CCS335 – CLOUD COMPUTING
FINAL COMBINED EXPECTED QUESTIONS (F16 STYLE)
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● Most Expected
● Expected
● Expected Part■C
UNIT I: CLOUD ARCHITECTURE MODELS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
● Cloud Computing characteristics (Expected)
● Distributed vs Cloud Computing (Expected)
● Cloud Service Models (Expected)
● Cloud Deployment Models (Expected)
● Role of NIST Cloud Reference Architecture (Most Expected)
● NIST Cloud Architecture with diagram (Most Expected)
● Cloud Deployment Models – detailed (Expected)
● Cloud Service Models with examples (Expected)
● Architectural Design of Compute & Storage Clouds (Expected)
UNIT II: VIRTUALIZATION BASICS
● Define Virtualization & VM (Expected)
● Hypervisor Types (Expected)
● Implementation Levels of Virtualization (Most Expected)
● Full vs Para Virtualization (Most Expected)
● Taxonomy of Virtual Machines + Implementation Levels (Most Expected)
● Hypervisor Type I & II with working (Expected)
● Virtualizing CPU, Memory, I/O (Expected)
UNIT III: VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND DOCKER
● Containers vs VMs (Expected)
● Docker Components (Most Expected)
● Docker Images & Repositories (Expected)
● System■Level Virtualization (Expected)
● Virtual Clusters & Resource Management (Expected)
● Desktop, Network, Storage Virtualization (Most Expected)
● Docker Architecture & Components (Most Expected)
● Containers vs VMs – full comparison (Expected)
● Application Virtualization & Virtual Clusters (Expected)
UNIT IV: CLOUD DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
● What is OpenStack? (Expected)
● Google App Engine services (Expected)
● AWS core services (Expected)
● Microsoft Azure basics (Expected)
● Eucalyptus environment (Most Expected)
● AWS & Azure Architecture (Expected)
● Eucalyptus Architecture (Most Expected)
● Google App Engine Deployment (Expected)
● OpenStack Architecture (Expected)
UNIT V: CLOUD SECURITY
● Hyperjacking (Expected)
● Guest Hopping (Most Expected)
● VM Migration Attack (Most Expected)
● IAM in cloud (Most Expected)
● IAM Challenges (Expected)
● Virtualization Attacks – Guest Hopping, Migration, Hyperjacking (Most Expected)
● Data Security & Storage (Expected)
● IAM Architecture + Challenges (Most Expected)
● Need for Cloud Security & methods (Expected)
EXPECTED PART■C QUESTIONS (15 MARKS)
● Docker Container – Create, Implement, Run (Expected Part■C)
● Hybrid Cloud Architecture (Expected Part■C)
● AWS Virtual Server Launch Steps (Expected Part■C)
● Cloud Security Framework (Expected Part■C)
● OpenNebula vs OpenStack (Expected Part■C)