Multiple choice Questions and Answers on PaaS Application Frameworks of Cloud Computing for Freshers

1. Application frameworks provide a means for creating ________ hosted applications using IDE.

a) PaaS
b) SaaS
c) CaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: PaaS IDEs run the gamut from a tool that requires a dedicated programming staff to create and run to point-and-click graphical interfaces.

2. Point out the correct statement :

a) Drupal is used in major Web sites and organizes vast amounts of information
b) Fourspace is often associated with blogging tools
c) FourSquare works with photos, imports information from other social tools, and allows very attractive Web sites to be created by average users
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Drupal is extensively used and has broad industry impact, and it is a full-strength developer tool.

3. Which of the following is based on the notion of information management and organization ?

a) CMS
b) DMS
c) MIS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Notion of a Web site as a CMS adds a number of special features to the concept that includes rich user interaction, multiple data sources and extensive customization.

4. Which of the following environment best describes WorkXpress ?

a) 3GL
b) 4GL
c) 5GL
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: 5GL environments have no programming requirement and you can host your application anywhere.

5. Point out the wrong statement related to common characteristics of SOA :

a) They separate data-handling from presentation (user interface)
b) They support the incorporation of business rules, logic, and actions
c) They support packaging and deployment of applications
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: These services differ in which language they use, support for different rendering technologies, and in other features.

6. Which of the following module feature is provided by Drupal CMS ?

a) Traffic management
b) OpenID authentication
c) User interface creation tools
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: The Drupal core by itself contains a number of modules.

7. Which of the following programming language solves problems by acting on constraints and inputs ?

a) 3GL
b) 4GL
c) 5GL
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: Force.com uses 4GL programming language environment.

8. ___________ PaaS application delivery platform creates SOA applications that work on several different IaaS vendors.

a) AppOne
b) Eccentex AppBase
c) Ez Publish
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Eccentex is a Culver City, California, company founded in 2005 that has a PaaS development platform for Web applications.

9. Which of the following AppBase tool allows you to assign access rights to different objects in the system ?

a) Security Roles Management
b) Dashboard Designer
c) Report Builder
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Security roles can be assigned in groups without users, and users can be added later as the application is deployed.

10. Which of the following should be replaced with question mark in the figure ?

a) CaaS
b) SaaS
c) IaaS
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: A good PaaS system has certain desirable characteristics that are important in developing robust,scalable, and hopefully portable applications.

11. Which of the following layer of Wolf platform architecture is depicted in the following figure ?

a) upper
b) middle
c) lower
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: In Wolf, the data and transaction management conforms to the business rules you create.

12. Point out the correct statement :

a) SquareSpace is used in major Websites and organizes vast amounts of information
b) LongJump creates browser-based Web applications that are database-enabled
c) LongJump extends Python and uses a Model-View-Controller architecture (MVC) for its framework
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: LongJump comes with an Object Model Viewer.

13. Which of the following instrumentation tool displays the real-time parameters of your application in a visual form in AppBase?

a) Security Roles Management
b) Dashboard Designer
c) Report Builder
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Applications that you create are deployed with the AppBase Application Revision Management console.

14. Which of the following lets you sort, aggregate, display, and format report information based on the data in your application?

a) Presentation Builder
b) Dashboard Designer
c) Report Builder
d) Business Objects Build

Answer: c

Explanation: The applications you create in AppBase may be integrated with Amazon S3 Web Services (storage).

15. Point out the wrong statement:

a) LongJump comes with a security policy engine that has user and group privileges
b) Squarespace lets you create beautiful hosted Websites with a variety of capabilities with visual tools alone
c) LongJump is WYSIWYG editor
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: The applications are built using visual tools and deployed on the hosted infrastructure.

16. Which of the following object database has the ability to create rich data objects and create relationships between them?

a) Presentation Builder
b) Business Objects Build
c) Business Process Designer
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Presentation builder allows you to drag and drop visual controls for creating Web forms and data entry screens and to include the logic necessary to automate what the user sees.

17. Which of the following technologies are used in LongJump’s PaaS?

a) REST
b) SOAP
c) Java
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: Its development environment is based on Java and uses REST/SOAP APIs.

18. Which of the following is a WYSIWYG web builder?

a) WaveMaker
b) Eccentex AppBase
c) Ez Publish
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: WaveMaker is a visual rapid application development environment for creating Java-based Web and cloud Ajax applications.

19. ___________ tool is used to create business logic for your application.

a) Presentation Builder
b) Business Objects Build
c) Business Process Designer
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: With it, you can manage workflow, integrate modules, create rules, and validate data.

20. Which of the following architecture is shown in the following figure ?

a) AppOne
b) AppBase
c) AppSquare
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: AppBase includes a set of different tools for building applications.