.
ii) Explain the role of Physical to
Virtual Machine (P2V) conversion
in VM lifecycle model with
appropriate diagram.
iii) Explain the components of
P2V converter application in
details.
i) List out the various security and
privacy issues in CCE.
ii) Discuss the importance of
Third Party Auditor to ensure
security in CCE, with the help of
appropriate diagram.
i)Discuss the various Components
of Sensor—Cloud Integration
framework with appropriate
diagram.
ii)Compare Cloud Computing
with Mobile Cloud Computing
with respect to the following
characteristics:
i) Service Consumers
ii) Service Providers
iii) Objectives