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IS72
B.E. Degree (Autonomous) Seventh Semester End Examination (SEE), Dec 2016/Jan 2017

CLOUD COMPUTING
(Model Question Paper I)

[Time: 3 Hours ]

[ Maximum Marks: 100]

Instructions to students:
1. Answer FIVE FULL questions.
2. Answer ANY ONE from Question No 4 and 5
3. Question No. 1, 2 and 3 are COMPULSORY
4. Answer ANY ONE from Question No. 6 and 7
1. a) Define Cloud Computing. Describe the Vision introduced by Cloud Computing.
b) Discuss the major revolution introduced by Web 2.0 with its example applications.
c) With neat diagram, explain the Cloud-Computing Reference Model.

[06 Marks]
[06 Marks]
[08 Marks]

2. a) Discuss the different models for Message-based Communication.

b) Define RPC. How does RPC enables the Inter Process Communication?
c) What is Virtualization and what are its benefits?

[06 Marks]
[08 Marks]
[06 Marks]

3. a) Explain Cloud Computing Architecture with neat diagram.

b) Explain the core characteristics and benefits of SaaS.

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

4. a) Define Cloud Analytics. Explain the working of cloud analytics with respect to business outcomes. [10 Marks]
b) Explain testing under cloud.
[10 Marks]
OR
5. a) Define Provisioning. Explain its characteristics and benefits.
b) Explain the different types of Cloud Chargeback models used in Cloud Management.

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

6. a) Describe Amazon EC2 and its basic features.

[06 Marks]
b) Write short notes on Communication Services available in Amazon Web Services Infrastructure. [04 Marks]
c) Google AppEngine provides Application Life cycle for development of Applications. Explain with examples.
[10 Marks]
OR
7. a) Describe how Cloud computing technology can be applied to support remote ECG monitoring.
[10 Marks]
b) What are Dropbox and iCloud ? Which kind of problems do they solve by using Cloud technologies? [10 Marks]

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560056

(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum)

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IS72
B. E. Degree (Autonomous) Seventh Semester End Examination (SEE), Dec 2016/Jan 2017

CLOUD COMPUTING
(Model Question Paper II)

[Time: 3 Hours ]

[ Maximum Marks: 100]

Instructions to students:
1. Answer FIVE FULL questions.
2. Answer ANY ONE from Question No 4 and 5
3. Question No. 1, 2 and 3 are COMPULSORY
4. Answer ANY ONE from Question No. 6 and 7
1. a) Explain the Characteristics and benefits of Cloud Computing.
b) Describe the historical developments which lead to the evolution of Cloud Computing.
c) Explain any 2 Cloud Computing platforms and Technologies.

[08 Marks]
[06 Marks]
[06 Marks]

2. a) What are Distributed Systems ? Explain the components characterizing it.

b) What are the benefits of virtualization in the context of Cloud Computing?
c) Explain Live Migration and Server Consolidation.

[10 Marks]
[05 Marks]
[05 Marks]

3. a) Describe Infrastructure as a Service reference implementation.

b) Classify and explain the different types of Clouds.

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

4. a) Write a short note on: 1) Information security 2) Storage cloud

b) With a neat diagram, explain the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure at Enterprise level.

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

OR
5. a) What are the different factors that help to develop the Asset Management strategy? Explain.[10 Marks]
b) In consolidated environments, IT custodial service employs a cost recovery mechanism.
Explain it accordingly.
[10 Marks]
6. a) What is EC2 instance ? Discuss its different categories.
b) Analyze the key concepts of Storage Solutions provided by Amazon S3.
c) Describe the key features of Google Apps.

[06 Marks]
[06 Marks]
[08 Marks]

OR
7. a) Which is the most popular and developed CRM solution available today ? Justify it.
b) Describe an application of Cloud Computing technology in biology.

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560056

(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum)

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

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IS72
B. E. Degree (Autonomous) Seventh Semester End Examination (SEE), Dec 2016/Jan 2017

CLOUD COMPUTING
(Model Question Paper III)

[Time: 3 Hours ]

[ Maximum Marks: 100]

Instructions to students:
1. Answer FIVE FULL questions.
2. Answer ANY ONE from Question No 4 and 5
3. Question No. 1, 2 and 3 are COMPULSORY
4. Answer ANY ONE from Question No. 6 and 7
1. a) Describe the building of Cloud-Computing Environments.
b) Describe the main characteristics of Service Orientation.
c) What is the major revolution introduced by Web 2.0?

[08 Marks]
[06 Marks]
[06 Marks]

2. a) With a neat diagram, explain the characteristics of Virtualized Environments.

[10 Marks]
b) Discuss the Hardware Architectures for Parallel Processing based on the Instructions & Data streams.
[10 Marks]
3. a) Summarize the Characteristics of the three major categories used to classify Cloud Computing Solutions.
[08 Marks]
b) With neat diagram, explain Platform as a Service reference model.
[08 Marks]
c) Differentiate public cloud versus private cloud.
[04 Marks]
4. a) Illustrate the Cloud Offering Key themes managed under Cloud Testing .
b) Explain the benefits of Cloud Storage.[10 Marks]

[10Marks]

OR
5. a) Explain the concepts of compliance and governance in Cloud Governance scenario.
b) Define Resiliency in Cloud Management. Explain its capabilities.

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

6. a) What are the differences between Amazon SimpleDB and Amazon RDS?
b) Discuss the runtime environment execution of applications hosted on Google AppEngine.

[10 Marks]
[10 Marks]

OR
7. a) Describe with examples of CRM and ERP implementations based on Cloud Computing technologies.
[10 Marks]
b) Describe how Cloud Computing technology can be applied to support remote ECG monitoring.
[10 Marks]

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560056

(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum)