SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution)
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur– 603203
DEPARTMENT OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
QUESTIONBANK
VIII SEMESTER
CS8078– GREEN COMPUTING
Regulation–2017
Academic Year 2020–21(Even Sem)
Prepared by
Dr.A.Samydurai, Associate Professor/CSE
Ms.A.Vidhya ,AssistantProfessor/CSE
SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution)
SRMNagar,Kattankulathur– 603203.
DEARTMENTOFCOMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
QUESTION BANK
SUBJECT : CS8078- GREEN COMPUTING
SEM / YEAR: VII/IV
UNIT I - FUNDAMENTALS
SYLLABUS: Green IT Fundamentals: Business, IT, and the Environment –Green
computing: carbon foot print, scoop on power –Green IT Strategies: Drivers,
Dimensions, and Goals – Environmentally Responsible Business: Policies, Practices,
PART A
Q.No Questions BTLevel Competence
1. Define Green computing. BTL1 Remember
2. What are the 3Rs of Green IT? BTL1 Remember
3. Distinguish between EI and BI. BTL2 Understand
4. What the major factors that contribute to carbon emissions in an BTL1 Remember
organization?
5. Point out the specific ways in which a comprehensive Green IT BTL4 Analyze
strategy is benefits an organization.
6. Give the Major IT Area Influencing Environment. BTL2 Understand
7. What is ERBS? BTL1 Remember
8. List four encompassing layers of a comprehensive Green IT BTL1 Remember
vision of an enterprise.
9. Classify the challenges of carbon Economy. BTL4 Analyze
10. Define Carbon foot print. BTL1 Remember
11. Illustrate the concepts of Business intelligence. BTL3 Apply
12. Compare environmental practices that can be incorporated in BTL4 Analyze
green organization.
13. Describe the impact of BI to EI BTL2 Understand
14. Give elements of an ERBS forming the Green Strategies Mix BTL2 Understand
15. Illustrate the Drivers for environmental responsibility of business BTL3 Apply
16. What are the Steps in developing an ERBS? BTL3 Apply
17. Generalize about Green organizational goals to be achieved BTL6 Create
18. h h about
Evaluate li dLeanl Impact on Green . BTL5 Evaluate
19. Generalize your views about Environmentally responsible BTL6 Create
business policies.
20. Define green sustainable policy. BTL5 Evaluate
PART – B
1. Explain with Diagram Information technology influences business, BTL4 Analyze
society, and environment. (13)
2. Give the challenges of carbon economy (13) BTL2 Understand
3. Explain Interplay of business and environment through information BTL4 Analyze
technology. (13)
4. (i) Examine the Green Enterprise Characteristics.(8) BTL3 Apply
(ii) Classify the impact of Business to Environmental Intelligence (6)
5. (i) Explain Green IT Drivers? (7) BTL1 Remember
(ii)Identify the impact of Business to Environmental Intelligence
(6)
6. (i) What are Environmental factors influencing organization’s BTL1 Remember
business strategies over next 3–5 years. (8)
(ii) Describe Green IT Strategies: Range of Impact.(6)
7. Summarize the impact of Green IT policies in three ways (length, BTL2 Understand
breadth, depth). (13)
8. (i).Illustrate Economy, people, processes, and technology BTL3 Apply
dimensions in an ERBS.(8)
(ii).Classify the Drivers and Factors lead to an ERBS. (5)
9. Generalize the concepts of steps Developing an ERBS. (13). BTL6 Create
10.List the Various Green policies that are implemented through BTL1 Remember
practices, and proved through metrics.(13)
11.Explain Coverage of carbon metrics.(13) BTL4 Analyze
12.(i) Summarize KPIs in Green Strategiese . (7) BLT2 Understand
(ii) Give the steps to find actors and goals. (6)
13. Describe and Discuss the importance of consortiums in an 8+ year BTL1 Remember
Green IT strategy. (13)
14. Explain What are the four dimensions a long which an organization BTL5 Evaluate
can transform to a green organization? (13)
PART -C
1. Explain the impact of the Global Financial Crises (GFC) on existing BTL5 Evaluate
or potential green initiatives?
2. Discuss the following KPI Problems BTL6 Create
(i) My organization will reduce 10% over its last year’s energy bill.
This reduction is aimed over next 3 years, at the end of which, we
will review all factors associated with this reduction. (7)
(ii) My organization will reduce production machines operation
hours by 20% via intense focus on idling times of the machines over
the next 3 years. At the end of the 3-year period, all factors
impacting operation and production costs will be reviewed against
3. h i
Design b List and
and (8)discuss any three elements in the mind map of a BTL6 Create
Chief Green Officer.
4. Explain Measuring of Carbon Footprint of Your Organization.(15) BTL4 Analyze
UNIT II - GREEN ASSETS AND MODELING
SYLLABUS: Green Assets: Buildings, Data Centers, Networks, and Devices - Green Business
PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE V Process Management: Modeling, Optimization, and Collaboration –
Green Enterprise Architecture –Environmental Intelligence Green Supply Chains – Green Information
Systems: Design and Development Models.
PART – A
1. Define Green Assets. BTL1 Remember
2. Illustrate the type of assets. BTL3 Apply
3. “The role of green mobile”- Justify. BTL5 Evaluate
4. Discover what is Green Data Centers BTL3 Apply
5. Define Carbon Emitting Bit. BTL1 Remember
6. Analyze the factors influencing Green data center. BTL4 Analyze
7. Generalize your view on Tools used for measuring carbon BTL6 Create
emissions.
8. Summarize the list of Green Process Categories BTL5 Evaluate
9. Analyze the concepts Green business process management (Green BTL4 Analyze
10. Interpret the factors of Green BPM. BTL2 Understand
11. Distinguish between coupling and cohesion. BTL2 Understand
12. When to use Patterns? BTL1 Remember
13. Analyze Green Enterprise Architecture. BTL4 Analyze
14. Define Enterprise architecture (EA). BTL1 Remember
15. Generalize the concepts of responsibility. What are the BTL6 Create
various types of responsibilities?
16. Discuss the benefits VPN. BTL2 Understand
17. Define Green information system(GIS) BTL1 Remember
18. What is Regulatory Standards Portal(RSP) BTL1 Remember
19. Give the Major phases in GIS BTL2 Understand
20. Illustrate SCM BTL3 Apply
PART B
1. (i)What are the major activities relating to the infrastructure assets BTL1 Remember
that has the following carbon repercussions.(8)
(ii) Explain types of Assets (Categories) and Their Impact on the
Environment(5)
2. (i). Explain the Green data center influencing factors.(5) BTL4 Analyze
(ii).Explain in detail A carbon-emitting bit.(8)
3. Demonstrate Polices and Practice of Green P-O-D in the Context BTL3 Apply
of Devices and Peripherals.(13)
4. Generalize your idea on Green Business Process Management.(13) BTL6 Create
5. Explain in detail how can Cloud computing help reduce carbon BTL5 Evaluate
emissions? (13)
6. (i) Give Green Process Categories and their Carbon Impact. (8)
(ii) Discuss the Individual, organizational, and collaborative green BTL2 Understand
processes (5)
7. What is Green BPM? Discuss the role Green BPM plays in the BTL1 Remember
reduction of an organizational carbon footprint. (13)
8. Discuss in detail about Various views of a comprehensive Green BTL2 Understand
enterprise architecture: mapping design .(13)
9. (i) Illustrate Evolving Green Systems Architecture with help of BTL3 Apply
diagram.(8)
(ii) Classify Various aspects of a Green solutions.(5)
hi
10. Examine the(5)environmental intelligence.(13) BTL1 Remember
11. (i) Examine in detail about Deployment diagram for GIS. (7) BTL1 Remember
(ii) Describe the concepts Component diagram for GIS. (6)
12. Discuss in detail about the role of SCM systems in the GEA. (13) BTL2 Understand
13. (i) Explain the Elements of a Green ICT information porta. (7) BTL4 Analyze
(ii) Analyze Supplier Contract Conditions in the Context of
Environmental Intelligence.(6)
14. Analyze the Sequence diagram (dynamic model) for “emissions BTL4 Analyze
check”.(13)
Part C
1. Analyze How an efficient use of Green assets could lead to BTL4 Analyze
reduction in energy consumption?(15)
2. Generalize the concept of reengineering of the processes of a BTL6 Create
digital library.(15)
3. Create a architecture and explain with an Example the Green BTL6 Create
Enterprise Architecture. (15)
4. Draw and explain Use case diagram for green organizational BTL5 Evaluate
portal? (15)
UNIT III - GREEN FRAMEWORK
SYLLABUS: Virtualizing of IT systems –Role of electric utilities, Telecommuting, teleconferencing
and teleporting -Materials recycling –Best ways for Green PC –Green Data center –Green Grid
framework.
PART – A
1. Define Virtualization. BTL1 Remember
2. List out the types of virtualization. BTL1 Remember
3. Express benefits of telecommuting offered to individuals and Understand
BTL2
businesses.
4. Define Telecommuting BTL1 Remember
5. Cl i ?
Express three tips to go Green with your PC BTL2 Understand
6. Illustrate the Some of the big challenges you’re likely to encounter Apply
as you begin to telecommute BTL3
7. Define Environmental Product Environment Assessment BTL6 Create
8. T l(EPEAT)
List ) biggest energy hogs in your computer system.
out the three BTL1 Remember
9. Compare virtualization techniques BTL5 Evaluate
10. Illustrate Formula for data center infrastructure efficiency (DCiE) BTL3 Apply
11. Give the Advantages of using green PC. BTL2 Understand
12. Comparison between Server virtualization and application Analyze
BTL4
virtualization.
13. Analyze the Benefits of Green data center. BTL4 Analyze
14. Generalize the concept of energy usage in data center BTL6 Create
15. Differentiate Telecommuting and Teleconferencing BTL2 Understand
16. Analyze the concepts of Power usage Efficiency(PUE) BTL4 Analyze
17. Summarize the Special virtualization features of IBM systems BTL5 Evaluate
18. Define Green grid. BTL1 Remember
19. Illustrate the concepts Green grid frame work. BTL3 Apply
20. When to use material recycling? BTL1 Remember
PART-B
1. (i) Describe storage Virtualization.(8) BTL1 Remember
(ii) Describe the concepts Client Virtualization .(7)
2. What is Virtualization? Explain Server virtualization in Detail?(13) BTL5 Evaluate
3. Describe how to Assess the greenness of your data center .(13) BTL1 Remember
4. (i)Writedown the Tips to start moving your data center towards BTL1 Remember
green (4)
(ii) Describe how will you Optimize your data center cooling.(9)
5. Design and explain the Green Home Office - Telecomm BTL6 Create
Central.(13)
6. (i) Analyze the concepts of Managing the Challenges of BTL4 Analyze
Telecommuting.(7)
(ii) Explain Establishing expectations in telecommuting.(6)
7. (i) Explain in detail about Understanding How You Use Devices for BTL4 Analyze
green PC .(6)
(ii) Explain in detail about Developing computer habits that save
energy for green PC. (7)
8. (i) Illustrate about “Using your monitor with efficiency in mind” in BTL3 Apply
Green PC .(7)
(ii) Illustrate about “Spotting an energy hog” to make Green PC. (6)
9. (i) Discuss about how energy is used in a data center (7) BTL2 Understand
(ii) Discuss the Environmental laws and the company image in data
center. (6)
10. Discuss about data centre and its uses. (13) BTL2 Understand
11. Illustrate about Green grid frame work. (13) BTL3 Apply
12. (i) Describe in detail about the telecommuting.(8) BTL1 Remember
(ii) Describe briefly about teleconferencing.(5)
13. Differentiate the types of virtualization techniques.(13) BTL2 Understand
14. (i) Analyze the roles of electric utilities.(7) BTL4 Analyze
(ii) Analyze about green PC.(6)
PART-C
1. How IBM Global Technology Services can help with the following BTL6 Create
categories in your move toward having a green data center: (15)
1.Diagnose
2.Build
3.Cool
4.Virtualize and simplify
5.Manage, measure, and enhance
2. Depending on the nature of your job and your position in the BTL5 Evaluate
company, you may need to handle a variety of communication
types, styles, and media .explain this concept based on green
computing detail?(13)
3. (i) Design the steps to Speed up your Internet access to get green BTL6 Create
PC. (8)
(ii) Explain reuse, reduce, recycle in-Making the Case for a New
Purchase.(7)
4. Analyze and discuss about the best way for Green PC. (15) BTL4 Analyze
UNIT IV - GREEN COMPLIANCE
SYLLABUS: Socio-cultural aspects of Green IT –Green Enterprise Transformation Roadmap –Green
Compliance: Protocols, Standards, and Audits –Emergent Carbon Issues: Technologies and Future
PART – A
1. Define green IT’s social impact. BTL1 Remember
2. Define evolving green HR. BTL1 Remember
3. Illustrate the role-based view of green it. BTL3 Apply
4. Compare Green IT’s Social Impact and Green Social Stakeholders BTL5 Evaluate
5. List out the three main categories of green-collar workers. BTL1 Remember
6. Show the Green point method. BTL3 Apply
7. Differentiate the strengths and weaknesses of GET processes. BTL2 Understand
8. Interpret the Issues related to a pilot project. BTL2 Understand
9. Define the green requirements of the business. BTL1 Remember
10. Explain the Corporate Governance and the planning activities in BTL5 Evaluate
relation to enterprise transformation enabled by IT.
11. Differentiate diagnosis phase of End-user efficiencies and diagnosis BTL2 Understand
12. Analyze the domain of climate change and environmental BTL4 Analyze
t i Copenhagen.
13. Define bilit i b i i i d t d ith idl l i BTL1 Remember
14. Analyze the components of the ISO 14001 standard and their BTL4 Analyze
l
15. Design thet notationITof verified and validated in a green audit. BTL6 Create
16. Describe the specific advantages in undertaking Green IT audits BTL2 Understand
ithi
17. Classify the iways
ti in which they can be applied to green audits. BTL3 Apply
18. Analyze the potential for reducing the overall carbon emissions BTL4 Analyze
h i the
19. Generalize d concepts of Environmental intelligence. BTL6 Create
20. List the Future of Green IT in the Four Dimensions. BTL1 Remember
PART – B
1. (i)Compare views of various cross-sections of society on BTL5 Evaluate
environmental initiatives and role-based view of green it. (8)
(ii).Explain the concepts of relative speed of change in green
enterprise transformation.(5)
2. (i) What is green IT influencing working lifestyle? (3) BTL6 Create
(ii) Create green user practices that have social impact.(10)
3. Illustrate the subjectivity in green it arises from differencing BTL3 Apply
priorities of the same individual. (13)
4. (i) Illustrate about personalization of the green context by end-users BTL3 Apply
leads to change in attitude.(7)
(ii).Draw the diagrams for channels of communications in green IT
projects. (6)
5. Describe the diagram and short notes on Green Enterprise BTL1 Remember
Transformation.(13)
6. (i) With short notes on A Green ICT BTL1 Remember
Framework.(3)
(ii) Describe the Applying the four dimensions to GET.(10)
7. Explain about with detail on enterprise and data center an BTL4 Analyze
example.(13)
8. Describe the detail with example of Green Transformation BTL2 Understand
Process.(13)
9. (i) With an example describe notations used in Green IT Project BTL1 Remember
Roles.(5)
(ii) Short notes on Responsibility of GTC, Business Architect and
Variations and Business Architect and Variations. (8)
10. (i)What is the deliverables in a green IT project? (3) BTL2 Understand
(ii) Differentiate the relationship between diagnosing equipment
lifecycle’s carbon efficiencies and diagnosing end-user computing’s
carbon efficiencies an example.(10)
11. Describe the Planning end-user Green IT transformation. (13) BTL1 Remember
12. Discuss about Enterprise IT Data Center Efficiencies with suitable BTL2 Understand
example.(13)
13. (i) What is the Purpose of the ISO 14000:2004 family of standards? BTL4 Analyze
(4)
(ii) How to draw Green ICT—Business and Economic Trends?
Explain. (9)
14. Developed Economies and Developing Economies (BRIC) BTL4 Analyze
Comparison along Four Dimensions.(13)
PART-C
1. (i) Consider the Green HR and Changing Organizational
Structures Explain and detail notes.(10)
a. Organizing the green HR function.
b. Potential mapping of green skills to SFIA levels. BTL5 Evaluate
c. SFIA Skill Set and Green Roles.
(ii) Explain and give the Green Virtual Communities.(5)
2. Assess audits reveal green sophistication of an organization before
and after transformation and An integrated model for auditing Green BTL6 Create
IT systems.(15)
3. Design the areas of Cloud computing that have the potential for
reducing the overall carbon emissions across the industry. Then it
obtains the details of the Emerging technologies landscape and BTL6 Create
Green IT impact and SaaS and cloud computing in Green ICT
strategies with neat sketch.(15)
4. Explain in detail notes on Collaborative Environmental Intelligence
and specific topics of interest and future investigations in relations
with collaborative EI.(15) BTL4 Analyze
UNIT V CASE STUDIES
SYLLABUS: The Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies (ERBS) –Case Study Scenarios
for Trial Runs – calculating the carbon footprint – greening mobile devices - CASE STUDIES –
Applying Green IT Strategies and Applications to a Home, Hospital, Packaging Industry and Telecom
Sector
1. List out the understanding current business scenario in your BTL1 Remember
organization.
2. Describe the term defined by your organization to adopt Green BTL2 Understand
policies.
3. Give the ICT practices have been adopted by your organization. BTL2 Understand
4. Illustrate the practices regarding energy saving data centers and BTL3 Apply
i thet term Compliance audits.
5. Define BTL1 Remember
6. Summarize the basic activities are performed in strategic measures BTL5 Evaluate
for reducing emissions.
7. Define business strategy. BTL1 Remember
8. List of the noteworthy findings from the preliminary Green IT audit BTL5 Evaluate
9. Give the result of the initial green IT audit undertaken by the bank. BTL2 Understand
10. Define carbon footprint. BTL1 Remember
11. Illustrate the overall approach to GET for GoodMead hospital. BTL3 Apply
12. List out the important objectives of GoodMead in undertaking the BTL1 Remember
GET.
13. Analyze as to SWOT analysis of GoodMead hospital. BTL4 Analyze
14. Analyze the key drivers for environmental responsibility for BTL4 Analyze
GoodMead hospital out of the six drivers that drive ERBS.
15. What are the steps in developing a hospital’s ERBS? Illustrate it. BTL3 Apply
16. Generalize the concepts of GET for AuPack packaging. BTL6 Create
17. Give the strategic approach by the CGO. BTL2 Understand
18. Comparison strength and weakness of SWOT for ZeeTel telecom. BTL4 Analyze
19. Generalize the summarizes the overall approach to GET undertaken BTL6 Create
by ZeeTel.
20. What are three major aspects of GET in the context of ZeeTel? BTL1 Remember
PART – B
1. Explain the Strategic Measures for Reducing Emissions and BTL5 Evaluate
Demographic Information for research project Survey.(13)
2. Describe the respondent demographics.(13) BTL2 Understand
3. Explain the Business and Strategy Planning with Respect BTL4 Analyze
to the Environment and Technical Strategy and Planning.(13)
4. Describe the different types of the Result of the Initial Green IT BTL2 Understand
5 (i).List the guidelines for Case Study Scenarios for Trial Runs.(7) BTL1 Remember
(ii). Explain in detail on Environmentally Responsible Business
Strategies (ERBS) Research Project Survey. (6)
6. Illustrate the concepts of Bluewaters Travel Agency Carbon BTL3 Apply
Scenario and OpenAir Airline Carbon Scenario. (13)
7. (i). Sketch the guidelines for Preliminary Green Investigation and BTL3 Apply
Green Business Objectives. (7)
(ii).What are the steps involved to SWOT of GoodMead Hospital ?
Illustrate it. (6)
8. (i) Design the Strategic Concerns of Management? (7) BTL1 Remember
(ii) List out the steps are Steps in Developing a Hospital’s ERBS?(6)
9. Describe the following: BTL1 Remember
(i) Green Transformational Elements. (5)
(ii) The Green Transformation Project (8)
10. Generalize the concept for Green Transformation Project and BTL6 Create
Technology Changes in Hospital. (13)
11. Why AuPack strategic approach and Diagnosis in AuPack?(13) BTL1 Remember
12. Summarize the Applying Mobile Technologies in GET BTL2 Understand
13. (i) Point out the features of Technical Dimension in AuPack. (5) BTL4 Analyze
(ii) Explain about the Enacting GET for ZeeTel. (8)
14. Analyze the GET project for ZeeTel and The Green Transformation BTL4 Analyze
Project. (13)
PART-C
1. Explain with Suggest a crucial/critical action that could be taken by BTL5 Evaluate
your organization to use renewable (Green) energy? What are the
problems faced by an organization in collecting and validating
environmental data (please include comments on methods,
technologies, regulators, agencies, and business partners)? (15)
2. Analyze the two crucial reasons why a business like yours should BTL4 Analyze
adopt environmentally responsible business strategies. How do you
believe emerging technologies (such as mobile, Web x.0, Cloud
computing) should be incorporated in business to help to reduce the
carbon footprint? .(15)
3. Develop the SWOT of GoodMead Hospital, Strategic Concerns of BTL 6 Create
Management and Lessons Learned in Implementing Green IT
Strategies.(15)
4. Develop Case Study in Applying Green IT Strategies and BTL 6 Create
Applications.(15)
