Degree:BCA, Stream:BCA

Sixth Semester Examination 2025

Full
Examination No. of Questions and Marks Division Duration
Marks
Part A : 10 x 2marks with alternatives = 20 questions
End Semester 100 Part B : 6 x 5marks with alternatives = 12 questions 3 hours
Part C : 5 x 10marks with alternatives = 10 questions

Points to Note:
1. Course Outcome (CO) Levels should be mentioned as COx, where x denotes the CO
between 1 to 7 (Example: CO1), as defined per subject. One questions shall be under
only ONE CO.
2. Bloom’s Taxonomy Level (BL) should be mentioned in words (Example: Remember) as
follow, as defined per question:
a. BL1 – Remember
b. BL2 – Understand
c. BL3 – Apply
d. BL4 – Analyze
e. BL5 – Evaluate
f. BL6 – Create

Part A
QB
Question
Sr. Question Module CO BL
Marks
No.
0 This is a Sample question. 2 M1 CO1 Understand
1 What does infrastructure-as-a-service refer to? 2 M2 CO2 Understand
2 What are the innovative characteristics of cloud computing? 2 M1 CO1 Understand
3 Which are the technologies on which cloud computing relies? 2 M1 CO2 Understand
4 Define cloud computing. 2 M1 CO1 Remember
5 What are the major advantages of cloud computing? 2 M1 CO2 Understand
6 Describe the vision introduced by cloud computing? 2 M1 CO2 Understand
7 What are the disadvantages of virtualization? 2 M2 CO2 Understand
8 Give the names of some popular software-as-a-service solutions? 2 M2 CO4 Understand
9 Give some examples of public cloud? 2 M1 CO1 Understand
10 What is Google App Engine? 2 M4 CO1 Remember
11 Which is the most common scenario for a private cloud. 2 M1 CO1 Analyze
12 What are the types of applications that can benefit from cloud
2 M1 CO1 Analyze
computing?

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13 What are the most important advantages of cloud technologies for
2 M1 CO2 Analyze
social networking application?
14 What is Windows Azure? 2 M4 CO1 Remember
15 Describe Amazon EC2 and its basic features? 2 M4 CO4 Understand
16 Discuss the use of hypervisor in cloud computing. 2 M2 CO2 Understand
17 What is AWS? 2 M4 CO1 Remember
18 What does the acronym XaaS stand for? 2 M2 CO1 Remember
19 What type of service is AppEngine? 2 M4 CO1 Remember
20 What is DataStore? What type of data can be stored in it? 2 M4 CO1 Remember
21 Define Amazon Simple Storage Service. 2 M4 CO1 Remember
22 List any two innovative applications of Cloud with Internet of
2 M4 CO2 Apply
Things.
23 Explain the basic of Peer 2 Peer Network Systems. 2 M4 CO4 Apply
24 Why is cloud based model more economic? 2 M1 CO1 Analyze
25 Write an example of cloud infrastructure components. 2 M2 CO2 Remember
26 List the challenges in designing a cloud. 2 M1 CO2 Understand
27 What is cloud reference models? 2 M1 CO1 Remember
28 Define SLA. 2 M1 CO1 Remember
29 What is grid computing? 2 M1 CO1 Remember
30 What is QoS? 2 M1 CO1 Remember
31 What is virtualization? 2 M2 CO3 Remember
32 What is the use of hypervisor? 2 M2 CO3 Remember
33 What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric
2 M1 CO4 Understand
multiprocessing?
34 Explain why threading is used in modern applications. 2 M2 CO4 Understand
35 What is the function of the hypervisor? 2 M2 CO3 Remember
36 Describe a multicore system? 2 M3 CO3 Remember
37 What is a Thread? 2 M3 CO3 Remember
38 Describe a task in task computing. 2 M3 CO4 Understand
39 What are the possible set of common operations that the
middleware needs to support the creation and execution of task- 2 M3 CO4 Understand
based applications?
40 What is message passing interface? 2 M3 CO2 Understand
41 Explain the difference between task computing and parallel
2 M3 CO2 Understand
computing?
42 Name the different types of virtualization in cloud Computing. 2 M2 CO2 Remember
43 Define host machine with respect to cloud Virtualization. 2 M2 CO3 Remember
44 What is guest machine with respect to cloud Virtualization. 2 M2 CO3 Understand
45 What is meant by software virtualization? 2 M2 CO3 Remember
46 Give some examples of software virtualization. 2 M2 CO3 Understand
47 Name some data virtualization tools. 2 M2 CO3 Remember
48 How to choose the right hypervisor for any environment? 2 M2 CO3 Apply
49 What are type 1 and type 2 hypervisors? 2 M2 CO3 Apply
50 Mention the various categories of task computing. 2 M3 CO4 Remember
51 What is data-intensive computing? 2 M3 CO4 Remember
52 Outline some of the popular softwares that support task-
2 M3 CO4 Remember
computing framework.
53 What is a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)? 2 M2 CO3 Remember
54 Explain the concept of full virtualization. 2 M2 CO3 Understand
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55 What is paravirtualization? 2 M2 CO3 Understand
56 Define hardware-assisted virtualization. 2 M2 CO3 Understand
57 Define network virtualization. 2 M2 CO3 Understand
58 State the purpose of the BOINC framework. 2 M3 CO4 Understand
59 Define the term "dataset" in the context of data-intensive
2 M3 CO4 Remember
computing.
60 What is the meaning of MTC in the context of computing
2 M3 CO4 Understand
categories?
61 What is on-demand functionality? How is it provided in cloud
2 M1 CO4 Remember
computing?
62 What are the open source cloud computing platform databases? 2 M4 CO4 Remember
63 Give some example of large cloud provider and databases. 2 M1 CO2 Remember
64 What do you mean by VPN? What does it contain? 2 M2 CO4 Remember
65 Is Azure Iaas or Paas? Explain 2 M2 CO4 Analyze
66 What are the cons of cloud computing? 2 M1 CO3 Remember
67 What is cloud broker? 2 M1 CO1 Remember
68 What is SOAP? 2 M4 CO4 Remember
69 Define SISD. 2 M1 CO2 Remember
70 Define SIMD. 2 M1 CO2 Remember
71 Define MISD. 2 M1 CO2 Remember
72 Define MIMD. 2 M1 CO2 Remember
73 What is a service? 2 M1 CO4 Remember
74 What do you mean by web services? 2 M1 CO1 Remember
75 Define fog computing and edge computing. 2 M4 CO4 Remember
76 Explain the concept of message passing and its role in distributed
2 M1 CO3 Understand
computing.
77 Discuss the challenges of data consistency and synchronization in
2 M1 CO3 Analyze
distributed computing.
78 Describe the difference between shared memory and distributed
2 M1 CO3 Understand
memory architectures in parallel computing.
79 Explain the role of virtual networking in cloud environments. 2 M2 CO3 Understand
80 What is the difference between cloud computing and traditional
2 M1 CO2 Understand
hosting methods?

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 Part B
QB
Question
Sr. Question Module CO BL
Marks
No.
This is a Sample question. It may have parts of its own.
0 a. Sub question 1 5 M1 CO1 Understand
b. Sub question 2
1 a. What is virtualization?
5 M2 CO2 Remember
b. What are its benefits?
2 List and discuss various types of virtualization? 5 M2 CO2 Remember
3 a. What does the acronym SaaS mean?
5 M2 CO4 Understand
b. How does it relate to cloud computing?
4 Classify the various types of clouds. 5 M1 CO1 Remember
5 What fundamental advantages does cloud computing technology
5 M4 CO2 Understand
bring to scientific applications?
6 Describe the architecture of Windows Azure. 5 M4 CO4 Remember
7 What is the difference between parallel and distributed
5 M1 CO2 Remember
computing?
8 Identify the reasons that parallel processing constitutes an
5 M1 CO2 Understand
interesting option for computing.
9 List the major categories of parallel computing systems. 5 M1 CO2 Remember
10 Describe the different levels of parallelism that can be obtained in
5 M1 CO2 Remember
a computing system.
11 Discuss the most important model for message-based
5 M1 CO2 Remember
communication.
12 What are hardware virtualization techniques? 5 M2 CO2 Remember
13 What kinds of needs are addressed by heterogeneous clouds? 5 M1 CO1 Analyze
14 How does cloud computing help to reduce the time to market for
5 M1 CO4 Analyze
applications and to cut down capital expenses?
15 Provide some examples of media applications that use cloud
5 M4 CO4 Apply
technologies.
16 Differentiate between Public cloud and Private cloud. 5 M1 CO1 Remember
17 What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric
5 M2 CO2 Remember
multiprocessing?
18 Illustrate a situation where application-level virtualization can be a
5 M2 CO2 Apply
suitable virtualization technique.
19 You are considering virtualizing your organization's desktops.
Identify three potential drawbacks of this approach and explain 5 M2 CO2 Apply
how they might impact your users.
20 Summarize the conditions for the rise of data-intensive computing. 5 M3 CO2 Apply
21 Illustrate the conditions based on which you will be opting for High-
Performance Computing (HPC) and High-Throughput Computing 5 M3 CO2 Apply
(HTC).
22 Illustrate the various characteristics of High Performance
5 M3 CO2 Analyze
Computing with a proper example.
23 Outline the various features of High Throughput Computing with a
5 M3 CO2 Analyze
proper example.
24 Compare and contrast between virtualization and cloud computing. 5 M2 CO3 Apply
25 Discuss in brief about OS virtualization. 5 M2 CO3 Apply
26 Why hypervisors are used in cloud virtualization? 5 M2 CO3 Apply
27 Discuss briefly about the different types of Hypervisors. 5 M2 CO3 Apply
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28 Briefly explain context switching with respect to Multithreading. 5 M3 CO3 Analyse
29 Summarize the various characteristics of HighPerformance
5 M3 CO4 Analyse
Computing with a proper example.
30 Describe ‘embarassingly parallel’ applications with respect to task
5 M3 CO3 Apply
computing.
31 Analyze the security concerns associated with virtualization and
M2 CO3 Analyse
cloud computing.
32 Discuss the factors that would influence an organization's decision
5 M2 CO3 Analyse
to adopt a private cloud solution.
33 Explain the role of virtualization in cloud computing. 5 M3 CO3 Understand
34 Explain the concept of parameter sweep applications with an
5 M3 CO3 Understand
example.
35 Describe the key advantages of fog/edge computing over
5 M4 CO4 Understand
traditional cloud computing.
36 Describe the concept of hybrid cloud-edge deployments and their
5 M4 CO4 Apply
benefits.
37 Describe the applications of high performance and high throughput
5 M4 CO4 Understand
systems.
38 “Although Virtualization is widely Accepted today, it does have its
5 M1 CO3 Analyze
limits”. Comment on the statement.
39 List the most important software architectural styles. 5 M1 CO2 Remember
40 State the role of cloud auditor in cloud. 5 M1 CO1 Remember
41 Differentiate cloud consumer and provider. 5 M1 CO1 Remember

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 Part C
QB
Question
Sr. Question Module CO BL
Marks
No.
This is a Sample question. It may have parts of its own.
0 a. Sub question 1 10 M1 CO1 Understand
b. Sub question 2
1 Discuss the cloud computing reference model. 10 M1 CO1 Understand
2 a. Describe the basic component of an IaaS-based solution for
cloud computing? 10 M2 CO2 Apply
b. Provide some examples of IaaS implementation.
3 Describe how cloud computing technologies can be applied to
10 M4 CO4 Apply
support remote ECG monitoring?
4 Describe some examples of CRM and ERP implementation based
10 M4 CO4 Apply
on cloud computing technologies.
5 a. What is an architectural style?
10 M2 CO2 Remember
b. What is its role in the context of a distributed system?
6 Discuss the reference model of full virtualization. 10 M2 CO2 Understand
7 a. What are Dropbox and iCloud?
b. Which kinds of problems do they solve by using cloud 10 M4 CO4 Apply
technologies?
8 Discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with
deploying edge computing solutions in IoT (Internet of Things)
environments. Explore how edge computing addresses issues such
10 M4 CO4 Evaluate
as latency, bandwidth constraints, and data privacy/security in IoT
deployments. Provide real-world examples of edge computing
applications in IoT-enabled systems.
9 How does cloud computing leverage distributed computing
principles to provide scalable and resilient services? Explain with
examples of distributed systems used in cloud platforms like AWS, 10 M4 CO4 Evaluate
Azure, or Google Cloud

10 Answer Briefly:
a. Difference between elasticity and scalability in cloud
computing. 10 M1 CO2 Understand
b. Service oriented Architecture (SOA)
c. Virtual Machine
11 Compare Public, Private, Community and Hybrid Clouds 10 M1 CO1 Understand
12 Evaluate the factors that organizations should consider when
choosing a deployment model for their workloads. Also explain the 10 M2 CO2 Apply
different deployment models.
13 You're deploying a new web server cluster and need to choose
between full and paravirtualization. Your main priorities are
security and ease of migration. Considering these factors, which 10 M2 CO2 Apply
technology would you recommend and why? Explain your
reasoning.
14 Illustrate the use of domain decomposition with a proper example. 10 M3 CO2 Apply
15 Discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of server
10 M3 CO2 Understand
virtualization with respect to cloud computing?
16 What do you mean by an embarrassingly parallel problem?
10 M3 CO3 Apply
Summarize the concepts of logical and physical threads.

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17 Discuss in detail about application virtualization analyzing its
10 M3 CO3 Apply
advantages and disadvantages in detail.
18 Discuss in detail about the different types of hypervisors with
10 M3 CO4 Analyse
supporting diagram.
19 Analyse the open challenges in data-intensive computing 10 M3 CO4 Analyse
20 Illustrate the differences among “Embarrassingly parallel
applications”, “Parameter sweep applications”, and “Message 10 M3 CO4 Analyse
Passing Interface(MPI) applications”.
21 Outline the advantages and disadvantages of virtualization. 10 M2 CO3 Analyze
22 Analyze the potential benefits and challenges of adopting a
community cloud model for a healthcare organization that needs
10 M2 CO3 Analyze
to share data and collaborate with research institutions while
maintaining data privacy.
23 Evaluate the role of virtualization in enabling multi-tenancy and
10 M2 CO3 Evaluate
resource isolation in cloud computing environments.
24 Analyze the role of virtualization in enabling features like live
migration, resource allocation, and performance tuning in cloud 10 M2 CO3 Evaluate
computing environments.
25 Describe the role of the Virtual Machine Manager and its main
10 M2 CO3 Apply
components in enabling efficient virtualization.
26 Analyze the benefits and limitations of programming language-
level virtualization, and discuss its role in cloud computing 10 M2 CO4 Analyze
environments.
27 Discuss the importance of virtualization in enabling cloud
computing and the key virtualization technologies used in IaaS and 10 M2 CO4 Understand
PaaS solutions.
28 It is said, ‘cloud computing can save money’.
a. What is your view?
10 M1 CO4 Evaluating
b. Can you name some open source cloud computing
platform databases? Explain any one database in detail.
29 What are the various components of NIST Cloud computing
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reference architecture? Draw the architecture.
30 Which IoT technologies can be used for home automation? Relate
10 M4 CO4 Understand
home automation with cloud computing.

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