WEEK-1

Cloud Computing NPTEL Week 1 Assignment

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Q1. Which of the following fall(s) under the “essential characteristics” of cloud computing?

a. Resource Pooling

b. Measured Service

c. Rapid Elasticity

d. Latency

Answer:- a,b,c

Q2. “Google Slide” is an example of

a. PaaS

b. laaS

c. SaaS

d. FaaS

Answer:- c

Q3. Which of the following is/are public cloud platform(s)?

a. Windows Server Hyper-V

b. Google Cloud Interconnect

c. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

d. Microsoft Azure

Answer:- d

Q4.VM technology allows multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical system.

a. True

b. False

Answer:- a

Q5. Which one of the following is/are disadvantage(s) of cloud computing?

a. Resource pooling

b. It requires an always-on internet connection.

c. Ubiquitous

d. On-demand payment policy

Answer:- Update SOON

Q6. For less data-intensive applications, horizontal scale-out elasticity is the ideal solution.

a. True

b. False

Answer:- b

Q7. The combination of Service-Oriented Infrastructure and Cloud Computing realizes to

a. FTP

b. SNTP

c. XaaS

d. FaaS

Answer:- c

Q8. What is/are the main requirement(s) of a Cloud Service Provider (CSP)?

a. Increase agility

b. Increase cost

c. Increase productivity

d. Decrease cost

Answer:- a, c

Q9. PaaS (Platform as a Service) brings the benefits: (i) Creation of software (ii) Integration of web services and databases

a. Only (1)

b. Only (11)

c. Both (1) and (ii)

d. Neither (i) nor (ii)

Answer:- c

Q10. A is a distributed computer system that consists of a collection of interconnected stand-alone computers working together as an integrated computing resource.

a. Grid

b. Cluster

c. Cloud

d. Node:

Answer:- b