BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

K. R. Road, V. V. Puram, Bengaluru 560 004

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Course: Cloud Computing Semester: 6

Course Code: BCS601 CIE Marks: 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S): 3:0:2:0 SEE Marks: 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy: 40 Total Marks: 100
Credits: 04 Exam Hours: 3

QUESTION BANK
Sl. MODULE 1 - DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM MODELS CO’s
Blooms
No. AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES Levels

With a neat diagram, distinguish between HPC and HTC and Discuss High-
1 1 2
Performance and High-Throughput Systems applications.
Outline the following and Describe Degrees of Parallelism.
 Centralized computing
 Parallel computing
 Distributed computing
 Cloud computing
 Ubiquitous computing
2 1 2
 Internet of Things
 Internet Computing
 Utility computing
OR
Outline various Computing Paradigm Distinctions and Describe Degrees of
Parallelism.
With a neat diagram, explain the vision of computer utilities in modern
3 1 2
distributed computing systems.
4 Differentiate between Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems. 1 2
With neat diagrams, distinguish between Multicore CPUs and Multithreading
5 1 2
Technologies.
With a neat diagram, explicate the GPU Programming Model along with its
6 working and also discuss NVIDIA Fermi GPU Chip with 512 CUDA Cores in 1 2
detail.
Illustrates the architectures of VM configurations by comparing with the
7 1 2
traditional physical machine and Explain VM Primitive Operations.
8 Discuss Data Center Virtualization for Cloud Computing. 1 2
Classify Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems in terms of its
9 1 2
functionality and applications.
Illustrate the architecture of a typical server cluster with a neat diagram and
10 1 2
Discuss Critical Cluster Design Issues and its Feasible Implementations.
11 With a neat diagram, describe Computational Grids with an example. 1 2
Illustrate the architecture of a P2P network at two abstraction levels with a
12 neat diagram, Classify Major Categories of P2P Network Families by its 1 2
system features and Discuss P2P Computing Challenges.
13 Elucidate Cloud Computing over the Internet. 1 2
14 Describe Layered architecture for web services and the grids. 1 2
15 With a neat diagram, explicate the evolution of SOA. 1 2
16 Compare various Distributed Operating Systems based on its functionality. 1 2
17 Discuss Parallel and Distributed Programming Models and Tool Sets. 1 2
Discuss Grid Standards and Toolkits for Scientific and Engineering
18 1 2
Applications.
Expound the dimensions of scalability in parallel and distributed systems and
19 1 2
also explain scalability versus OS image count.
Discuss the following
 Amdahl’s Law
20  Gustafson’s Law 1 2
 Problem with Fixed Workload
 System Availability
Describe Network Threats and Data Integrity in distributed/cloud computing
21 1 2
systems with a neat diagram.
Explain Energy Efficiency in Distributed Computing in detail with a neat
22 1 2
diagram.
MODULE 2 - VIRTUAL MACHINES AND VIRTUALIZATION
OF CLUSTERS AND DATA CENTERS
With neat diagrams, discuss various levels of virtualization implementation
1 2 2
and compare its merits.
2 Compare four various VMM and Hypervisor Software Packages. 2 2
3 With a neat diagram, describe virtualization support at the OS level. 2 2
4 Explain vCUDA and Xen architecture’s with neat diagrams in detail. 2 2
5 Distinguish between full virtualization and host-based virtualization. 2 2
Discuss Para-Virtualization architecture and VMware ESX server architecture
6 2 2
using para-virtualization.
Explain hardware support for virtualization
7 2 2

Explain CPU virtualization

8 2 2

Explain memory virtualization.

9 2 2

Explain with neat diagram I/O virtualization.

10 2 2

Explain Virtualization in Multi-Core Processors.

11 2 2

Explain virtual clusters and its properties.

12 2 2
1
Explain the live migration process of a VM from one host to another with
13 diagram. 2 2
14 Explain migration of Memory, Files and Network Resources.
2 2

Explain cloud OS for virtualized Data centres.

15 2 2

Explain the concept of trust management in virtualized data centres. How do

16 VM-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) and trusted zones contribute to 2 2
enhancing the security of virtual infrastructures?
MODULE 3 - Cloud Platform Architecture over
Virtualized Datacenters

Illustrate the functional architecture and connectivity of representative clouds

1 OR 3 2
Illustrate Public, private, and hybrid clouds concept with diagram.
With diagram explain Cloud ecosystem for building private clouds.
2 3 2

With diagram explain the concepts of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud service
3 models at different service levels 3 2

Explain Cloud ecosystem for building private clouds.

4 3 2

What is Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and explain with diagram of IaaS,

5 PaaS, and SaaS cloud service models at different service levels 3 2

With diagram explain the concept of Google App Engine platform for PaaS
6 operations. 3 2

With diagram explain the Cooling System of a Data-Center Room.

7 3 2

With diagram explain the Layered Cloud Architectural Development of the

8 cloud 3 2
platform
Explain Virtualized servers, storage, and network for cloud platform
9 construction. 3 2

Explain extended cloud computing services & with diagram explain stack of
10 six layers of cloud services and their providers 3 2

Explain Five Major Cloud Platforms with Roles of individual and

11 organizational users and their interaction with cloud providers under various 3 2
cloud service models.
Explain GAE Architecture with diagram explain major building blocks of the
12 Google cloud platform 3 2
 Explain AWS architecture with a neat diagram.
13 3 2

Explain VM creation and management.

14 3 2

Explain Generic Cloud Architecture Design with suitable diagram.

15 3 2

Explain Market-Oriented Cloud Architecture with suitable diagram.

16 3 2

List and explain Data-Center Management Issues.

17 3 2

Explain in detail about Data-Center Interconnection Networks.

18 3 2

Explain Modular Data Center in Shipping Containers and its Interconnection.

19 3 2

What is Hardware Virtualization? List and explain 6 Architectural Design

20 Challenges. 3 2