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M.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023.

Second Semester

MC 4203 - CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES

(Regulations - 2021)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions.

PART A-(10 x 2 = 20 marks)

1. What is RPC in distribu ted systems?

2. Identify the concept shown in the following figure and mention its features.

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3. Mention the two types of elasticity in Cloud Computing.

4. Identify the concept shown in the following figure and mention its features .

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5. What are the four types of cloud defined by the NIST?

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6. Mention the cloud deployment model shown in t e r
benefits.

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7. Why do you use emulator? Give an Example.

8. Mention the three different methods use d £or server virtualiz ation.

9. Compare and contrast on: SOA and Microservice.

10. Why is Docker better than virtual machines?

PART B - (5 x 13 = 65 marks)

11. (a) Explain the fundamental building blocks involved in the architec ture of a
distributed system. Depict the procedure of RPC.

Or
(b) Explain various logical Clock Synchronization algorith ms in Distribu ted
System with proper explanation.
12. (a) Elaborate desirable features of cloud computi ng and write about the use
of (Aneka, Coludsim) tools.

Or
(b) Explain parallel, distributed architecture principl es and elabora te the
eucalyptus architecture.
13. (a) Discuss about
. the various service delivery models In
• c1oud computin'g and
the underlymg NIST reference architec ture.

Or
(b) Sketch and give a detailed explana tion of the . .
the IoT and its innovative ap Ii t· enablin g technologies for
P ca Ions.
14. (a) Discuss the different levels of im . .
example. P1ementa tion of VIrtuali zation with an

Or
(b) How are hypervisors classified? • .
. bl • 0 ive precise desc • t·
smta e example for each hypervis or category . rip ions of each with

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15. (a) • des1gn

Illustrate the following micro services . patterns with an example.

c\ (i) Aggregator (4)

(ii) API Gateway (4)
(iii) Asynchronou s Messaging (5)

Or
(b) lliustrate the following core element of devOps with an example.
(i) Continuous Integration (3)
(ii) Continuous Delivery (3)
(iii) Infrastructur e as Code (3)
(iv) Communicati on and Collaboration (4)

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16. (a) (i)

PART C - (1 x 15 = 15 marks)

Examine PaaS, SaaS and IaaS cloud models using Google Cloud.

(ii) Examine Processor Virtualization , Memory Virtualizatio n and I/0

Virtualizatio n using VMWare and narrate detailed steps to carry
out the same.

Or

(b) (i) Write the steps to deploy a virtual server in any cloud platform of
your choice. (7)

(ii) Elaborate the process of attaching storage services to an existing,

deployed web server in A WS cloud platform. (8)

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