Model Question Paper - Online

(Practicum – End Exam: Theory)

PART – A

N.B. Answer all questions under Part-A. Each question carries 1 mark.

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of cloud computing?

a) On-demand self-service b) Limited access

c) Resource pooling d) Scalability

2. Launching a web app in hours using cloud service is the benefit of

a) Quick Deployment b) Cost Savings

c) Scalability d) Automation

3. Which model identifies the specific type of cloud environment?

a) Cloud deployment model b) Cloud service model

c) SPI model d) Hybrid cloud model

4. Which cloud service model provides hardware resources?

a) SaaS b) PaaS

c) IaaS d) XaaS

5. The SPI model differs from traditional IT by

a) Requiring less infrastructure b) Offering faster scalability

c) Using physical servers d) Having no internet access

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6. The technology used to share computer resources is called

a) Sharing b) Virtualization

c) Binding d) Scheduling

7. Which of the following is a Type 1 (bare-metal) hypervisor?

a) VMware ESXi b) Oracle VirtualBox

c) VMware Workstation d) Microsoft Virtual PC

8. Para-virtualization requires

a) Modified guest OS b) No modification

c) Hardware only d) BIOS change

9. Hardware-assisted virtualization uses

a) Intel VT-x or AMD-V b) GPU processing

c) Multi-threading d) Cloud sync

10. The main advantage of virtualization is

a) Multiple OS on one host b) Increased power use

c) Hardware duplication d) Reduced VM isolation

11. What is a web service?

a) Software for machine-to-machine communication b) A database

c) A web browser d) A virtualization layer

12. Google Compute Engine provides

a) Virtual machines b) Object storage

c) Web hosting d) Databases

13. Amazon S3 is mainly used for

a) Object storage b) Virtual networking

c) Software testing d) Web application hosting

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14. Amazon EC2 is classified under which service model?

a) IaaS b) SaaS

c) PaaS d) XaaS

15. The main purpose of Amazon CloudFront is

a) Content delivery b) File storage

c) App hosting d) Load testing

16. The concept of multi-tenancy refers to

a) Multiple customers sharing the same resources b) One user per physical
server

c) Cloud isolation d) Backup management

17. Which factor is most critical for choosing a cloud storage location?

a) Compliance requirements b) Bandwidth

c) Cost d) Uptime

18. In the CSA Reference Model, the focus is on

a) Security best practices b) Hardware setup

c) Billing process d) Data compression

19. The main purpose of cloud security policy is to

a) Protect data and systems b) Improve VM speed

c) Avoid redundancy d) Enable multitasking

20. A key step in virtualization security management is

a) Securing hypervisors and guest VMs b) Ignoring VM lifecycle

c) Using one admin account d) Skipping patches

21. Adobe Firefly is

a) A generative AI model integrated with Creative Cloud b) A code editor

c) A file compressor d) A search engine

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22. The 'clone' command in GitHub is used to

a) Download a repository locally b) Delete code history

c) Merge branches d) Upload files

23. LinkedIn is best described as

a) A professional networking platform b) A game app

c) A file storage tool d) An email service

24. Zoho WorkDrive is

a) A cloud-based file management platform b) An operating system

c) A virtual machine d) An IDE

25. Google Bigtable is

a) A NoSQL database b) A spreadsheet

c) A file backup tool d) A CRM platform

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