M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Second Semester
Computer Science and Information Technology
Elective — FUNDAMENTALS OF GRID AND CLOUD
COMPUTING
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What is Grid computing?
2. What are the basic goals of the Global Grid Forum?
3. What are the major goals of OGSA?
4. What do you mean by authorization?
5. Define the term "Cloud Computing".
6. What is distributed computing?
7. What is a web service?
8. Write down any two features of Salesforce.com.
9. Write down any two web services provided by Amazon.
10. Write down any two Microsoft SQL services.
Sub. Code
7MCI2E5
AFS-0670
2
Sp 1
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. What are the applications of grid computing?
Describe.
Or
Explain about the core information projected in
web-service architecture.
12. What are the basic services of OGSA? Explain.
Or
What are the CMM-defined relationship types?
Explain.
13. Explain the short history of cloud computing.
Or
Who benefits from cloud computing? Explain.
14. Explain the features of Google App Engine.
Or
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
cloud development? Explain.
15. What are the five core services of Windows Live?
Explain.
Or
Write a short note on SaaS.
AFS-0670
3
Sp 1
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Explain the basic classification of grid computing
Organization.
17. Write a brief note on technical details of OGSI
specification.
18. Describe the pros and cons of cloud computing.
19. Discuss the types of cloud service development.
20. Explain the problems and future directions of Cloud
computing.
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