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The document contains a series of questions and answers related to cloud computing and distributed systems for a course running from January to April 2025. It covers various topics including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, utility computing, virtualization, and software-defined networking. The format includes multiple-choice questions and true/false statements to assess understanding of the subject matter.

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The document contains a series of questions and answers related to cloud computing and distributed systems for a course running from January to April 2025. It covers various topics including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, utility computing, virtualization, and software-defined networking. The format includes multiple-choice questions and true/false statements to assess understanding of the subject matter.

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Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems Week 1 Answers (Jan-Apr 2025)

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1. Choose the correct items for X, Y, and Z.

X is an example of IaaS, Y is an example of PaaS, and Z is an example of SaaS

 X-Google App Engine, Y-Eucalyptus, Z-Google Docs

 X-Google Docs, Y-Google App Engine, Z-Eucalyptus

 X-Eucalyptus, Y-Google App Engine, Z-Google Docs

 X- Google Docs, Y-Eucalyptus, Z- Google App Engine

Answer :- c

2. Utility computing is a model where service provider

 Makes computing resources available to the customer as needed

 Makes computing resources available to the customer for some amount of time

 Can’t say – implementation dependent

 Maximize revenue

Answer :- a

3. True or False ?

Live migration refers to the process of moving a running virtual machine or application between
different physical machines without disconnecting the client or application.

 True

 False

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4. True or False ?
Cloud computing is a distributed computing model.

 True

 False

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5. Which of these statements are correct?

Statement-1: Moore’s law indicates that processor speed doubles every 18 months.

Statement-2: Gilder’s law indicates that network bandwidth has doubled each year in the past.

 Only statement 1 is correct

 Only statement 2 is correct

 Both statements are correct

 Both statements are false

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6. The goals of virtual machine monitor (VMM) are:

 Fidelity

 Performance

 Safety & isolation

 All of the mentioned

See also Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems Week 3 Answers

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7. Which delivery model is an example of a cloud computing environment that provides users
access to Virtual Machines?
 Software as a Service (SaaS)

 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

 Platform as a Service (PaaS)

 Application as a Service (AaaS)

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8. Which type of Hypervisor is shown in the following figure ?

 Type 1

 Type 2

 Type 3

 All of the mentioned

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9. Consider the following regarding the Sandpiper architecture:

 P: I,Q: II, R:III, S:IV, T:V

 P: III,Q: V, R:I, S:IV, T:II

 P: IV,Q: III, R:I, S:V, T:II


 P: III,Q: IV, R:I, S:V, T:II

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10. Which of the following type of virtualization is found in hypervisor such as Microsoft’s
Hyper-V ?

 Paravirtualization

 Full virtualization

 Emulation

 None of the mentioned

1. What are the two key design goals for Open vSwitch ?

 Scalability and partitioning

 Isolation and tunneling

 Reliability and filtering

 Flexible and fast-forwarding

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2. Consider the following statements related to Software-defined networking (SDN) technology:

Statement 1: SDN is an approach to network management that enables dynamic,


programmatically efficient network configuration in order to improve network performance and
monitoring making it more like cloud computing than traditional network management.

Statement 2: SDN attempts to centralize network intelligence in one network component by


disassociating the forwarding process of network packets (data plane) from the routing process
(control plane).

 Only statement 1 is true

 Only statement 2 is true

 Both statements are false

 Both statements are true

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3. Match the correct pairs:

 P: IV, Q: III, R: I, S: II

 P: IV, Q: I, R: II, S: III

 P: III, Q: I, R: II, S: IV

 P: II, Q: IV, R: III, S: I

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4. True or False ?

Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside


software containers, by providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of OS–level
virtualization on Linux.

 True

 False

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5. ______________ is a network emulator which creates a network of virtual hosts, switches,


controllers, and links.

 Docker

 Mininet
 Hypervisor

 KVM

See also Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems Week 7 Answers

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6. To offer hot-spot free performance for arbitrary traffic matrices, VL2 uses two related
mechanisms:

 Flows and out-of-order delivery

 Clos network and EQMP

 Agility and Load balancing

 VLB and ECMP

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7. The key challenges of a Multi-Tenant Data Center are:

I. Performance uniformity
II. Agility
III. Scalability
IV. Location independent addressing

Options:

 I, II, III

 I, II, IV

 II, III, IV

 I, III, IV

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8. Consider the following statements:

Statement 1: In Single-root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), forwarding is no longer as flexible


because it relies on a layer two switch that is built into the hardware of the NIC.

Statement 2: In Single-root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), the live VM migration becomes trickier,
because the virtual machine is tied to physical resources of the machine.

 Only statement 1 is true

 Only statement 2 is true

 Both statements are true

 Both statements are false

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9. ______________ is the original OpenFlow controller. It serves as a network control platform,


that provides a high level programmatic interface for management and the development of
network control applications. Its system-wide abstractions turn networking into a software
problem.

 Routing Control Platform

 4D architecture

 Ethane

 NOX

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10. Choose the correct items for X, Y, and Z.

X architecture comprises a hierarchy of controllers. At the top level we have the Y, which is
talking to an SDN gateway. The gateway can be thought of as a super controller that talks to
the controller’s at all these different Z.

 X: Global controller, Y: Google’s B4, Z: Data center sites

 X: Google’s B4, Y: Data center sites, Z: Global controller

 X: Google’s B4, Y: Global controller, Z: Data center sites


 X: Data center sites, Y: Google’s B4, Z: Global controller

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