Pre-Midterm Assignment
Note: Answer following 20 questions, each in at least 120 words. For good answers, you
must draw diagrams/pictures/Flow-Charts/Tables/Block-Diagrams. 20% marks will be
deducted for 2-5 days late submission. After 5 days submission will result in 40% marks
deduction. Try to complete this assignment before your mid-term exam; it will help you to do
well in mid-term exam. Assignment must be submitted in hand written hard copy.
Submission Due Date: July 31, 2025
1. Discuss how cloud computing offers flexibility and scalability compared to traditional on-
premise infrastructure. Provide practical examples.
2. Differentiate between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud service models. Include one real-world
example for each.
3. How does AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) contribute to secure user access?
Illustrate with one use-case scenario.
4. Contrast IAM roles and IAM users in AWS. In what situations would you prefer using a
role over a user?
5. Explore the purpose of different AWS S3 storage classes. How can they help in optimizing
cost for different workloads?
6. What are the trade-offs between using S3 Standard and S3 Glacier Deep Archive? Suggest
use-cases for each.
7. Explain how AWS Fargate simplifies container orchestration. How does it differ from
traditional container management?
8. Compare the architecture and use-cases of Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS. When would
you choose one over the other?
9. Discuss how AWS networking components (VPC, Subnets, Route Tables) integrate with
CloudFront and Global Accelerator to support highly available applications.
10. Describe how AWS content delivery services reduce latency and improve user experience
for global applications.
11. Identify key benefits of adopting cloud infrastructure in startups or small businesses. How
does pay-as-you-go pricing help?
12. Analyze how Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail support monitoring and
compliance in cloud environments.
13. Describe how Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) enhance availability in
AWS-hosted applications.
14. Discuss the concept of shared responsibility model in AWS. What are the responsibilities
of AWS and what stays with the customer?
15. What are AWS Availability Zones and Regions? How do they contribute to fault
tolerance and disaster recovery?
16. Highlight key differences between on-demand and spot instances in EC2. How does
choosing the right pricing model affect costs?
17. Explain how AWS Route 53 supports both domain registration and DNS-based traffic
routing. What advanced routing policies does it offer?
18. Compare Amazon EBS, EFS, and S3. What are the key differentiating factors in terms of
performance and access patterns?
19. Describe how AWS Lambda can be used in serverless computing. What are its
advantages and typical limitations?
20. Discuss how organizations can combine AWS IAM policies and service control policies
(SCPs) in AWS Organizations to implement fine-grained access control.
