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Cloud Computing
Assignment- Week 3
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10
QUESTION 1:
Which of the following system/ architecture follow(s) Quorum protocol for a large number of
concurrent reads & writes?
(a) Google File System (GFS)
(b) BigTable
(c) Dynamo
(d) None of the above
Correct Option: c
Detailed Solution: Dynamo follows Quorum protocol for a large number of concurrent reads &
writes.
QUESTION 2:
Statement 1: In ephemeral storage, the stored objects persist until the VM is terminated.
Statement 2: The ephemeral storage is managed by Cinder in OpenStack.
(a) Statement 1 is TRUE, Statement 2 is FALSE
(b) Statement 2 is TRUE, Statement 1 is FALSE
(c) Both statements are TRUE
(d) Both statements are FALSE
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Ephemeral storage is managed by NOVA in OpenStack.
QUESTION 3:
Column-oriented storage is efficient for data-warehouse workloads.
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: From the definition of data storage techniques. (Slide no. 6 of Cloud
Computing: Managing Data)
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QUESTION 4:
Horizon is a __________ self-service portal to interact with underlying OpenStack services
a) mobile based
b) OS based
c) web based
d) None of the above
Correct Option: c
Detailed Solution: Horizon provides a web-based self-service portal to interact with underlying
OpenStack services, such as launching an instance, assigning IP addresses and configuring access
controls
QUESTION 5:
What is the parallel efficiency (Eff) of an algorithm, when a task takes time T in uniprocessor
system, P is number of processors, M is time taken by each processor?
(a) Eff = (T*P)/M
(b) Eff = T*(M/P)
(c) Eff = T*P*M
(d) Eff = T/(P*M)
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Eff = T/(P*M) is the parallel efficiency(Eff) of an algorithm.
QUESTION 6:
In cloud, service downtime is 30 minutes and availability of the service is 0.80. What is the
service uptime?
(a) 120 minutes
(b) 60 minutes
(c) 150 minutes
(d) 135 minutes
Correct Option: c
Detailed Answer: Availability = 1 – (downtime/uptime).
Uptime = Downtime/(1-Availability) = 30/(1-0.8) = 150 minutes
QUESTION 7:
Which of the following is/are NOT SLA requirement(s) of PaaS cloud delivery model?
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a. Data Retention and Deletion
b. Privacy
c. Machine-Readable SLAs
d. Certification
Correct Answer: a,c
Detailed Solution: Data Retention and Deletion and Machine-Readable SLAs are not SLA
requirements with respect to Paas cloud delivery model.
QUESTION 8:
What does the ‘availability’ metric represent in the monitoring and auditing of SLAs?
a) The speed at which a service responds
b) How often the service is available
c) The ability for a resource to grow infinitely
d) The percentage of uptime for a service
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: availability is represented as a percentage of uptime for a service in a given
observation period.
QUESTION 9:
What architecture is used in a parallel database for the efficient execution of SQL queries?
a) Shared memory architecture
b) Shared disk architecture
c) Shared nothing architecture
d) Shared cache architecture
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: For shared-nothing architecture in the parallel database, tables are partitioned
and distributed across multiple processing nodes and SQL optimizer handles distributed joins
QUESTION 10:
_______ is used for networking services in OpenStack.
a) Keystone
b) Neutron
c) Cinder
d) Swift
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Neutron is used for networking services in OpenStack.
