AACS3253
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AACS 3253
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Information Systems
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Dec 18, 2024
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This question paper consists of 4 questions on 4 printed pages. KOLEJ UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACADEMICYEAR2020/2021 APRIL/MAYEXAMINATION AACS3253 CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021 TIME: 9:00 AM –12:00 NOON (3 HOURS) DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Instructions to Candidates: Answer ALLquestions in the requested format or template provided. ●This is an open book final online assessment. You MUST answer the assessment questions on your own without any assistance from other persons. ●You must submit your answers within the following time frame allowed for this online assessment: oThe deadline for the submission of your answers is half an hourfrom the end time of this online assessment. ●Penalty as below WILL BE IMPOSEDon students who submit their answers late as follows: oThe final marks of this online assessment will be reduced by 10 marks for answer scripts that are submitted within 30 minutes after the deadline for the submission of answers for this online assessment. oThe final marks of this online assessment will be downgraded to zero (0) mark for any answer scripts that are submitted after one hour from the end time of this online assessment. ●Extenuation Mitigating Circumstance (EMC) encountered, if any, must be submitted to the Faculty/Branch/Centre within 48 hours after the date of this online assessment. All EMC applications must be supported with valid reasons and evidence. The UC EMC Guidelines apply. FOCS Additional Instructions to Candidates: •Include your FULL NAME, STUDENT IDand PROGRAMME OF STUDYin your submission of answer. •Read all the questions carefully and understand what you are being asked to answer. •Marks are awarded for your own (original) analysis. Therefore, use the time and information to build well-constructed answers
2 This question paper consists of 4 questions on 4 printed pages. AACS3253 CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS STUDENT’S DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITYBy submitting this online assessment, I declare that this submitted work is free from all forms of plagiarism and for all intents and purposes is my own properly derived work. I understand that I have to bear the consequences if I fail to do so. Final Online Assessment Submission Course Code: Course Title: Signature: Name of Student: Student ID: Date:
3 AACS3253 CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS This question paper consists of 4 questions on 4 printed pages. Question 1 a) Describe THREE(3)main features of cloud computing. (9 marks) b) Discuss on the artchitechture of grid computingand cloud computing. (6 marks) c) Provide an example with description, for each of the following cloud services. (6 marks) i. Software as a service by Microsoft Azure ii. Platform as a service by Google Cloud Platform iii. Infrastructure as a service by Amazon Web Services d) List FOUR(4)details that need to be configured while launching an EC2. (4 marks)[Total: 25 marks]Question 2 a) Processing pipelines, batch processing systems and web applications are the three broad categories of existing applications on cloud computing. Briefly describe these applications by providing an example and the strenght of each. (9 marks) b) Discuss on the following workflow. (6 marks) i. ii. iii. c) What does a zookeeper do? ListTHREE(3)main services provided by a zookeeper. (4 marks) d) Identify and explain THREE(3)possible threats in cloud computing. (6 marks) [Total: 25 marks]
4 AACS3253 CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS This question paper consists of 4 questions on 4 printed pages. Question 3 a) From your understanding, discuss THREE(3)categories of resources that should be managed by a cloud provider. (9 marks) b)Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables Netflix to stream the videos and movies rapidly through its cloud computing platform. i.Discuss a protocol that is used by Netflix web application to allow global users connect to the cloud servers. Justify your answers by providing THREE(3)reasons of using the protocol. (6 marks)ii.Describe the serverless service used by Netflix. List TWO(2) benefits of using the service. (5 marks)c) Choose a database service provided by AWS in which it is suitable for mobile, web application, gaming and advertising. List TWO(2)characteristic of the database and TWO(2)benefits of using it. (5 marks) [Total: 25 marks] Question 4 a) Cloud Resource Management (CRM) plays an important role in the cloud service. From the point of view of both cloud provider and cloud client, justify why the CRM is important in cloud computing. (6 marks) b) A virtual machine running under EC2 may have THREE(3)types of IP addresses. Explain on these IP addresses. (6 marks) c) Discuss the purpose of a hybrid cloud deployment model. List TWO(2)benefits and TWO(2)limitations of this model. (7 marks) d) Discuss on the service used by AWS in managing authentication and authorization. (6 marks) [Total: 25 marks]