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NPTEL - CC - Assignment 5

This document contains a 10 question multiple choice quiz about cloud computing concepts. The questions cover topics like service level agreements (SLAs), MapReduce, availability calculations, cloud properties, utility pricing models, HDFS block sizes, resource provisioning, hardware vs. logical challenges, and performance metrics for resource management.

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NPTEL - CC - Assignment 5

This document contains a 10 question multiple choice quiz about cloud computing concepts. The questions cover topics like service level agreements (SLAs), MapReduce, availability calculations, cloud properties, utility pricing models, HDFS block sizes, resource provisioning, hardware vs. logical challenges, and performance metrics for resource management.

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NPTEL Online Certification Courses Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Cloud Computing
Assignment- Week 5
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10

MCQ/MSQ Question
QUESTION 1:
Which of the following is a formal contract between a Service Provider (SP) and a Service Consumer
(SC)?

a. SLA (Service level agreement)


b. SLO (Service level objectives)
c. Both
d. None

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution: Service level agreement is a formal contract between a Service Provider (SP)

and a Service Consumer (SC)

QUESTION 2:
Hadoop is an open-source implementation of Map Reduce.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution: The given statement is True.


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QUESTION 3:
In MapReduce model __ make remote procedure call requests to the ____ to fetch the files.

a. Mappers, Reducers
b. Reducers, Mappers
c. Master, Reducers
d. Master, Mappers

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution: In MapReduce model reducers make remote procedure call requests to

the mappers to fetch the files.

QUESTION 4:
Suppose a cloud guarantees service availability for 97% of time. Let a third party application
runs in the cloud for 10 hours/day. At the end of one month, it was found that total outage is 8
hrs.
a. SLA has violated the initial availability guarantee.
b. SLA has NOT violated the initial availability guarantee
c. Cannot be determined

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution:

Total time guaranteed = 10 * 30 = 300 hrs

Outage time = 8hrs

Therefore, service duration = 300 - 8 = 292

% availability = 1 - 8/292 = 97.26%

Final service availability > Initial service guarantee, therefore option b is correct

QUESTION 5:
Which of the following is/are NOT among cloud properties as per economic viewpoint?
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a. Common Infrastructure
b. Location Dependence
c. Online connectivity
d. Utility pricing

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution: Location Independence is a cloud property as per economic viewpoint as

ubiquitous availability meeting performance requirements, with benefits deriving from latency

reduction and user experience enhancement, however in options location dependence is given.

QUESTION 6:

U < P/A where U is Utility premium, P is Peak demand, A is Average demand indicates that cloud
cheaper than owning.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution: When utility premium is less than ratio of peak demand to Average demand

then cloud cheaper than owning.

QUESTION 7:
In a MapReduce framework consider the HDFS block size is 32 MB. We have a file of size
128KB. How many blocks will be created by Hadoop framework?

a. 2
b. 4
c. 1
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: 1 HDFS block size is 32MB > 128KB therefore only 1 block needs to be created.

QUESTION 8:
Allocation of a service provider's resources to a customer is termed as ?

a. Resource brokering
b. Resource allocation
c. Resource provisioning
d. Resource adaptation
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Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: Under resource management Resource provisioning is defined as allocation of

a service provider's resources to a customer.

QUESTION 9:
Which of the following is NOT a hardware challenge in resource management?

a. Memory
b. CPU
c. Information security
d. Workstations

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: Information Security is a logical resources challenge in resource management

not a hardware challenge.

QUESTION 10:
Which of the following are performance metrics for resource management?

a. Reliability
b. QoS
c. Delay
d. All of the above

Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution: All the given metrics. are performance metrics for resource

management.

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