CCS372–VIRTUALIZATION

QUESTION BANK
R-2021

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 PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

Apply their technical competence in computer science to solve real world

PEO1
problems, with technical and people leadership.
Conduct cutting edge research and develop solutions on problems of social
PEO2
relevance.
Work in a business environment, exhibiting team skills, work ethics, adaptability
PEO3
and lifelong learning.

Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science,

PO1 engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution
of complex engineering problems.
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and
PO2 analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions
using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering
sciences.
Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex
PO3 engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet
the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and
safety, and the
cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based
PO4 knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis
and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide
valid
conclusions.
Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques,
PO5 resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and
modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the
limitations.
The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual
PO6 knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the
consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional
PO7 engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate
the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

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 Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and
PO8
responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a
PO9
member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering
PO10 activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as,
being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design
documentation, make
effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and
PO11 understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these
to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects
and
in multidisciplinary environments.
Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and
PO12 ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest
context
of technological change.

Exhibit design and programming skills to build and automate business

PSO1
solutions using cutting edge technologies.
Strong theoretical foundation leading to excellence and excitement towards
PSO2
research, to provide elegant solutions to complex problems.

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CCS372 VIRTUALIZATION LTPC
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
 To Learn the basics and types of Virtualization
 To understand the Hypervisors and its types
 To Explore the Virtualization Solutions
 To Experiment the virtualization platforms

UNIT – I INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUALIZATION 7

Virtualization and cloud computing - Need of virtualization – cost, administration, fast
deployment, reduce infrastructure cost – limitations- Types of hardware virtualization: Full
virtualization – partial virtualization – Para virtualization-Types of Hypervisors

UNIT – II SERVER AND DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION 6

Virtual machine basics- Types of virtual machines- Understanding Server Virtualization- types
of server virtualization- Business Cases for Server Virtualization – Uses of Virtual Server
Consolidation – Selecting Server Virtualization Platform-Desktop Virtualization-Types of
Desktop Virtualization
UNIT – III NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION 6
Introduction to Network Virtualization-Advantages- Functions-Tools for Network
Virtualization VLAN-WAN Architecture-WAN Virtualization

UNIT – IV STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION 5

Memory Virtualization-Types of Storage Virtualization-Block, File-Address space Remapping-
Risks of Storage Virtualization-SAN-NAS-RAID

UNIT – V VIRTUALIZATION TOOLS 6

VMWare-Amazon AWS-Microsoft HyperV- Oracle VM Virtual Box - IBM PowerVM-
Google Virtualization- Case study.
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of this course, the students expected to be able to:
CO1 Analyze the virtualization concepts and Hypervisor
CO2 Apply the Virtualization for real-world applications
CO3 Install & configure the different VM platforms
CO4 Experiment with the VM with various software
CO’s – PO’s & PSO’s MAPPING
CO’ PO’S PSO’S
S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2
1 1 3 1 3 2 - - - 1 1 3 1 2 3
2 3 2 2 1 2 - - - 1 2 2 3 3 2
3 3 2 1 3 1 - - - 2 2 1 3 3 3
4 1 1 2 3 3 - - - 3 3 1 1 3 2
5 1 3 2 3 1 - - - 2 1 3 3 1 1
AVG 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.6 1.8 - - - 1.8 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.2
1 – Low: 2 – Medium: 3 – High: ‘-' - No correlation

TEXT BOOKS

1. Cloud computing a practical approach - Anthony T.Velte , Toby J. Velte Robert

Elsenpeter, TATA McGraw- Hill , New Delhi – 2010.
2. Cloud Computing (Principles and Paradigms), Edited by Rajkumar Buyya, James
Broberg, Andrzej Goscinski, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011.
3. David Marshall, Wade A. Reynolds, Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware
and Microsoft Platform in the Virtual Data Center, Auerbach.
4. Chris Wolf, Erick M. Halter, “Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise”,
APress, 2005.
5. James E. Smith, Ravi Nair, “Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for systems and
Processes”, Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.
6. David Marshall, Wade A. Reynolds, “Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and
Microsoft Platform in the Virtual Data Center”, Auerbach Publications, 2006.

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 UNIT– I
INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUALIZATION

PART–A
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping
1 What is Virtualization? CO1 Understand Low

2 What is a Virtual Machine (VM)? CO1 Understand Low

3 List the needs of Virtualization. CO1 Remember Low

4 Define hypervisor. CO1 Remember Low
What is the difference between
5 hardware virtualization and CO1 Understand Low
software virtualization?
6 List the advantages of Virtualization. CO1 Remember Low
Define Virtualization in cloud
7 CO1 Remember Low
computing.
8 What is a guest OS? CO1 Understand Low
9 What is Full Virtualization? CO1 Understand Low
10 What is Para-Virtualization? CO1 Understand Low
Differentiate between Type 1 and
11 CO1 Understand Low
Type 2 hypervisor.

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 PART–B
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Explain in detail about virtualization
1 CO1 Understand Medium
and its types.
Describe the need for virtualization
2 CO1 Understand Medium
in modern data centres.
Explain the role of a hypervisor in
3 virtualization? Compare Type 1 and CO1 Understand Medium
Type 2 hypervisors.
Differentiate between full
virtualization, partial virtualization,
4 and paravirtualization. Discuss the CO1 Understand Medium
scenarios where each is most
applicable.
Describe the limitations of
5 CO1 Understand Medium
virtualization.
Design a basic virtualization
infrastructure for a company
6 looking to reduce hardware costs CO1 Create High
while ensuring high availability.
Explain
your choice of tools and approaches.

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 UNIT– II
SERVER AND DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION
PART–A
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping

1 What is Virtual Machine Monitor ? CO2 Understand Low

What is the concept of server

2 CO2 Understand Low
virtualization?
3 List the types of server virtualization. CO2 Remember Low
What is the concept of hardware-
4 CO2 Understand Low
assisted virtualization?
What are the business cases for
5 CO2 Understand Low
server virtualization?
6 Define virtual server consolidation. CO2 Remember Low
Name the types of desktop
7 CO2 Remember Low
virtualization.
8 Define desktop virtualization. CO2 Remember Low

9 What is the purpose of Snapshots? CO2 Understand Low

10 What is CPU Virtualization? CO2 Understand Low

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 PART–B

CO
Q.No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping

Discuss the server virtualization and

1 CO2 Understand Medium
its types with an example.

Explain the different types of virtual

2 CO2 Understand Medium
machines.

Describe the uses of virtual server

3 consolidation in the context of server CO2 Understand Medium

virtualization.

Write short notes on desktop

4 CO2 Understand Medium
virtualization and its types.
Explain how virtual machine
consolidation would help this business
5 CO2 Understand Medium
manage its IT resources more
efficiently.

How would desktop virtualization

improve the security and
6 CO2 Understand Medium
manageability of the organization’s
desktops?

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 UNIT – III

NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION

PART–A
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping

1 Define network virtualization. CO3 Remember Low

What are the advantages of
2 CO3 Understand Low
network virtualization?
3 Define VLAN. CO3 Remember Low
Name the tools for network
4 CO3 Remember Low
virtualization.
What is the main goal of network
5 CO3 Understand Medium
virtualization?
How do VLANs provide security in a
6 CO3 Understand Medium
network?
What is the difference between LAN
7 CO3 Understand Medium
and WAN?

8 Define WAN virtualization. CO3 Remember Low

What is the purpose of VLAN
9 CO3 Understand Low
tagging?
What are the functions of network
10 CO3 Understand Low
virtualization?

11 Define SDN. CO3 Remember Low

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 PART–B
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Elaborate the network virtualization with
1 CO3 Understand Medium
an example.
Describe about VLANs and how does it
2 CO3 Understand Medium
work in a network virtualization.

3 Explain the architecture of WAN. CO3 Understand Medium

Explain how WAN virtualization helps

4 in reducing operational costs for CO3 Understand High

businesses.

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 UNIT – IV STORAGE
VIRTUALIZATION

PART–A
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping
What is the role of a hypervisor in
1 CO4 Understand Low
memory virtualization?
2 Define memory virtualization. CO4 Remember Low
How does storage virtualization affect
3 CO4 Understand Medium
data security?
What is Network Attached Storage
4 CO4 Understand Low
(NAS)?

5 Define storage area network. CO4 Remember Low

6 How does NAS differ from SAN? CO4 Understand Medium

7 What is RAID? CO4 Understand Low

8 What are the different levels of RAID? CO4 Understand Low

What are the key advantages of using
9 CO4 Understand Low
block level storage virtualization?

10 What is the purpose of RAID 1? CO4 Understand Low

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 PART–B
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping

Explain the types of storage

1 CO4 Understand Medium
virtualization in detail.

Enumerate the concept of memory

2 virtualization and its importance in CO4 Understand Medium
modern computing systems.
Describe the architecture of SAN and
3 CO4 Understand Medium
explain in detail.
Explain network attached storage and
4 CO4 Understand Medium
how does it differ from SAN.
Design a storage virtualization
architecture for a large-scale data
center. Explain your choice of SAN
5 CO4 Create High
vs. NAS, and describe how you would
address performance and security
concerns.
Explain in detail about RAID and its
6 CO4 Understand Medium
levels with suitable diagram.

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 UNIT – V

VIRTUALIZATION TOOLS
PART–A
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping

1 What is VMware? CO5 Understand Low

2 What is an IBM PowerVM? CO5 Understand Low
3 Define AWS region. CO5 Remember Low

4 List out the VMware tools. CO5 Remember Low

Define the concept of Software

5 Defined Networking (SDN) in CO5 Remember Low

Virtualization.

6 What is HyperV virtual machine? CO5 Understand Low

What is the difference between

7 CO5 Understand Low
Virtual Machines and Containers?

8 Define Google cloud virtualization. CO5 Remember Low

What is the role of Oracle VM
9 CO5 Understand Low
virtual Box?

10 Define google virtualization. CO5 Remember Low

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 PART–B
CO
Q. No Questions BT Level Complexity
Mapping
Describe the working procedure of
1 CO5 Understand Medium
Microsoft HyperV Virtualization tools.
Explain the basic features of VMware
and Amazon AWS. How do these tools
CO5 Understand Medium
differ in terms of deployment and
management?
Explain how Microsoft HyperV helped

3 a company virtualize its data center and CO5 Understand Medium

save costs.
Compare VMware and Microsoft
HyperV in terms of features, scalability,
4 CO5 Evaluate High
and support for different operating
systems.
How does oracle VM virtual box

5 manage system resources for virtual CO5 Understand Medium

machines?
Create a virtualization strategy for a
hybrid cloud environment using a
combination of on-premise

6 infrastructure and cloud services. CO5 Create High

Justify your choice of tools (e.g.,
VMware, AWS, etc.) and explain how
the hybrid
model meets business needs.

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