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    This document contains a 10 question multiple choice quiz about cloud computing concepts. The questions cover topics like the advantages of cluster computing, characteristics of cloud computing, virtualization, SaaS, horizontal scaling, purposes of cloud computing, reasons for cloud sourcing, best uses of IaaS, types of clouds, and advantages of cloud computing. For each question, the correct answers and a brief explanation are provided.

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    NPTEL Online Certification Courses

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    Cloud Computing
    Assignment- Week 1
    TYPE OF QUESTION: MSQ
    Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10

    QUESTION 1:
    What are the advantages of Cluster Computing?

    a. High Performance
    b. Hardware Fault tolerance
    c. Low cost
    d. Scalability

    Correct Answer: a, b, d
    Detailed Solution: Cluster computing incurs high cost.

    QUESTION 2:
    What of the following is/are the characteristics of Cloud Computing?

    a. Homogeneity
    b. Service Orientation
    c. Geographic Distribution
    d. None of the above

    Correct Answer: a, b, c
    Detailed Solution: All three are characteristics of cloud computing.
    NPTEL Online Certification Courses

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    QUESTION 3:
    What of the following is/are false about Virtualization?

    I. It is difficult to create backup machines.


    II. It emulates more machines than are physically available
    III. It allows easier timeshare lightly loaded systems on one host
    a. II and III
    b. I only
    c. I and III
    d. I, II, and III

    Correct Answer: b
    Detailed Solution: It is easier to create backup machines.

    QUESTION 4:
    What of the following is/are the characteristics of SaaS?

    a. Application is accessed over the internet.


    b. Resources are distributed as a service.
    c. Provides a platform to build applications and services.
    d. None of the above

    Correct Answer: a
    Detailed Solution: SaaS provides software/application to users over the internet.

    QUESTION 5:
    In Horizontal Scale Out

    a. Workload is split across multiple computation units.


    b. Database Partitioning is needed.
    c. More resources are added to a single computation unit.
    d. All of the Above

    Correct Answer: a, b
    Detailed Solution: In vertical scaling, more resources are added to a single computation unit.

    NPTEL Online Certification Courses

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur


    QUESTION 6:
    What of the following is/are the purpose of cloud computing?

    a. Analyzing customer or operations data.


    b. Running e-business web sites.
    c. Processing and storing applications or other forms.
    d. All of the above

    Correct Answer: d
    Detailed Solution: All of the above are the purpose of cloud computing.

    QUESTION 7:
    Why is Cloud Sourcing important?

    a. Easier control of data.


    b. High performance and reliability.
    c. Easier remote access.
    d. Rapid Scalability.

    Correct Answer: c, d
    Detailed Solution: Cloud sourcing has performance and reliability issues and data control is

    difficult.

    QUESTION 8:
    What of the following is the best use case for IaaS?

    a. Building applications with ease.


    b. Disaster recovery.
    c. Business Intelligence and Analytics
    d. None of the above

    Correct Answer: b
    Detailed Solution: IaaS is well used for disaster recovery.
    NPTEL Online Certification Courses

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    QUESTION 9:
    What of the following is false?

    a. Private cloud is used solely by an organization.


    b. Hybrid cloud is shared by several organizations and supports a specific goal.
    c. In the public cloud, the cloud infrastructure is made available to the general public.
    d. None of the above

    Correct Answer: b
    Detailed Solution: In hybrid cloud, the cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more clouds.

    QUESTION 10:
    What of the following is/are the advantages of cloud computing?

    a. Improved performance.
    b. Increased data reliability.
    c. Works well with low speed connections.
    d. It is always fast.

    Correct Answer: a, b
    Detailed Solution: Cloud computing may not work well with low speed connections and it can be

    sometimes slower than accessing a similar program locally.

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