Class - VIII

Chapter – 5 (Cloud Computing)

A. Tick the correct answer.

1. ……………… is a technology that provides resources and services over the Internet .

a. Cloud Computing b. Antivirus c. Soft Computing

2. …………… include accessing software and storing files online.

a. Resources b. Services c. Server

3. ……………..allow cloud providers to pool large-scale IT resources to serve multiple cloud consumers.

. a. Elasticity b. Service Provider c. Resource Pooling

4. ………………is an online office suite, in which you can create, edit and share Document, Spreadsheet and
Presentation.

a. Google Docs b. Google Drive c. You Tube

5. …………………is free online storage that provides access to email, contacts and much more.

a. Facebook b. you Tube c. Google Drive

Ans. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c

B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements

1. SaaS is a method of delivering software over the Internet.

2. In community cloud, the services are offered to a group of organization.

3. A public cloud is not proprietary of any organization.

4.AWS is not a service provider of cloud computing.

5. Google Drives gives you 15 GB of free Google Online Storage.

6. You can not delete a file permanently from Google Drive.

Ans- 1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F

C. Fill in the blanks.

1. …………. Cloud offers the services to a limited and well- defined number of parties .

2. Cloud Computing Services are based on a …………… model.

3. ……………. Provides a cloud platform and allows developers to create, test and run their program, website, web
app, etc.
4. In ……………, you can keep files, folders, backups and everything important, online .

5. Whenever you delete any file, it goes into ……………...folder.

6. After finishing your work in Google Drive, you must …………. From it.

Ans- 1. Hybrid 2. Pay as you go 3. Paas 4. Google Drive 5. Trash 6. Logout

D. Define the following.

1. IaaS IaaS stands for Infrastructure as a service and it provides IT infrastructure like servers storage,
networks operating system over the Internet on a pay as you go basis.

2. SaaS SaaS stands for software as a Service and it is a method for delivering software application over the
Internet, on demand and typically, on a subscription basis.

3. PaaS PaaS stands for Platform as a Service and it provides a cloud platform and allows developers to
create, test and run their program, website, web app, etc. without having to purchase the hardware
and software.

E. Differentiate between the following.

Public Cloud A public cloud is not proprietary of any organization. The services provides in these clouds can be
accessed by any organization or individual.

Private Cloud A private cloud is not proprietary architecture subscribed to by an organization. It provides hosted
services to the users within the organization.

F. Answer in 1-2 sentences.

1. What is Cloud Computing?

Ans- Cloud Computing is a technology that provides resources and services over the Internet .Instead of accessing
these resources and services locally on your computer, you access them on the cloud.

2. What are Service Providers?

Ans- Service Providers provide various types of cloud computing services for free or charge a fee from the computer
user. Amazone web Service like (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are the main service provider of cloud.

3. What is Google Drive?

Ans- Google Drive is cloud storage developed by Google. We store our files online in Google Drive and can access
them from anywherein the whole world.

E. Answer Briefly.

1. Write the resons for choosing cloud computing.

Ans- People are choosing cloud computing for a variety of reasons:

Accessbility:-Data and applicatons are available world wide from any computer or device with an Internet
connection.
Cost Saving:- The expense of software and high end hardware shifts away from the user.

Scalability:- Provides the flexibility to increase or decrease computing requirements as per need.

2. What are the characteristics of cloud computing?

Ans- The characteristics of cloud computing are:

a. ONDEMAND SELF SERVICE: Users are able to get the cloud computing resources for almost any type of workload
on demand and without requiring human interaction, mostly done though a web-based self service portal.

b. ELASTICITY: With cloud computing companies can scale up the resources as computing need increases as
computing need decreases.

c. PAY PER USE: In the cloud computing our computer resources are measured, and we only pay for the resources
and workloads we use.

3. Write the advantages of Google Docs.

Ans- The advantages of Google Docs are:

a. Google Docs is free online office suite for the individual user and it doesn’t need to be installed on any computer.

b. We can access the application and all documents wherever we have access to the Internet and a web browser.