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CEC 605 Cloud Architecture Exam 2026

CEC 605: A 1-page MTech-level Second Semester Examination for Cloud Architecture (CEC605) at the University of Buea College of Technology, Software Engineering option, taught by Kometa, dated --/02/2026 (academic year 2025/2026), 3 hours. Section I (Theoretical Concepts, 30 marks) covers the responsibilities of a Cloud Architect, arguments for SOA, notable VMM/hypervisor platforms, the role of networking in Cloud architecting, NIST's five essential characteristics of Cloud Computing, cloud security governance/risk/compliance measures, the eight fundamental elements of cloud computing services, differences between Cloud and Mobile Cloud Architecture, and orchestration versus choreography. Section II (Applied Knowledge, 40 marks) is an open-ended reflection on a Mini Cloud Computing Group Project covering problem summary, design-to-deployment architecture decisions, and SLA/load-balancing/orchestration/backup-recovery/cost-effectiveness practices, illustrated here with a representative student-result-portal case study.

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University of Buea

College of Technology - COT

Computer Engineering - CET

CEC6052026

Cloud Architecture

Exam · First Semester · Masters

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(i) Assuming you have a grasp of the concepts of this course, what would be your responsibilities as a Cloud Architect? (ii) As a Cloud Architect that you are, what would you advance as substantial arguments for making SOA stand out to be the choice of most developers in today’s Cloud Architecting ecosystem?
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(i) Briefly discuss the most notable VMM platforms in existence that form the basis of many Utility/Cloud Computing environments today.