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Data Storage & Cloud Computing Exam Guide

The document outlines the examination details for the MDA 5102 course on Data Storage and Cloud Computing for the 2023/2024 academic year. It includes instructions for answering questions, with a focus on data storage methods, cloud computing definitions, advantages, and service classes. Students are required to answer a compulsory question and any two additional questions within a two-hour timeframe.

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Data Storage & Cloud Computing Exam Guide

The document outlines the examination details for the MDA 5102 course on Data Storage and Cloud Computing for the 2023/2024 academic year. It includes instructions for answering questions, with a focus on data storage methods, cloud computing definitions, advantages, and service classes. Students are required to answer a compulsory question and any two additional questions within a two-hour timeframe.

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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2023/2024

EXAMINATION FOR MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION


SYSTEMS AND DATA ANALYTICS
MDA 5102: DATA STRORAGE AND CLOUD COMPUTING
FULLTIME / PART TIME / DISTANCE LEARNING
ORDINARY EXAMINATION
DATE: MAY-AUGUST 2024 TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One and Any Other Two Questions

QUESTION ONE (20 MARKS) COMPULSORY


a). Explain how data is stored in hard disk (4 marks)
b). Explain the difference between how data is stored in random access memory and how it is
stored in the central processing unit(CPU) (4 marks)
c). Explain how data is stored in solid state device (SSD) (4 marks)
d). To ensure that data is stored effectively, organizations should follow a set of best practices.
Briefly discuss four of them (8 marks)

QUESTION TWO (15 MARKS)


The are several data storage technologies such as: Relational databases, NoSQL databases, Data
warehouses, Object storage, File storage. With examples discuss them (15 marks)

QUESTION THREE (15 MARKS)


a). In the context of cloud computing, define a cloud (2 marks)
b). Discuss five advantages of cloud computing (10 marks)
c). Discuss Cloud sandbox (3 marks)

QUESTION FOUR (15 MARKS)


Cloud computing services are divided into three classes, according to the abstraction level of the
capability provided and the service model of providers. State and discuss the three classes of
services (15 marks)

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