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School: IT and Business

Name of Unit: Virtual Systems and Services

Unit Code: DEN301 Paper No.

(if more than one)

Number of No. of Pages in Exam: 5

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Duration of Exam 2 hours 10 minutes
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Name of Academic: Yancong (Ray) Xie Telephone Number:
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Name of Associate Dean: Shannon Kennedy-Clark
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Signed: Shannon Kennedy-Clark Date: 24 May 2021
ONLINE FINAL EXAMINATION Trimester 1 2021

UNIT CODE: DEN301

UNIT NAME: Virtual Systems and Services

UNIT COORDINATOR’S NAME: Dr Yancong (Ray) Xie

EXAM DURATION: 2 hours 10 minutes

MARKS ALLOCATION: 30

RESOURCES: None

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Students are permitted to commence writing from the start of the exam, once the Preamble
has been concluded.
2. Students must complete online ID verification process.
3. Please use Word and/or Excel as required.
4. Please use Times New Roman 12pt font or Calibri 11pt font.
5. Please upload documents as outlined in the submission details.
6. All other relevant instructions are contained in the question paper.
7. Please ensure that you have access to Wi-Fi or equivalent for exam submission.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Please name your file as follows: studentID+Name before uploading it to Turnitin

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 Instructions to Students
The exam comprises 6 questions.
• Attempt every section
• Start each new section on a new page
• Clearly label each section
• Save a copy of your document/s before uploading
• Exam is worth 30 marks. Marks for each section are indicated.

Question 1. The concept of virtualisation enables consolidation and containment. Use SISTC as a context
to explain what the terms consolidation and containment mean. Further, discuss of benefits brought by
consolidation and containment (5 marks).

Question 2. The following graph illustrates a process to merge snapshots.

Use your own words to explain the concept of snapshot. Discuss when snapshots are created.
Furthermore, explain the process to merge snapshots and outcome of this process (5 marks).

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Questions 3. The following graph illustrates one useful approach to manage memory in a virtual
machine.

Use your own words to explain this technique. Also, discuss the potential risk of this technique (5 marks).

Questions 4. The following graph illustrates the process of deduplication.

Discuss what this means to virtualisation. Use SISTC as an example to support your discussions (5 marks).

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Questions 5. The following graph illustrates an overview of network design of a sample virtual system.

Use your own words to explain the specific kinds of network designs illustrated in the above graph. Using
the example above, highlight the implications of different kinds of network design (5 marks).

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Questions 6. The following graph illustrates the three-tier architecture in a virtual system.

Use your own words to explain what it means to deploy applications in a virtual environment. Briefly
discuss the benefits for using this architecture (5 marks).

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