Cloud Computing Question Bank

Module 1

1. What is cloud Computing? Explain its advantages.

Ans:

“Cloud” is actually a metaphor for the Internet.

Cloud computing is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in

servers on the Internet.

Cloud Computing is Internet based computing, whereby shared resources, software,

and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand.

Advantages of Cloud Computing :

• Cost Savings: Cost saving is the biggest benefit of cloud computing. It helps you to
save substantial capital cost as it does not need any physical hardware investments.
Also, you do not need trained personnel to maintain the hardware.

• Strategic edge: Cloud computing offers a competitive edge over your competitors. It
helps you to access the latest and applications any time without spending your time
and money on installations.

• High Speed: Cloud computing allows you to deploy your service quickly in fewer
clicks. This faster deployment allows you to get the resources required for your
system within fewer minutes.

• Back-up and restore data: stored in a Cloud, it is easier to get the back and recovery
of that, which is otherwise very time taking process onpremise.

• Mobility: up Employees who are working on the premises or at the remote locations
can easily access all the could services. All they need is an Internet connectivity.

• Unlimited storage capacity: The cloud offers almost limitless storage capacity. At any
time you can quickly expand your storage capacity with very nominal monthly fees.

2. What is grid computing? Explain types of grid.

Ans: Grid Computing can be defined as a network of computers working together to

perform a task that would rather be difficult for a single machine.
Types of grid:

• Information grid: these are aimed to provide an efficient and simple access to data
without worries about platforms, location and performance.

• Compute grid : these exploit the processing power from a distributed collection of
system.

• Services grids : these provide scalability and reliability across different servers with
the establishment of simulated instance of grid services.

• A mix of them: Each of these have specific sets of characteristics that are peculiar of
the hybrid characteristics of compute and service grid.

3. Define cloud computing? Explain grid computing using stand grid architecture.

Ans: Cloud computing is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in

servers on the Internet.

• Fabric layer : In this layer all the shareable resources are present like storage,
network, processors etc

• Connect : This layer is useful for communication, authentication and

authorization.

• Resource: In this layer all the action related to network parts like negotiation,
monitoring and payment is done .

• Collect: Any collaborative operations in the sharable resource are placed in this
layer.
• Application: It is user interactive layer by which user interact with the system
operation.

4. Explain cloud and virtualization.

Ans:

5. Explain emerging through cloud & Use of cloud in IT sector.

Ans: Emerging through cloud:

• Cloud computing is an emerging style of IT delivery in which applications, data, and

IT resources are rapidly provisioned and provided as standardizes offerings to user.

• Cloud Computing is away of managing large numbers of highly virtualized resources

such that, from a management perspective, they resemble a single large resources.

USE OF CLOUD IN IT SECTOR:-

• Doing more withless: Reduce Capital expenditures and operational expenses.

•Higher quality services: Improves quality of services and delivers new services that
help the business to grow and reducecost.
• Reducing risk: Ensure the right levels of security and resiliency across all business
data and process.

• Break through agility: Increase ability deliver new services to capitalize on

opportunities while containing cost and managing risk.

6. What are benefits of grid computing?

Ans:

Storage/ Data/ information : Provides logical views of data without having to

understand where the data is located.

System Management : Defines, controls, configures and removes components and or

services on a grid using automated or physical methods.

Metering, Billing, and SW licensing : Provides tools to monitor and distributes the
number of licenses while using licensed software. And provides metering and billing
techniques such a sutility-like services so that the owners of the resources made
available are accurately compensated for providing the resources.

Security :

Authentication: The grid has to be aware of the identity of the users who interact with
it.

Authorization: The grid has to restrict access to its resources to the users who are
eligible to access it.

Integrity : Date exchanged among grid nodes should not be subject to tampring.

Module 2

1. List and explain cloud characteristics?

Ans: On Demand Service:

A consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network
storage as needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each service
provider

Ubiquitous network Access:

 Capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms that
promote use by heterogeneous thin and thick client platforms (eg. Mobile phone, Laptops and
PDA)

Location-Independent Resource pooling:

The provider’s computing resources are pooled to serve

multiple customers using a multi-tenant model with different physical and virtual resources
dynamically assigned and reassigned according to demand. There is sense of location
independence in that customer

generally has no control or knowledge about the location where the server is located.

Rapid Elasticity:

Rapid elasticity allows users to automatically request additional space in the cloud or other
types of services. Because of the setup of cloud computing services, provisioning can be seamless
for the client or user. The fact that providers still need to allocate and de-allocate resources is
often irrelevant on the client or user's side. This is a very essential aspect of cloud technology.

2. Discuss about cloud deployment models?

Ans: Public: The services are delivered to the client via Internet from a third party
service provider Example: Amazon

Private: The services are managed and provided within the organization. There are
less restriction on network bandwidth, fewer security exposures and other legal
requirements compared to public cloud. Example: HP data centers

Hybrid: There is a combination of services provided from public and private clouds.
Example: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

3. What are the benefits of adopting cloud?

Ans: The top 5 benefits of cloud computing are:

I) Capital Expenditure: Capital expenditure refers to money incurred on purchasing new

hardware and in building and managing an in-house IT infrastructure.

ii) Scalability, Flexibility and mobility: Cloud allows users the ability to scale or de-scale
infrastructure on demand with ease, resulting in optimal utilization of resources.

iii) Easy to maintain and upgrade: The management of infrastructure (servers, storage,
software, network, bandwidth, etc.) is the responsibility of the cloud service provider.
 iv) Enhanced IT security: The area of IT security is highly critical for organizations.
Many companies have compromised their data and information due to security
breaches or attack

v) Ensures Business Continuity: This benefit refers to providing continuous IT services

to ensure continued business operations during events such as technology outage,
hardware failure.

4. Difference between public and private cloud.

Ans: Public cloud :

A public cloud is a Cloud service offered to multiple customers by a cloud provider.

It provides hardware and virtualization layer that are owned by vendor and are shared
between all customers.

Initially it does not require upfront capital investment in infrastructure.

Less secure when compared to private cloud

Private cloud :

A private cloud is a cloud computing infrastructure owned by a single party.

It provides hardware and virtualization layers that are owned by or reserved for the
business.

It may or may not be connected to the public internet

More secure when compared to public cloud.

5. Explain the security in public cloud.

 Module 3
1. Discuss about GAMUP of cloud solutions?
2. Write a note on conceptual cloud model?
3. Explain benefits of cloud strategy.
4. Explain benefits & limitations of dynamic capacity.
5. Explain cloud service defined.
6. Explain SAAS.

Module 4
1. What are the opportunities in business process management?
2. Explain key cloud solution characteristics.
3. Briefly explain cloud ecosystem.
4. Discuss about information security in cloud offerings.
5. Briefly explain cloud business & operational services.
6. Explain features of computing on demand.