VALLIAMMAI ENGNIEERING COLLEGE
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur – 603203.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Year & Semester
:
I / II
Section
:
CSE
Subject Code
:
IF7202
Subject Name
:
Cloud Computing
Degree & Branch
:
M.E – C.S.E.
Staff in charge
:
SUMA.S
UNIT-1
2 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. What are the basic characteristics of cloud computing?
2. Define multi core CPU?
3. How does cloud computing provides on- demand functionality?
4. What is the difference between traditional datacenters and cloud?
5. Define GPU?
6. What is mean by Virtualization Middleware?
7. Define datacenter growth and cost breakdown?
8. Difference between distributed and parallel computing?
9. List the design issues in clusters?
10. What are some examples of large cloud providers and their databases?
11. What is meant by service oriented architecture?
12. Define anything-as-a-service?
13. What do you mean by SaaS, IaaS, PaaS?
14. Define cloud provider and cloud broker?
15. What is the role of cloud auditor?
16. Define private cloud, public cloud & hybrid cloud?
17. Why communication cloud is important?
18. List the design objectives of cloud computing?
Prepared By Suma.S Page 1 19. What are the different components required by cloud architecture?
20. Why should one prefer public cloud over private cloud?
16 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. What is cloud computing? Enlist and explain three service models, and four
deployment models of cloud computing.
2. Explain the system models for distributed and cloud computing?
3. Explain multithreading model in detail?
4. Explain the Cluster Architecture in detail?
5. Explain the infrastructure of Grid computing in detail?
6. Explain the architecture of P2P system?
7. Explain the NIST cloud computing reference architecture?
8. Explain the cloud eco system?
9. Explain architectural design of compute and storage clouds?
10. How does cloud architecture overcome the difficulties faced by traditional
architecture? What are the three differences that separate out cloud architecture
from the tradition one?
UNIT-2
2 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. What is virtualization? Mention the levels of virtualization?
2. Define virtual machine monitor?
3. Define hardware abstraction level of virtualization?
4. What do you mean by operating system level and library support level of
virtualization?
5. Explain user application level of virtualization?
6. Write the relative merits of virtualization at various levels?
7. List the requirements of VMM?
Prepared By Suma.S Page 2 8. Differentiate full virtualization and para-virtualization?
9. Explain Host OS and Guest OS?
10. What are the responsibilities of VMM?
11. What are the disadvantages of OS extension?
12. What is mean by host based virtualization?
13. Define CPU, memory and I/O virtualization?
14. What is the difference between physical cluster and virtual cluster?
15. Define high performance virtual storage
16. Write the steps for live VM migration?
17. Define file system migration and network migration?
18. How do you partition a single physical cluster into multiple virtual cluster?
19. Define the three resource managers?
20. Define trust management in cloud computing?
16 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. Explain the different levels of virtualization implementation?
2. Explain the OS level virtualization? List the pros and cons of OS level
virtualization?
3. Explain in details the tools and mechanisms for virtualization?
4. Explain the different types of virtualization in detail?
5. Explain the virtualization of CPU, Memory and I/O devices?
6. Explain the virtualization of multi core processor?
7. Explain the virtual clusters in detail?
8. Explain the concept dynamic deployment of virtual clusters?
9. Explain the virtualization for data center automation?
10. Explain the trust management in virtual clusters?
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2 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. List the design goals for generic cloud?
2. List the cloud enabling technologies?
3. Explain the QoS factors in cloud?
4. Define hardware virtualization?
5. Explain the storage virtualization?
6. Define VM cloning?
7. Explain runtime support service?
8. Define software stack?
9. Define dynamic resource deployment?
10. Define the provisioning of compute resources?
11. List out the functions of resource management
12. Mention platforms which are used for large scale cloud computing?
13. Explain different models for deployment in cloud computing?
14. List out different layers which define cloud architecture?
15. What is self service provisioning?
16. What is the use of “EUCALYPTUS” in cloud computing?
17. Mention some open source cloud computing platform databases?
18. Explain the difference between cloud and traditional datacenters?
19. Mention the name of some large cloud providers and databases?
20. As a infrastructure as a service what are the resources that are provided by it?
16 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. Explain the cloud architecture with suitable block diagram?
2. Explain the layered cloud architecture development?
3. Explain the various design challenges for effective cloud computing
environment?
4. Explain the cloud service tasks and trends?
Prepared By Suma.S Page 4 5. Explain the different methods of resource provisioning and platform deployment
in detail with a neat diagram?
6. Explain the provisioning of storage resources in detail?
7. What is quality of service (QoS) monitoring in a cloud computing? Enlist and
explain different issues in inter-cloud environments.
8. Explain architectural design of compute and storage clouds?
9. Discuss inter-cloud resource management.
10. Discuss in detail about global exchange of cloud resources.
UNIT-4
2 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. List the issues in parallel and distributed paradigms?
2. Define iterative MapReduce?
3. Define HDFS?
4. List the characteristics of HDFS?
5. Explain the HDFS operations?
6. Define block replication?
7. Define heart beat in Hadoop? What are the advantages of heart beat?
8. Define GFS?
9. Define BigTable?
10. What is mean by NOSQL?
11. Explain the Google’s distributed lock service?
12. Define simple storage service (S3)?
13. Define Elastic Block Store (EBS)?
14. Define SQLAzure?
15. Mention what is the difference between elasticity and scalability in cloud
computing?
16. Mention the services that are provided by Window Azure Operating System?
17. Mention in what ways cloud architecture provide automation and performance
transparency?
Prepared By Suma.S Page 5 18. What is Amazon SQS?
19. How buffer is used to Amazon web services?
20. Mention what is Hypervisor in cloud computing and their types?
16 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. Explain the dataflow and control flow of MapReduce?
2. Explain the architecture of MapReduce in Hadoop?
3. Explain a user view of Google App Engine with suitable block schematic.
4. Explain the structure of BigTable data model?
5. Explain the programming structure ofAmazon EC2?
6. Explain the architecture of Amazon EC2 ?
7. Explain the Microsoft Azure programming support?
8. Discuss the architecture and components of OpenNebula?
9. Explain the architecture of OpenStack system?
10. Discuss the cloud software environment of Eucalyptus in detail.
UNIT-5
2 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. What are the security challenges in cloud computing?
2. Define security governance?
3. Explain the security awareness in cloud?
4. Define third party risk management?
5. What are the layers in security architecture design?
6. Define VM security?
7. Explain change management?
8. Define security images?
9. What is mean by vulnerability assessment?
10. What is mean by password assurance testing?
11. Define data shredding technique.
12. Which security mechanism provides an effective control for data confidentiality
and integrity?
Prepared By Suma.S Page 6 13. How is intrusion detection implemented under SAAS model?
14. What do mean by federated identity management?
15. What are the four different models of execution for virtual firewall service?
16. Define Distributed Denial-of-service attack
17. What are the stages involved in defining security at compute level?
18. Define Hyperjacking
19. What is VM-theft ?
20. What are the measures included in GuestOS hardening technique ?
16 MARK QUESTIONS:
1. Explain the Security challenges in cloud computing in detail?
2. Explain the security architecture in detail?
3. Explain the following
a. Security governance
b. Security monitoring
4. Explain the Secure Software Development Life Cycle?
5. Explain in detail about Software-as-a-Service security?
6. Explain the application security in detail?
7. Explain the data security and virtual machine security in detail?
8. Explain the identity management and access control in detail?
9. Explain the two fundamental functions, identity management and access control,
which are required for secure cloud computing.
10. Explain the following
a. Autonomic Security
b. Risk management
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