Cloud Computing Week 4 NPTEL Assignment Answers 2025

NPTEL Cloud Computing Week 4 Assignment Answers 2024

1. Which of the following statement(s) is/are FALSE for Microsoft Azure Resource Group?

  • (a) It is a logical container
  • (b) It manages Azure resources
  • (c) It deploys web apps, databases, and storage accounts
  • (d) It is a physical container

Answer :- d
✏️ Explanation: Azure Resource Groups are logical containers, not physical. They logically group related resources like databases, VMs, etc., for easier management.


2. Statement 1: Azure supports public cloud platforms.

Statement 2: Azure App Service plan defines security.**

  • (a) Statement 1 is TRUE, Statement 2 is FALSE
  • (b) Statement 2 is TRUE, Statement 1 is FALSE
  • (c) Both statements are TRUE
  • (d) Both statements are FALSE

Answer :- a
✏️ Explanation: Azure does support public cloud. However, the App Service plan defines scaling and pricing, not security.


3. Google Cloud Datastore provides flexible object storage with global edge caching.

  • (a) TRUE
  • (b) FALSE

Answer :- a
✏️ Explanation: Cloud Datastore offers NoSQL object storage and can be scaled globally, often benefitting from Google’s caching infrastructure.


4. Google APIs help to:

  • (a) Scale up the app according to the demand/service requests
  • (b) Integrate Google’s services into the application
  • (c) Migrate the web app to Google Cloud Platform
  • (d) None of the above

Answer :- b
✏️ Explanation: Google APIs allow integration of services like Maps, Gmail, Drive, etc., into your application.


5. Which of the following is/are storage service(s) provided by Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

  • (a) Cloud SQL
  • (b) BigQuery
  • (c) Cloud Datastore
  • (d) Cloud Endpoints

Answer :- a, c
✏️ Explanation:

  • Cloud SQL: Relational database service (storage).
  • Cloud Datastore: NoSQL storage service.
  • BigQuery is an analytics engine (not storage).
  • Cloud Endpoints is an API gateway, not a storage service.

7. In OpenStack, when a VM is terminated, which of the following memory resources are freed?

  • (a) Ephemeral storage
  • (b) Block Storage
  • (c) Persistent Storage
  • (d) RAM

Answer :- a, d
✏️ Explanation:

  • Ephemeral storage is deleted with VM termination.
  • RAM is released.
  • Block and persistent storage are retained unless explicitly deleted.

8. Statement 1: When deploying the Azure app remotely, the login password of the Azure account needs to be entered when the system asks for password.

Statement 2: In Microsoft Azure, a deployment user is required for FTP and local Git deployment to a web app.**

  • (a) Statement 1 is True and Statement 2 is False
  • (b) Statement 1 is False and Statement 2 is True
  • (c) Both are True
  • (d) Both are False

Answer :- b
✏️ Explanation: For deployment, you use a deployment user, not your Azure account password. So, Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.


9. The Azure App Plan has a scale count of ______________ instances.

  • (a) 1 to 10
  • (b) 1 to 100
  • (c) 1 to 50
  • (d) 1 to 20

Answer :- d
✏️ Explanation: Azure App Service plan allows auto-scaling between 1 to 20 instances, depending on pricing tier.


10. While developing a web-app using Google App Engine, the development server should not be kept running when changes are made to the source file.

  • (a) TRUE
  • (b) FALSE

Answer :- b
✏️ Explanation: Google App Engine supports auto-reloading or manual restarts, so you can often keep the dev server running while editing.