MCQS:
1. Among the following which layer consists of physical computing devices [ a ]
(a) Platform (b) Application (c) Infrastructure (d) All the above
2. Which layer of cloud computing provides access to applications over the internet? [ c ]
(a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (b) Platform as a Service (PaaS) (c) Software as a Service (SaaS) (d)
Network as a Service (NaaS)
3. Which layer of cloud computing is responsible for providing data storage services? [ d ]
(a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (b) Platform as a Service (PaaS) (c) Software as a Service (SaaS) (d)
Data as a Service (DaaS)
4. Which layer of cloud computing is responsible for providing virtualization services? [ a ]
(a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (b) Platform as a Service (PaaS) (c) Software as a Service (SaaS) (d)
Anything as a Service (XaaS)
5. Which type of cloud deployment model is suitable for highly sensitive data or applications? [ b ]
(a) Public cloud (b) Private cloud (c) Hybrid cloud (d) Community cloud
6. Which type of cloud computing model involves the integration of multiple cloud services and
deployment models? [ c ]
(a) Public cloud (b) Private cloud (c) Hybrid cloud (d) Community cloud
7. Among the following which feature is needed when an organization extends its computing paradigm
from the private to the public cloud [ b ]
(a) Federation (b) Elasticity (c) Isolation (d) Trust
8. Which challenge in cloud computing refers to the need to ensure that data is protected from
unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or destruction? [ a ]
(a) Security (b) Data privacy (c) Compliance (d) Vendor lock-in
9. Which cloud service model provides customers with access to software applications over the internet?
[c]
(a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (b) Platform as a Service (PaaS) (c) Software as a Service (SaaS) (d)
Function as a Service (FaaS).
10. Which of the following is not a type of virtualization? [ d ]
(a) Server virtualization (b) Network virtualization (c) Storage virtualization (d) File virtualization
11. What is the purpose of virtualization in cloud computing? [ d ]
(a) To improve security (b) To improve scalability (c) To improve reliability (d) All of the above
12. Which of the following is not a benefit of virtualization in cloud computing? [ c ]
(a) Reduced hardware costs (b) Improved resource utilization (c) Increased complexity (d) Improved
disaster recovery
13.Which of the following is a hypervisor used for server virtualization? [ d ]
(a) VMware ESXi (b) Microsoft Hyper-V (c) Citrix XenServer (d) All of the above
14. An operating system running on a Type VM is a full virtualization. [ a ]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) All of the mentioned
15. In a scheme, the VM is installed as a Type 1 Hypervisor directly onto the hardware. [ b ] (a)
Paravirtualization (b) Full virtualization (c) Emulation (d) None of the mentioned
Fill in the blanks
1._______________ enables companies to consume a compute resource, such as a virtual machine
(VM), storage or an application, as a utility — just like electricity — rather than having to build and
maintain computing infrastructures in house.
2.____________ layer generally provides interfaces for interaction with external systems
3. A_____________ is a group of machines that are virtually or geographically separated and that work
together to provide the same service or application to clients.
4._____________ layer where the physical and virtual resources of the cloud computing system are
located, including servers, storage, and networks.
5._____________ are distributed systems that work on private infrastructure and provide the users with
dynamic provisioning of computing resources.
6.____________ are distributed systems created by integrating the services of different clouds to address
the specific needs of an industry, a community, or a business sector.
7. The_____________ network is a virtual network formed by mapping each physical machine with its
ID, logically, through a virtual mapping
8.______________ cloud service model provides customers with a complete platform for developing,
deploying, and managing applications without the need for infrastructure management?
9._______________ is used for widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal
10. In a system_________________, every node acts as both a client and a server, providing part of the
system resources.
11._____________ performed right on top of the bare hardware
12.________________ virtualization creates isolated containers on a single physical server and the OS
instances to utilize the hard-ware and software in data centers.
13. The technology used to distribute service requests to resources is referred to as______________
14.____________________is the role of an API in virtualization in cloud computing.
15._________________is used by Amazon Web Services to provide Amazon Machine Instances (AMIs).
1. Cloud computing
2. Application layer
3. Distributed systems cluster
4. Infrastructure layer
5. Private clouds
6. Community clouds
7. Overlay
8. Platform as a service
9. Computing grids
10. P2P
11. Hardware-level virtualization
12. OS-level virtualization
13. Load balancing
14. To manage software resources
15. Xen
Short Answer questions
1) Define cloud computing
2) Define SaaS
3) Define PaaS
4) Define Public Cloud
5) Define Private Cloud
6) Define Community Cloud
7) Define Virtualization
8) Define Server Virtualization
