1: Computer system of a parallel computer is capable of

A. Decentralized computing
B. Parallel computing
C. Centralized computing
D. None of these

2: Writing parallel programs is referred to as

A. Parallel computation
B. Parallel processes
C. Parallel development
D. Parallel programming

3: Simplified application of three-tier architecture is ____________.

A. Maintenance
B. Initiation
C. Implementation
D. Deployment

4: Dynamic networks of networks, is a dynamic connection that grows is called

A. Multithreading
B. Cyber cycle
C. Internet of things

5: In which application system Distributed systems can run well?

A. HPC
D. HTC
C. HRC
D. Both HPC and HTC

6: _______ is desired by HPC and HTC.

A. Adaptivity
B. Transparency
C. Dependency
D. Secretive

7: No special machines manage the network of architecture in which resources are known as ______
A. Peer-to-Peer
B. Space based
C. Tightly coupled
D. Loosely coupled

8: Significant characteristics of Distributed systems have of

A. 5 types
B. 2 types
C. 3 types
D. 4 types

9: Built of Peer machines are over

A. Many Server machines
B. 1 Server machine
C. 1 Client machine
D. Many Client machines

10: Type HTC applications are

A. Business
B. Engineering
C. Science
D. Media mass

11: Broader concept offers Cloud computing .to select which of the following.
A. Parallel computing
B. Centralized computing
C. Utility computing
D. Decentralized computing

12: Resources and clients transparency that allows movement within a system is called
A. Mobility transparency
B. Concurrency transparency
C. Performance transparency
D. Replication transparency

13: Distributed program in a distributed computer running a is known as

A. Distributed process
B. Distributed program
C. Distributed application
D. Distributed computing

14: Uniprocessor computing devices is called__________.

A. Grid computing
B. Centralized computing
C. Parallel computing
D. Distributed computing

15: Utility computing focuses on a______________ model.

A. Data
B. Cloud
C. Scalable
D. Business

16: HPC stands for …..

A. High-peak computing
B. High-peripheral computing
C. High-performance computing
D. Highly-parallel computing

17: Peer-to-Peer leads to the development of technologies like

A. Norming grids
B. Data grids
C. None of the above
D. Both of the above

18: The development generations of Computer technology has gone through

A. 6
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

19: Utilization rate of resources in an execution model is known to be its

A. Adaptation
B. Efficiency
C. Dependability
D. Flexibility

20: Even under failure conditions providing Quality of Service (QoS) assurance is _________
A. Dependability
B. Adaptation
C. Flexibility
D. Efficiency

21. In distributed system, each processor has its own ___________

a) local memory
b) clock
c) both local memory and clock
d) none of the mentioned

22. If one site fails in distributed system then ___________

a) the remaining sites can continue operating
b) all the sites will stop working
c) directly connected sites will stop working
d) none of the mentioned

23. Network operating system runs on ___________

a) server
b) every system in the network
c) both server and every system in the network
d) none of the mentioned

24. Which technique is based on compile-time program transformation for accessing remote data in a
distributed-memory parallel system?
a) cache coherence scheme
b) computation migration
c) remote procedure call
d) message passing

25. Logical extension of computation migration is ___________

a) process migration
b) system migration
c) thread migration
d) data migration

26. Processes on the remote systems are identified by ___________

a) host ID
b) host name and identifier
c) identifier
d) process ID

27. Which routing technique is used in a distributed system?

a) fixed routing
b) virtual routing
c) dynamic routing
d) all of the mentioned

28. In distributed systems, link and site failure is detected by ___________

a) polling
b) handshaking
c) token passing
d) none of the mentioned

29. The capability of a system to adapt the increased service load is called ___________
a) scalability
b) tolerance
c) capacity
d) none of the mentioned

30. Internet provides _______ for remote login.

a) telnet
b) http
c) ftp
d) rpc

31. What second programming language did Google add for App Engine development?
A. C++
B. Flash
C. Java
D. Visual Basic

32. What facet of cloud computing helps to guard against downtime and determines costs?
A. Service-level agreements
B. Application programming interfaces
C. Virtual private networks
D. Bandwidth fees

33. Which of these is not a major type of cloud computing usage?

A. Hardware as a Service
B. Platform as a Service
C. Software as a Service
D. Infrastructure as a Service

34. Cloud Services have a________ relationship with their customers.

A. Many-to-many
B. One-to-many
C. One-to-one
D. None of the above

35. What is the name of Rackspace’s cloud service?

A. Cloud On-Demand
B. Cloud Servers
C. EC2
D. None of the above

36. What is the name of the organization helping to foster security standards for cloud computing?
A. Cloud Security Standards Working Group
B. Cloud Security Alliance
C. Cloud Security WatchDog
D. Security in the Cloud Alliance

37. Which of these companies specializes in cloud computing management tools and services?
A. RightScale
B. Google
C. Salesforce.com
D. Savis

38. What’s the most popular use case for public cloud computing today?
A. Test and development
B. Website hosting
C. Disaster recovery
D. Business analytics

39. Virtual Machine Ware (VMware) is an example of

A. Infrastructure Service
B. Platform Service
C. Software Service
D. None of the above

40. Cloud Service consists of

A. Platform, Software, Infrastructure
B. Software, Hardware, Infrastructure
C. Platform, Hardware, Infrastructure
D. None of the above

41. Google Apps Engine is a type of

A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. None of the above

42. Amazon Web Services is which type of cloud computing distribution model?
A. Software as a Service
B. Platform as a Service
C. Infrastructure as a Service
D. None of the above

43. The term ‘Cloud’ in cloud-computing refers to ______.

A. The Internet
B. Cumulus Clouds
C. A Computer
D. Thin Clients

44. In order to participate in cloud-computing, you must be using the following OS _______ .
A. Windows
B. Mac OS
C. Linux
D. All of the above

45. Which of the following is true of cloud computing?

A. It’s always going to be less expensive and more secure than local computing.
B. You can access your data from any computer in the world, as long as you have an Internet
connection.
C. Only a few small companies are investing in the technology, making it a risky venture.
D. None of the above

46. What is private cloud?

A. A standard cloud service offered via the Internet
B. A cloud architecture maintained within an enterprise data center.
C. A cloud service inaccessible to anyone but the cultural elite
D. None of the above

47. What is Cloud Foundry?

A. A factory that produces cloud components
B. An industry wide PaaS initiative
C. VMware-led open source PaaS.
D. None of the above
48 This is a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider
and made available to customers over a network, typically the Internet.
A. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
B. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS).
D. None of the above

49. ________ describes a cloud service that can only be accessed by a limited amount of people.
A. Data center
B. Private cloud
C. Virtualization
D. Public cloud

50. Which of the following type of virtualization is also characteristic of cloud computing?
Storage
Application
CPU
All of the Above

1.Which of the following technologies works behind the cloud computing platform?
a) Virtualization
b) SOA
c) Grid Computing
d) All of the above
Ans) d.
2. Which of the following has many features of that is now known as cloud computing?
a) Web Service
b) Softwares
c) All of the above
d) Internet
Ans) d.
3.Which one of the following statements is not true?
a) The popularization of the internet actually enabled most cloud computing systems.
b) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility as a payment possible for you, with an
infinitely scalable, universally available system, pay what you use.
c) Soft computing addresses a real paradigm in the way in which the system is deployed.
d) All of the mentioned.
Ans) c.
4. Which of the following is the working models for cloud computing?
a) Deployment Models
b) Configuring Models
c) Collaborative Models
d) All of the above
Ans) a
5. How many types of Cloud are there in Deployment Models?
a) 2
b) 5
c) 3
d) 4
Ans) d.
6. The ____________ allows systems and services to be accessible by a group of organizations.
a) Public Cloud
b) Private Cloud
c) Hybrid Cloud
d) Community Cloud
Ans) d.
7. Which one of the following options can be considered as the Cloud?
a) Hadoop
b) Intranet
c) Web Applications
d) All of the mentioned
Ans) a.
8. Which one of the following cloud concepts is related to sharing and pooling the resources?
a) Virtualization
b) Polymorphism
c) Abstraction
d) None of the mentioned
Ans) a.
9. _______ provides the runtime environment for applications, development and deployment tools, etc.
a) Paas
b) Iaas
c) Saas
d) Xaas
Ans) a.
10. Which of the following is a type of Service Models?
a) Public-as-a-Service
b) Platform-as-a-Service
c) Community-as-a-Service
d) Public-as-a-Service
Ans) b.
11. Cloud Computing refers to?
a) accessing the hardware
b) configuring the hardware
c) manipulating the hardware
d) All of the above
Ans) d.
12. Which one of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?
a) Azure
b) AWS
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned
Ans) b.
13. Which one of the following refers to the non-functional requirements like disaster recovery, security,
reliability, etc.
a) Service Development
b) Quality of service
c) Plan Development
d) Technical Service
Ans) b.
14. In which one of the following phases, IT Architecture Development came?
a) Strategy Phase
b) Planning Phase
c) Deployment Phase
d) Development Phase
Ans) b.
15. Which one of the following is related to the services provided by Cloud?
a) Sourcing
b) Ownership
c) Reliability
d) Paas
Ans) a.
1. Which of the following is true about cloud computing?
A. Cloud computing is platform dependent
B. Cloud Computing makes our business applications mobile and collaborative.
C. Cloud Computing provides us means of accessing the applications as utilities
over computer only.
D. All of the
above Answer: B

2. The allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization.

A. Private cloud

B. Public cloud

C. Community cloud

D. Hybrid cloud

Answer: A

3. Cloud computing is a kind of abstraction which is based on the notion of combining

physical resources and represents them as resources to users.

A. Real

B. Cloud

C. Virtual

D. none of the mentioned

Answer:C

4. Which of the following is an essential concept related to Cloud?

A. Reliability

B. Abstraction

C. Productivity

D. All of the mentioned

Answer: B
5. Cloud computing is a ..............

A. reliable system

B. stateless system

C. stateful system

D. None of the

above Answer: B

6. Which option is related to service provided by Cloud ?

A. AaaS

B. Reliability

C. Sourcing

D. Ownership

Answer: C

7.is the essential concept related to Cloud?

A. Reliability

B. Abstraction

C. Productivity

D. None of the

above Answer: B

8. Which of the following option is the IaaS service provider?

A. EC1

B. EC2

C. EC10

D. Hybrid

Answer:B

9. what is the most important area of concern in cloud computing?

A. Storage

B. Scalability

C. Security

D. None of the

above Answer: C
10. Which of the following feature allows you to optimize your system and capture all possible
transactions?

A. Elasticity

B. Scalability

C. Reliability

D. None of the

above Answer: A

11. What is surely an impediment to established businesses starting new enterprises?

A. Capitalization

B. Proposition

C. Globalization

D. None of the

above Answer: A

12. What is the highest degree of integration in cloud computing?

A. AaaS

B. SaaS

C. PaaS

D. CaaS

Answer: B

13. Does VMc allow different operating systems to run in their own memory space?

A. Yes

B. No

Answer:A

14. Which of the following is not a major cloud computing platform?

A. Microsoft Azure

B. Amazon EC2

C. IBM Deep Blue

D. Google 101

Answer:C
 15. Does Cloud Services have a one to many relationship with their customers?

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: A

1. _________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a

distributed network using virtualized resources.

a. Distributed

b. Cloud

c. Soft

d. Parallel

Answer: (b) Cloud.

1. _________ is the feature of cloud computing that allows the service to change in size or volume in
order to meet a user’s needs.
A. Scalability
B. Virtualization
C. Security
D. Cost-savings

Q.2 The technology used to distribute service requests to resources is referred to as:
Load performing
Load scheduling
Load balancing
All of the above

Q.3 Point out the correct statement:

A client can request access to a cloud service from any location
A cloud has multiple application instances and directs requests to an instance based on conditions
Computers can be partitioned into a set of virtual machines with each machine being assigned a
workload
All of the mentioned

Q.4 Which of the following software can be used to implement load balancing?
Apache mod_balancer
Apache mod_proxy_balancer
F6’s BigIP
None of the above

Q.5 Which of the following network resources can be load balanced?

Connections through intelligent switches
DNS
Storage resource
All of the above

Q.6 Which of the following is a more sophisticated load balancer?

Rack server managers
Workload managers
Workspace managers
None of the above

Q.7 A ______ is a combination load balancer and application server that is a server placed between a
firewall or router.
ABC
ACD
ADC
None of the above

Q.8 Which of the following service provider provides the least amount of built-in security?
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
None of the above

Q.9 Point out the correct statement:

Different types of cloud computing service models provide different levels of security services
Adapting your on-premises systems to a cloud model requires that you determine what security
mechanisms are required and mapping those to controls that exist in your chosen cloud service
provider
Data should be transferred and stored in an encrypted format for security purpose
All of the above

Q.10 Which of the following services that need to be negotiated in Service Level Agreements?
Logging
Auditing
Regulatory compliance
All of the above

Q.11 Point out the wrong statement:

You can use proxy and brokerage services to separate clients from direct access to shared cloud
storage
Cloud computing doesn’t have vulnerabilities associated with Internet applications
Any distributed application has a much greater attack surface than an application that is closely held
on a Local Area Network
None of the above

Q.12 Which of the following area of cloud computing is uniquely troublesome?

Auditing
Data Integrity
E-Discovery for legal compliance
All of the above

Q.13 Which of the following is the operational domain of CSA?

Scalability
Portability and interoperability
Flexibility
None of the above

Q.14 Which of the following is considered an essential element in cloud computing by CSA?
Multi-tenancy
Identity and access management
Virtualization
None of the above

Q.15 Which of the following is used for Web performance management and load testing?
VMware Hyperic
Web metrics
Univa UD
Tapinsystems

16. _________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a distributed network using
virtualized resources.
a) Distributed
b) Cloud
c) Soft
d) Parallel

17. Point out the wrong statement :

a) The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the popularization of the Internet
b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems are deployed
c) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible with a pay-as-you-go,
infinitely scalable, universally available system
d) All of the mentioned

18. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing industry itself.
a) Model
b) Computing
c) Software
d) All of the mentioned

19. Which of the following is essential concept related to Cloud ?

a) Reliability
b) Productivity
c) Abstraction
d) All of the mentioned

20. Point out the wrong statement:

a) All applications benefit from deployment in the cloud
b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and become big very fast
c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the technology it is built on is evolutionary
d) None of the mentioned

21. Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of resources ?
a) Polymorphism
b) Abstraction
c) Virtualization
d) None of the mentioned

22. ________ has many of the characteristics of what is now being called cloud computing.
a) Internet
b) Softwares
c) Web Service
d) All of the mentioned

23. Which of the following can be identified as cloud ?

a) Web Applications
b) Intranet
c) Hadoop
d) All of the mentioned

24. Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the notion of pooling physical resources and
presenting them as a ________ resource.
a) real
b) virtual
c) cloud
d) None of the mentioned

25. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon ?

a) Azure
b) AWS
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned

26. Which of the following is specified parameter of SLA ?

a) Response times
b) Responsibilities of each party
c) Warranties
d) All of the mentioned

27. When you purchase shrink-wrapped software, you are using that software based on a licensing
agreement called ________
a) EULA
b) EUL
c) ELA
d) All of the mentioned

28. Cloud computing shifts capital expenditures into ________ expenditures.

a) operating
b) service
c) local
d) None of the mentioned

30. Which of the following is one of the property that differentiates cloud computing ?
a) scalability
b) virtualization
c) composability
d) All of the mentioned

31. Point out the correct statement :

a) Cloud computing is a natural extension of many of the design principles, protocols, plumbing,
and systems
b) Platforms are used to create more easy software
c) All SLAs are enforceable as contracts
d) All of the mentioned

32. A _________ is a cloud computing service that is both hardware and software.
a) service
b) platform
c) model
d) All of the mentioned

33. Cloud computing doesn’t require that ________ and software be composable.
a) cloud
b) database
c) hardware
d) All of the mentioned
34. Point out the wrong statement :
a) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important standard cloud computing deployment object
b) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols
c) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess communications
d) None of the mentioned

35. The most commonly used set of protocols uses ______ as the messaging format.
a) XML
b) JSON
c) BSON
d) All of the mentioned

36. Which of the following language is used to manage transactions ?

a) WSDL
b) XML
c) SOAP
d) All of the mentioned

37. Which of the architectural layer is used as backend in cloud computing ?

a) client
b) cloud
c) soft
d) All of the mentioned

38. A ________ cloud requires virtualized storage to support the staging and storage of data.
a) soft
b) compute
c) local
d) None of the mentioned
39. Point out the wrong statement:
a) Gmail is written to look like an Internet chat utility
b) Gmail tends to perform most of its operations such as archiving on the conversation as a whole
c) When a conversation gets to be 50 messages long, Gmail splits the conversation into a second
section
d) All of the mentioned

40. Which of the following is most important feature of cloud storage listed below ?
a) Logon authentication
b) Bare file
c) Multiplatform support
d) Adequate bandwidth

41. How many bits of encryption is at least required for cloud backup storage solution ?
a) 56
b) 84
c) 128
d) None of the mentioned

42. Which of the following is the most important client to back up in the cloud ?
a) Windows
b) Mac
c) Linux
d) All of the mentioned

43. Which of the following is least important feature of cloud storage listed below ?
a) Multisite storage or replication
b) 24×7 technical support
c) Data versioning
d) All of the mentioned

44. _________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a distributed network using
virtualized resources.
a) Distributed
b) Cloud
c) Soft
d) Parallel

45. Which of the following is essential concept related to Cloud?

a) Reliability
b) Productivity
c) Abstraction
d) All of the mentioned

46. Point out the wrong statement.

a) All applications benefit from deployment in the cloud
b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and become big very fast
c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the technology it is built on is evolutionary
d) None of the mentioned
47. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?
a) Azure
b) AWS
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned

48. _________ model consists of the particular types of services that you can access on a cloud
computing platform.
a) Service
b) Deployment
c) Application
d) None of the mentioned

49. The __________ model originally did not require a cloud to use virtualization to pool resources.
a) NEFT
b) NIST
c) NIT
d) All of the mentioned

50. _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four dimensional factors.
a) Cloud Square
b) Cloud Service
c) Cloud Cube
d) All of the mentioned

2. Point out the wrong statement :

a. The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the

popularization of the Internet

b. Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems
are deployed

c. Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible

with a pay-as-you- go, infinitely scalable, universally available system

d. All of the mentioned

Answer: (b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in

which systems are deployed

3. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing
industry itself.
 a. Model

b. Computing

c. Software

d. All of the mentioned

Answer: (b) Computing

4. ________ refers to the location and management of the cloud’s infrastructure.

a. Service

b. Deployment

c. Application

d. None of the mentioned

Answer: (b) Deployment

5. The __________ model originally did not require a cloud to use virtualization to
pool resources.

a. NEFT

b. NIST

c. NIT

d. All of the mentioned

Answer: (b) NIST

6. _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four

dimensional factors.

a. Cloud Square

b. Cloud Service

c. Cloud Cube

d. All of the mentioned

Answer: (c) Cloud Cube

7. ________________ is a paradigm of distributed computing to provide the
customers on-demand, utility-based computing service.

a. Remote Sensing

b. Remote Invocation

c. Cloud Computing

d. Private Computing

Answer: (c) Cloud Computing

8. Saas stands for?

a. Software as a service

b. System Software and services

c. Software as a system

d. System as a service

Answer: (a) Software as a service

3. Which of these is not a major type of cloud computing usage?

A. Hardware as a Service

B. Platform as a Service

C. Software as a Service

D. Infrastructure as a Service

ANS:A

9. Which of these is not a major type of cloud computing usage?

a. Hardware as a Service

b. Platform as a Service

c. Software as a Service

d. Infrastructure as a Service

Answer: (a) Hardware as a Service

19. The term ‘Cloud’ in cloud-computing refers to __.

A. The Internet

B. Cumulus Clouds

C. A Computer

D. Thin Clients

Ans: A

10. The term ‘Cloud’ in cloud-computing refers to __.

a. A Computer

b. Cumulus Clouds

c. The Internet

d. Thin Clients

Answer: (c) The Internet

11.  Which of these companies specializes in cloud computing management

tools and services?

a. RightScale

b. Google

c. Salesforce.com

d. Savis

Answer: (a) RightScale

12.  Google Apps Engine is a type of

a.   SaaS

b.   PaaS

c.   IaaS

d.   NA

Answer: (d) NA

13. In order to participate in cloud-computing, you must be using the following

OS _______.
 a. Windows

b. Mac OS

c. Linux

d. All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

14. What widely used service is built on cloud-computing technology?

a. Twitter 

b. Skype

c. YouTube

d. All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

15. An internal cloud is…

a. An overhanging threat
b. A career risk for a CIO
c. A cloud that sits behind a corporate firewall
d. The group of knowledge workers who use a social network for water-cooler
gossip
Answer: (c) A cloud that sits behind a corporate firewall