Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology

(An Autonomous Institution)

Pachapalayam, Perur Chettipalayam, Coimbatore – 641010

Course Code UITC202

Course Name CLOUD COMPUTING
Semester VI
Programme Third year B.Tech IT
Regulations R2017

PART-A
Q.No. Question Marks
1 Define Cloud Computing. 2
2 What is Cloud? 2
3 List the applications of Cloud. 2
4 What is End users? 2
5 What are the advantages of Cloud Computing? 2
6 What are the challenges of using cloud computing? 2
7 What are the benefits of Cloud Computing? 2
8 Define Client Server Computing. 2
9 Define Peer to Peer Computing 2
10 Define Distributed Computing. 2
11 What is Collaborative Computing? 2
12 When collaborative computing is used? 2
13 List the characteristics of Cloud Computing. 2
14 What is On-demand self servics? 2
15 What is broad network access? 2
16 What is resource pooling? 2
17 What is measured service? 2
18 What is relationship? Give examples 2
19 Define Rapid elasticity. 2
20 What is Cloud providers? 2
21 List the types of cloud computing? 2
22 What is Service models? 2
23 What is Deployment models? 2
24 List the classification of Service models? 2
25 List the types of Deployment models? 2
26 Define Public cloud. 2
27 List the examples for Public cloud. 2
28 Write the characteristics of Public cloud. 2
29 List the disadvantages of Public cloud. 2
30 What is Scalability? 2
31 What is Availability? 2
32 Define SLA. 2
33 Define Utility Computing. 2
34 Write the issues pertaining to the Public cloud. 2
35 List the disadvantages of Public cloud. 2
36 What is security and data privacy? 2
37 Who is a Service Provider? 2
What is Multi-tendency? 2
38
39 What is Cloud Management? 2
40 Define Private cloud. 2
What is On premise model? 2
41
What is Off premise model? 2
42
43 List the examples for Private cloud.
44 Write the characteristics of Private cloud. 2
45 List the advantages of Private cloud. 2
List the types of Private clouds. 2
46
47 What is Typical Private cloud? 2
48 What is Managedl Private cloud? 2
49 What is Typical Private cloud? 2
50 What is Hosted Private cloud? 2
What is Leased Private cloud? 2
51
52 What is Virtual Private cloud? 2
List the disadvantages of Private cloud. 2
53
54 Define Community cloud. 2
55 Difference between Public and Private Cloud. 2
56 List the characteristics of Community cloud. 2
57 List the advantages of Community cloud. 2
58 List the disadvantages of Private cloud. 2
59 What are the two types of Community clouds? 2
60 Define Federated model. 2
61 Define Brokered model. 2
62 Difference between Federated and Brokered Cloud. 2
63 Define Hybrid Cloud. 2
64 What are the advantages of Hybrid cloud? 2
65 What are the disadvantages of Hybrid cloud? 2
66 What is cloud services? 2
67 What are the different types of service model? 2
68 Define IaaS. 2
69 Define PaaS. 2
70 Define SaaS. 2
71 List the services provided by Iaas Provider. 2
72 What are the benefits of IaaS? 2
73 What are the disadvantages of Iaas? 2
74 List the examples of Iaas Provider. 2
75 List the services provided by Iaas Provider. 2
76 What are the benefits of PaaS? 2
 77 What are the disadvantages of Paas? 2
78 List the examples of Paas Provider. 2
79 List the services provided by Paas Provider. 2
80 What are the benefits of SaaS? 2
81 What are the disadvantages of Saas? 2
82 List the examples of Saas Provider. 2
83 List the platforms used in Paas. 2
84 List the application frameworks used in Paas.. 2
85 List the database used in Paas. 2
86 What are the disadvantages of Cloud Computing? 2
87 What are the benefits of Cloud Computing? 2
88 What are the two parts of cloud architecture? 2
89 What is front end in cloud architecture?
90 What is back end in cloud architecture? 2
91 Draw the block diagram of cloud architecture. 2
92 Who benefits from cloud computing?. 2
93 What is collaborators? 2
94 What is Road Warriors? 2
95 What is Virtual machine? 2
96 List the different levels of Virtualization. 2
97 What is the purpose of Virtualization? 2
98 Define Hypervisor. 2
99 Define Virtual machine monitor. 2
100 What is Host os? 2
101 What is Guest os? 2
102 What is the benefits of virtualization? 2
103 What is the various implementation levels of virtualization? 2
104 What are the two types of hypervisor? 2
105 What is bare metal hypervisor? 2
106 Define Hosted hypervisor. 2
107 Write the advantages of baremetal hypervisor. 2
108 Write the disadvantages of hosted hypervisor.. 2
109 What is micro-kernel hypervisor? 2
110 What is monolithic hypervisor? 2
111 What is Domain 0 in xen architecture? 2
112 What is Domain U in xen architecture? 2
113 What is full virtualization? 2
114 Draw the diagram for full virtualization. 2
115 Write the benefits of full virtualization. 2
116 Write the drawbacks of full virtualization. 2
117 Define binary translation. 2
118 What is Hypercalls? 2
119 Draw the diagram for Para virtualization. 2
120 Write the benefits of Para virtualization. 2
121 Write the drawbacks of Paravirtualization. 2
122 Define Hardware assisted virtualization.. 2
123 Draw the diagram for Hardware assisted virtualization 2
124 Write the benefits of Hardware assisted virtualization. 2
125 Write the drawbacks of Hardware assisted virtualization. 2
126 Define Virtual server. 2
127 Define Virtual desktop. 2
128 Define P2V 2
129 Define Snapshot. 2
130 Define Clone. 2
131 List the activities of cloud providers. 2
132 What is service orchestration? 2
133 List the three layered framework for cloud system. 2
134 Define Cloud Auditor. 2
135 Define Cloud Broker. 2
136 List the service categories of cloud brokers. 2
137 Define Second Normal Form 2
138 What is intermediation service in cloud brokers? 2
139 What is aggregation service in cloud brokers? 2
140 What is arbitrage service in cloud brokers? 2
141 Define Cloud Carrier.. 2
142 List the different NIST standard organizations and standards. 2
143 What is Cloud of Things? 2
144 What is IoT? 2
145 List the functions of IoT. 2
146 List the features of IoT. 2
147 List the four technological pillars. 2
148 Define M2M. 2
149 Define RFID. 2
150 Define SCADA. 2
151 Define Wireless Sensor Network. 2
152 What are the three layers of IoT systems. 2
153 What are the foundational enablers? 2
154 Difference between distributed and parallel computing. 2
155 What is mean by service oriented architecture? 2
156 What is High Performance Computing? 2
157 Define peer-to-peer network. 2
158 What is Grid Computing? 2
159 Write the any three Grid Applications. 2
160 Difference between grid and cloud computing. 2
161 List the design objectives of cloud computing. 2
Define anything-as-a-service 2
162
163 Define XaaS. 2
164 List the requirements of VMM. 2
165 What are the responsibilities of VMM? 2
166 Define CPU virtualization. 2
167 Define memory virtualization. 2
168 What is mean by I/O virtualization? 2
169 What is memory migration? 2
170 What is mean by host based virtualization? 2
171 Define KVM. 2
172 Define Map Reduce. 2
173 Why communication cloud is important? 2
174 List the design issues in clusters? 2
175 How does cloud computing provides on- demand functionality? 2
176 What is the difference between traditional datacenters and cloud? 2
177 What is mean by Virtualization Middleware? 2
178 Difference between distributed and parallel computing? 2
179 List the design objectives of cloud computing? 2
180 What are the different components required by cloud architecture? 2
181 Why should one prefer public cloud over private cloud? 2
182 Define hardware abstraction level of virtualization? 2
183 What do you mean by operating system level of virtualization? 2
184 What do you mean by library support level of virtualization? 2
185 What do you mean by user application level of virtualization? 2
186 Write the relative merits of virtualization at various levels? 2
187 List the requirements of VMM? 2
188 Differentiate full virtualization and para-virtualization? 2
189 What are the responsibilities of VMM? 2
190 What are the responsibilities of VMM? 2
191 Define Cloud stack? 2
192 What is self service provisioning? 2
193 Define SQLAzure. 2
194 Define simple storage service. 2
195 Define Elastic Block Store 2
what is the difference between elasticity and scalability in cloud 2
196 computing? .
197 What are the security challenges in cloud computing? 2
198 What is mean by vulnerability assessment? 2
Which security mechanism provides an effective control for data 2
confidentiality and integrity?
199
Mention what is Hypervisor in cloud computing and their types? 2
200

PART-B
Q.No. Question Marks
1 Explain the different types of three service models. 10
2 Explain about the Infra Structure as the service (IaaS) with diagram. 10
3 Explain about the Platform as the service (PaaS) with diagram. 10
4 Explain about the Software as the service (SaaS) with diagram. 10
5 Explain about the Cloud Computing architecture with diagram. 10
6 Explain the NIST cloud computing reference architecture. 10
7 Explain the NIST standards for different Organization. 10
8 Describe about the history of cloud computing. 10
9 Describe about the essential characteristics of Cloud Computing.. 10
10 Explain about the types of clouds in deployment models. 10
11 Explain about the Public cloud in deployment models with diagram. 10
12 Explain about the Private cloud in deployment models with diagram. 10
13 Explain about the Community cloud in deployment models with diagram. 10
14 Explain about the Hybrid cloud in deployment models with diagram. 10
15 Describe about the cons of cloud computing. 10
16 Describe about the pros of cloud computing. 10
17 Describe about the types of users are benefited from cloud computing. 10
18 Explain the pros and cons of cloud computing. 10
19 Describe the various benefits of cloud computing. 10
20 Explain the various levels of virtualization in detail. 10
21 Explain about the Instruction set architecture and hardware level. 10
22 Describe about the types of hypervisor. 10
23 Explain about the Type-1 hypervisor in detail. 10
24 Explain about the Type-2 hypervisor in detail. 10
25 Describe in detail about the Xen hypervisor with neat diagram. 10
26 Explain about the full virtualization with neat block diagram. 10
27 Explain about the para virtualization with neat block diagram. 10
Explain about the hardware assisted virtualization with neat block 10
28 diagram.
29 Explain about the OS assisted virtualization with neat block diagram. 10
30 Explain about the partial virtualization with neat block diagram. 10
31 Differentiate between Full, Para and Hardware assisted virtualization 10
32 Describe in detail about the types of server virtualization. 10
Discuss the following 10
i.user virtualization
ii.application virtualization
33 iii.desktop virtualization
Discuss the following 10
i.Operating System virtualization
ii.Storage virtualization
34 iii.Network virtualization
Discuss about the X86 architecture with virtualization. 10
35
36 Describe the different activities of cloud providers. 10
37 Discuss the various types of service deployment in cloud infra structure. 10
38 Describe the three layered frameworks for cloud system. 10
Dsiscuss the following 10
39 i.cloud carrier ii.cloud broker iii. Cloud auditor
40 Explain the various vertical applications in cloud of things. 10
41 Explain the various essential features in cloud of things. 10
42 Explain the different technologies in cloud of things. 10
43 Describe in detail about the foundational enablers in cloud of things. 10
44 Write about the different features of IoT in ubiquitious connectivity. 10
45 Explain the different types of technological pillars in IoT. 10
46 Explain the three layers of IoT Systems. 10
47 Describe about the implementation of virtualization automation. 10
48 Describe about the several factors for security requirements architecture. 10
49 Describe about the physical security requirements in security architecture. 10
Describe about the security requirements of identity management in 10
50 security architecture.
Describe about the security requirements of access management in 10
51 security architecture.
 Describe about the security requirements of system and network auditing 10
52 in security architecture .
Describe about the security requirements of security monitoring in 10
53 security architecture.
Describe about the security requirements of incident management in 10
54 security architecture.
55 Explain the various vertical applications in cloud of things. 10
56 Explain the various essential features in cloud of things. 10
57 Explain the different technologies in cloud of things. 10
58 Describe in detail about the foundational enablers in cloud of things. 10
59 Write about the different features of IoT in ubiquitious connectivity. 10
Discuss about the various steps to build the private cloud in small and 10
60 large organizatons.
61 Explain the concepts for selecting an external cloud providers. 10
Explain the various features and supportive functions for selecting an 10
62 external cloud providers.
Discuss the different factors to considered for selecting an exernal cloud 10
63 providers.
What is Information security framework? how does a security framework 10
64 help an organization achieve information security?
65 Write short notes on the three principles of information security. 10
Describe the following 10
66 i.Encryption ii.steganography iii.access control
Describe the following 10
67 i.Hash funtion ii.digital signature iii.integrity
Describe the following 10
68 i.certificates ii.availability iii.non repudiation
Describe the following 10
69 i.redundancy ii.fault tolerance iii.safety
70 Explain about the concepts and strategies of Data security. 10
71 Describe the different key strategies in data security. 10
Explain about the several cloud security best practices to keep your cloud 10
72 environment secure.
73 Explain about the planning key strategies for secure operation. 10
74 Explain about the six strategies for cloud computing security. 10
75 Briefly describe about Cloud middleware. 10
76 With neat diagram,explain about SOA. 10
77 Describe about the concept of AJAX with neat diagram. 10
78 Describe about the concept of Mashups with neat diagram.. 10
79 Explain about the Architecture of Amazon web services. 10
80 Explain about the Architecture of Microsoft Azure. 10
81 Explain about the Architecture of Google cloud platform. 10
82 Explain in detail about MAI vs XaaS. 10
83 Explain about the concept of Long Tail and Big Switch of IoT. 10
84 Explain about the Economics of cloud. 10
Explain about the cloud providers and systems. 10
85
86 Explain the architecture of mobile cloud computing. 10
87 Describe about the list of open source projects in cloud providers. 10
 88 With neat diagram,describe about cloud middleware, 10
89 Discuss the various cloud middleware referred by grid. 10
90 Explain in detail about the Grid/SOA in cloud computing. 10
Explain about the Architecture of many to one virtualization of cloud 10
91 computing.
92 Explain about the MSV Architecture of cloud computing. 10
93 Explain about the Cloud security alliance model. 10
94 Expalin about the key mechanisms of protecting the data in cloud. 10
Explain in detail about the working of brokered cloud storage access 10
95 system.
Explain in detail about NCSC cloud security principles to protect cloud 10
96 customers.
97 Explain in detail about the responsibilties of cloud users. 10
98 Explain in detail about cloud mobility with neat architecture 10
99 With neat architecture,explain the various cloud computing platforms. 10
100 Explain the NIST’s SPI Architecture with neat diagram 10

PART-C
Q.No. Question Marks
1 Explain about the concept of Testing under cloud 15
2 Explain about the various security challenges and risks in cloud. 15
3 Explain about the various security legal aspects and risks in cloud. 15
4 Explain about the concepts of security patterns in cloud. 15
5 Explain the concepts for selecting an external cloud providers. 15
Explain the various features and supportive functions for selecting an 15
6 external cloud providers.
Discuss the different factors to considered for selecting an exernal clous 15
7 providers.
What is Information security framework? how does a security framework 15
8 help an organization achieve information security?
9 Write short notes on the three principles of information security. 15
10 Explain the concepts for selecting an external cloud providers. 15
11 Explain the different types of three service models. 15
12 Explain about the Infra Structure as the service (IaaS) with diagram. 15
13 Explain about the Platform as the service (PaaS) with diagram. 15
14 Explain about the Software as the service (SaaS) with diagram. 15
15 Explain about the Cloud Computing architecture with diagram. 15
16 Explain about the OS assisted virtualization with neat block diagram. 15
17 Explain about the partial virtualization with neat block diagram. 15
18 Differentiate between Full, Para and Hardware assisted virtualization 15
19 Describe in detail about the types of server virtualization. 15
Explain the following 15
i.user virtualization
ii.application virtualization
20 iii.desktop virtualization
Describe about the security requirements of access management in 15
21 security architecture.
 Describe about the security requirements of system and network auditing 15
22 in security architecture .
Describe about the security requirements of security monitoring in 15
23 security architecture.
Describe about the security requirements of incident management in 15
24 security architecture.
25 Explain the various vertical applications in cloud of things. 15
26 Explain the various essential features in cloud of things. 15
27 Explain the different technologies in cloud of things. 15
28 Describe in detail about the foundational enablers in cloud of things. 15
29 Write about the different features of IoT in ubiquitious connectivity. 15
Discuss about the various steps to build the private cloud in small and 15
30 large organizatons.
31 Explain the concepts for selecting an external cloud providers. 15
Explain the various features and supportive functions for selecting an 15
32 external cloud providers.
Discuss the different factors to considered for selecting an exernal cloud 15
33 providers.
Explain in detail about NCSC cloud security principles to protect cloud 15
34 customers.
35 Explain in detail about the responsibilties of cloud users. 15
36 Explain in detail about cloud mobility with neat architecture 15
37 With neat architecture,explain the various cloud computing platforms. 15
38 Explain the NIST’s SPI Architecture with neat diagram 15
Discuss the following 15
i.Operating System virtualization
ii.Storage virtualization
39 iii.Network virtualization
Discuss about the X86 architecture with virtualization. 15
40
41 Describe the different activities of cloud providers. 15
42 Discuss the various types of service deployment in cloud infra structure. 15
43 Describe the three layered frameworks for cloud system. 15
Dsiscuss the following 15
44 i.cloud carrier ii.cloud broker iii. Cloud auditor
45 Explain about the concepts and strategies of Data security. 15
46 Describe the different key strategies in data security. 15
Explain about the several cloud security best practices to keep your cloud 15
47 environment secure.
48 Explain about the planning key strategies for secure operation. 15
49 Explain about the six strategies for cloud computing security. 15
50 Explain about the properties of transaction with relevant examples. 15
51 Describe about the pros of cloud computing. 15
52 Describe about the types of users are benefited from cloud computing. 15
53 Explain the pros and cons of cloud computing. 15
54 Describe the various benefits of cloud computing. 15
55 Explain the various levels of virtualization in detail. 15
56 Explain about the Instruction set architecture and hardware level. 15
57 Describe about the types of hypervisor. 15
58 Explain about the Type-1 hypervisor in detail. 15
59 Explain about the Type-2 hypervisor in detail. 15
60 Describe in detail about the Xen hypervisor with neat diagram. 15
61 Explain about the full virtualization with neat block diagram. 15
62 Explain about the para virtualization with neat block diagram. 15
Explain about the hardware assisted virtualization with neat block 15
63 diagram.
64 Explain the various vertical applications in cloud of things. 15
65 Explain the various essential features in cloud of things. 15
66 Explain the different technologies in cloud of things. 15
67 Describe in detail about the foundational enablers in cloud of things. 15
68 Write about the different features of IoT in ubiquitious connectivity. 15
What is Information security framework? how does a security framework 15
69 help an organization achieve information security?
70 Write short notes on the three principles of information security. 15
Describe the following 15
71 i.Encryption ii.steganography iii.access control
Describe the following 15
72 i.Hash funtion ii.digital signature iii.integrity
Describe the following 15
73 i.certificates ii.availability iii.non repudiation
Describe the following 15
74 i.redundancy ii.fault tolerance iii.safety
75 Explain the architecture of cloud mobility and its limitations. 15
76 Describe about the list of open source projects in cloud providers. 15
77 With neat diagram,describe about cloud middleware, 15
78 Discuss the various cloud middleware referred by grid. 15
79 Explain in detail about the Grid/SOA in cloud computing. 15
80 Explain about the types of clouds in deployment models. 15
81 Briefly describe about Cloud middleware. 15
82 With neat diagram,explain about SOA. 15
83 Describe about the concept of AJAX with neat diagram. 15
84 Describe about the concept of Mashups with neat diagram.. 15
85 Explain about the Architecture of Amazon web services. 15
86 Explain about the Architecture of Microsoft Azure. 15
87 Explain about the Architecture of Google cloud platform. 15
88 Explain in detail about MAI vs XaaS. 15
89 Explain about the concept of Long Tail and Big Switch of IoT. 15
90 Explain about the Economics of cloud. 15
91 Explain about the cloud providers and systems. 15
92 Explain the architecture of mobile cloud computing. 15
93 Describe about the list of open source projects in cloud providers. 15
94 With neat diagram,describe about cloud middleware, 15
95 Discuss the various cloud middleware referred by grid. 15
96 Explain in detail about the Grid/SOA in cloud computing. 15
97 Explain about the Private cloud in deployment models with diagram. 15
98 Explain about the Community cloud in deployment models with diagram. 15
99 Explain about the Hybrid cloud in deployment models with diagram. 15
100 Describe about the drawbacks of cloud computing. 15