JALPAIGURI GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE

[A GOVERNMENT AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE]

JGEC/B.TECH./CSE/CS703B/2020-21

CLOUD COMPUTING

Full Marks: 30 Time: 1 Hour

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Candidates are instructed to write the answers in their own words as far as practicable.

GROUP-B
[LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS]

Answer any three questions 3x10=30

1. i) Define virtualization. What is the difference between full, para and hardware-assisted virtualization? 1+3
ii) What is the difference between horizontal scaling and vertical scaling? Describe scenarios in which you 2+4
will use each type of scaling.

2. i) Describe the various security mechanisms of cloud-storage services. 3

ii) How can a cloud application be made scalable? 3
iii) Distinguish between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. 4

3. i) Discuss the pros and cons of cloud computing. 5

ii) Explain the different cloud deployment models. 5

4. i) What are the various criteria for service level agreements? 3

ii) Describe the various billing models in cloud environments. 3
ii) What are the various layers in the cloud reference model? 4

5. i) What is the design considerations required to make a cloud application reliable? 4

ii) What are the functions of model, view and controller in MVC model? 3
iii) In Map Reduce, what are the functions of map, reduce and combined tasks? 3