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Section A: Long Answer Questions

Attempt any TWO questions.

3 questions·10 marks each
1long10 marks

What is cloud computing? Explain the essential characteristics of cloud computing and discuss the service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and deployment models (public, private, hybrid, community) with examples.

service-modelsdeployment-models
2long10 marks

What is virtualization? Explain the role of virtualization in cloud computing, the different types of virtualization, and the working of a hypervisor (Type 1 and Type 2).

virtualization
3long10 marks

Explain the MapReduce programming model with an example. Describe the architecture of Hadoop and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) used for big data processing in the cloud.

mapreducehadoop
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Section B: Short Answer Questions

Attempt any EIGHT questions.

9 questions·5 marks each
4short5 marks

Explain the essential characteristics of cloud computing.

characteristics
5short5 marks

Differentiate between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with examples.

service-models
6short5 marks

What is virtualization? Explain its role in cloud computing.

virtualization
7short5 marks

Differentiate between public, private and hybrid cloud deployment models.

deployment-models
8short5 marks

Explain the MapReduce programming model with a suitable example.

mapreduce
9short5 marks

What is a Service Level Agreement (SLA)? List its key components.

sla
10short5 marks

Discuss the major security issues in cloud computing.

security
11short5 marks

What is a hypervisor? Differentiate between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors.

hypervisor
12short5 marks

Write short notes on the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).

hadoop