Question bank:
Chapter 1
1) What do you mean by cloud computing Explain in brief.
2) Explain the vision of cloud computing.
3) Provide the practical Examples for cloud computing .
4) Write a short note on cloud computing reference model.
5) Explain the characteristics and benefits of cloud computing.
6) Explain the tern distributed computing.
7) Explain three major milestones of cloud computing.
8) Write a short note on virtualization in cloud computing
9) With the help of example explain web 2.0.
10) Explain SOC in detail.
11) Write a short note on utility oriented computing.
12) How to build the cloud computing environment.
13) Define the term AWS, GAE , Azure ,hadoop and Manjrasoft aneka
Chapter 2
1) Explain parallel computing in brief.
2) Differentiate between Parallel and Distributed computing.
3) What do you mean by parallel processing?
4) Explain parallel processing architecture with its categories.
5) What are the different approaches of parallel processing.
6) With the help of diagram explain the level of parallelism.
7) Write a short note on layered view of a distributed system.
8) Explain the software architectural style of distributed system.
9) Explain the system architectural style of distributed system.
10) Define the term Message based communication.
11) Explain various models for message based communication.
12) Write a short note on RPC .
13) What do you mean by Distributed Object Framework.
14) Explain in brief service oriented computing.
15) Give a brief idea about service oriented architecture.
16) Write a short note on Web services.
17) What is an SIMD architecture?
Chapter 3
1) Explain the term virtualization and explain its phenomena.
2) Explain virtualization Model in brief.
3) Define the term in brief Execution virtualization in detail.
4) Explain the term hypervisior also explain its types in detail.
5) What do you mean by full virtualization and half virtualization.
6) What is the diffence between programming level and Application level virtualization.
7) Write a short note on 1) Storage virtualization 2) Network virtualization 3) Desktop
virtualization 4) Application server virtualization.
8) Explain the Pros and Cons of virtualization.
9) Write a short note on Xen: Paravirtualization.
10) Write a short note on VMware: full virtualization.
11) Explain VMware Workstation architecture.
12) Explain the architecture of Miscrosoft Hyper V
13) Write a short note on HaaS/IaaS.
14) Write a short note on PaaS.
15) Explain the characterstics of PaaS
16) Write a short note on SaaS
17) Explain Types of cloud in brief.
18) Explain pay-as-you-go model.
19) How does cloud computing help to reduce the time to market for applications and to cut down capital
expenses?
20) List some of the challenges in cloud computing.
Chapter 5
1) Explain Aneka framework in brief.
2) What do you mean by aneka container Explain the categories of aneka.
3) Define the term a) storage management b) Accounting, billing, and resource pricing c)
Resource reservation
4) Define the term a) Scheduling b) Execution
5) Write a short note on Aneka cloud infrastructure.
6) Write a short note on Private cloud deployment mode and Public cloud deployment mode
7) Explain the architecture of hybrid cloud deployment.
8) List the programming models supported by Aneka
9) Which are the components that compose the Aneka infrastructure
10) Discuss the logical organization of an Aneka Cloud
Chapter 6
1) What do you mean by thread and Process.
2) Explain thread in detail.
3) Define the term POSIX Threads in detail.
4) What are the techniques used for parallel computation with threads.
5) Explain the concepts of multithreading with aneka.
6) What are the common operations implemented for a thread?
7) Describe the major differences between Aneka threads and local threads.
8) What are the limitations of the Thread Programming Model?
9) Design a parallel implementation for the tabulation of the Gaussian function by using simple threads and
then convert it to Aneka threads.
