B.TechSemester 72024-25Cloud ComputingKCS713

Cloud Computing (KCS713) - AKTU Question Paper 2024-25

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This is the official AKTU Cloud Computing Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 7, academic session 2024-25. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:B.Tech
Semester:Semester 7
Session:2024-25
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Cloud Computing (KCS713) — complete question paper · 100 marks · 3 Hours

Section AAttempt all questions in brief. 2 x 10 = 20
  • a
    Define cloud computing and trace its evolution. 1 K 3
  • b
    Critically evaluate the challenges faced during the evolution of cloud computing
  • c
    Explain virtualization. 2 K 3
  • d
    Compare implementation levels of virtualization. 2 K 3
  • e
    Describe the features and benefits of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. 3 K2
  • f
    Explain Storage-as-a-Service. 3 K 2
  • g
    Discuss Identity and Access Man agement (IAM) in cloud environments. 4 K 2
  • h
    Discuss encryption techniques f or securing cloud resources. 4 K2, i. Describe cloud federation. 5 K 3, j. Evaluate the role of federated services and applications. 5 K 3
Section BAttempt any three of the following: 10 x 3 = 20
  • a
    Analyze the underlying princip les of parallel computing in c loud environments. Derive equations for workload balancing in a distributed cloud environment handling 10,000 tasks
  • b
    Discuss Service-Oriented Architecture and its relevance in c loud computing. Analyze its impact on application scalability
  • c
    Discuss architectural design challenges in cloud environment s. Analyze the trade-offs between performance and security with numerical examples
  • d
    Discuss inter-cloud resource ma nagement strategies. Simulate a scenario where multiple clouds c ollaborate to share resources d uring a high-demand period
  • e
    Analyze the role of cloud tec hnologies in disaster recovery. Simulate a recovery process for a critical a pplication and compute the ass ociated downtime costs
Section CAttempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10
  • a
    Compare traditional IT resourc e provisioning with cloud-base d provisioning. Provide a cost analysis model for a small busines s migrating to the cloud
  • b
    Evaluate the importance of ela sticity in cloud computing. Pr ovide a numerical model illustrating elas t i c i t y w h e n u s e r t r a f f i c s c a l es from 10,000 to 1 million users in a video streaming service
  • a
    Explain disaster recovery mec hanisms enabled by virtualizati on. Simulate a recovery scenario for a financial system and calcula te the time required to restore services
  • b
    Describe the Publish-Subscrib e model and its implementation in real- time systems. Simulate its use in a stock trading application a nd compute latency for 1 million events
  • a
    Compare public, private, and hybrid cloud models. Conduct a cost analysis for a company transitioning to a hybrid model
  • b
    Describe layered cloud architecture design. Analyze its impl ementation in an online education platform
  • a
    Evaluate security challenges in cloud computing. Analyze a c ase study involving a data breach in a SaaS platform
  • b
    Analyze the global exchange of cloud resources. Propose a mo del to optimize resource allocation and compute the efficiency improvement
  • a
    Discuss the programming envi ronment of Google App Engine. Simulate the deployment of a web application scaling to 100,000 daily users
  • b
    Explain the Hadoop MapReduce fr amework. Calculate the proces sing time for a 1 TB dataset with specified Map and Reduce tasks

Question text is extracted from the official AKTU question paper PDF above. Hindi translations are omitted — every question is printed in English in the original paper. Last verified: 2026-08-23.

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