Code No: R164105D R16 Set No.
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IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, October/November - 2019
CLOUD COMPUTING
(Common to Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Question paper consists of Part-A and Part-B
Answer ALL sub questions from Part-A
Answer any FOUR questions from Part-B
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PART–A (14 Marks)
1. a) Explain about Cloud computing. [2]
b) Explain the for OS-Level Virtualization. [2]
c) Explain Software as a Service (SaaS). [2]
d) Explain about Workflow and data query language support. [2]
e) Explain about Energy optimization wrt Cloud resource management. [3]
f) Explain about Advisory locks and Mandatory locks. [3]
PART–B (4x14 = 56 Marks)
2. a) Explain the design objectives of HPC and HTC. [7]
b) Explain the use of a GPU along with a CPU for massively parallel execution in
hundreds or thousands of processing cores. [7]
3. a) Explain the advantages of virtualized data center over a classic data center. [7]
b) Explain Basic concept of the vCUDA architecture. [7]
4. a) Explain the IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud service models at different service levels. [7]
b) Explain Google App Engine platform for PaaS operations. [7]
5. a) Give the Comparison of MapReduce Type Systems. [7]
b) Explain the system issues for running a typical parallel program in either a
parallel or a distributed manner. [7]
6. a) Explain a utility-based model for cloud-based Web services. [7]
b) Explain the two level architecture for scalable resource allocation in cloud
computing. [7]
7. a) Analyze the reasons for the introduction of storage area networks (SANs) and
their properties. [7]
b) Explain the architecture of a GFS cluster. [7]
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