Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2026 examination

GTU 3170717 Cloud Computing Summer 2026 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · Computer Engineering · Semester 7 · Subject code 3170717
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70 marks
To pass
23 marks (33%)
Duration
2.5 Hours 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Questions
5 with internal choice
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20 of 25 questions on this paper were also asked in other years. Each is marked below with the years it appeared.See all 39 repeated 3170717 questions, most asked first

Q.1

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Define following Terms:
1)Cloud Computing
2)Virtualization
3)Multi-Tenant
(b)
4 marksAsked in 4 of 7 papers
List the cloud characteristics and explain them briefly.

Also asked in Summer 2024 Q2c OR, Winter 2023 Q2b, Summer 2023 Q1c

(c)
7 marksAsked in 4 of 7 papers

Explain various Cloud Deployment Models. List out advantages & dis- advantages of each one Model.

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q2c, Winter 2024 Q3c, Winter 2023 Q1c

Q.2

14 Marks
(a)
3 marksAsked in 3 of 7 papers
Define PaaS. Give few examples of PaaS.

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q1b, Summer 2023 Q2b

(b)
4 marksAsked in 3 of 7 papers
What is Virtualization? Describe the need for Virtualization.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q1c, Summer 2023 Q1b, Summer 2023 Q3b

(c)
7 marksAsked in 3 of 7 papers

With a block diagram, describe SaaS. Explain advantages & dis-advantages of SaaS.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3a OR, Winter 2024 Q3a OR

(c)
7 marks

With a block diagram, describe IaaS. Explain advantages & dis-advantages of IaaS.

Q.3

14 Marks
(a)
3 marksAsked in 7 of 7 papers
What are Hypervisors? Give difference between Type-1 & Type-2 Hypervisors.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3c, Summer 2025 Q3b, Winter 2024 Q3c OR, Summer 2024 Q3b OR, Winter 2023 Q1a, Summer 2023 Q3a

(b)
4 marks

What do you mean by Instruction Set Architecture Level & Hardware Abstraction Layer Level Virtualization?

(c)
7 marksAsked in 4 of 7 papers
List and discuss various types of virtualization?

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q3c OR, Summer 2024 Q3c, Summer 2023 Q2c OR

(a)
3 marksAsked in 5 of 7 papers
What is the motivation behind Live VM Migration.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3c OR, Summer 2025 Q3c, Winter 2024 Q2c OR, Summer 2023 Q3c

(b)
4 marksAsked in 5 of 7 papers
Explain Physical & Virtual Clusters.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q5a, Summer 2025 Q3a, Winter 2024 Q3b, Summer 2023 Q3a OR

(c)
7 marksAsked in 2 of 7 papers
Write a short note on CPU Virtualization

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q2c

Q.4

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Write a short note on The Open Commons Consortium.
(b)
4 marksAsked in 3 of 7 papers
Describe the Identity Management lifecycle.

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q4a, Summer 2023 Q4b OR

(c)
7 marksAsked in 3 of 7 papers
List the Cloud Security Risks and briefly explain each of them.

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q4c, Summer 2023 Q4c OR

(a)
3 marksAsked in 2 of 7 papers
Write a short note on Collaboration as a Service.

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q3c

(b)
4 marksAsked in 6 of 7 papers
Explain in brief about the load balancing in cloud computing.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4a, Summer 2025 Q2a, Winter 2024 Q2a, Winter 2023 Q2a, Summer 2023 Q3b OR

(c)
7 marks
With block diagrams, explain the mechanisms for encrypting data in the Cloud.

Q.5

14 Marks
(a)
3 marksAsked in 4 of 7 papers
What do you mean by Identity and Access Management?

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q5c, Winter 2024 Q5c, Summer 2024 Q5b OR

(b)
4 marksAsked in 4 of 7 papers
Explain service level agreement (SLA) in cloud computing with example

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q4a OR, Winter 2024 Q3b OR, Summer 2024 Q5a

(c)
7 marksAsked in 2 of 7 papers
Discuss Open Stack cloud middleware along with its architecture.

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q5b

(a)
3 marksAsked in 2 of 7 papers
What is Google App Engine? Why it is used?

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q5b OR

(b)
4 marksAsked in 5 of 7 papers
Write a short note on disaster recovery in cloud computing.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q5c, Summer 2025 Q4c OR, Winter 2024 Q4a OR, Summer 2023 Q5c OR

(c)
7 marksAsked in 4 of 7 papers
Define: Eucalyptus. Draw & Explain the architecture of Eucalyptus in brief. .*************

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3b, Summer 2025 Q5a, Winter 2024 Q5c OR

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