Question Paper Code: X11184
Question Paper Code: X11184
Eighth Semester
(Regulations 2017)
Part – B (5 x 13 = 65 marks)
11. a) Recall and spell about the Green Capability Maturity Model in detail. (13)
OR
b) Show about “Green Enterprise Architecture” with an example that encompasses the (13)
business, technology, process, and people dimensions of an organization.
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12. a) (i) Illustrate the concept of process re-engineering in a simple way from a green (6)
perspective.
(ii) Explain how re-engineering the processes of a digital library happens in the real-
world. (7)
OR
b) Demonstrate the use of UML diagrams to present the following models of green
information systems:
(6)
(i) use case diagram for “emissions benchmark maintenance”.
(7)
(ii) state machine diagram for “class – emission report”.
13. a) Spell the different kinds of tasks to be done at home and the sampling technologies
(13)
that make it all possible.
OR
b) (i) Recall and list the green data center influencing factors. (5)
(ii) List the best ways for Green PC according to your perspective. (8)
14. a) GET process maps to the eight focus areas. Illustrate the statement in detail with an (13)
example.
OR
b) (i) Demonstrate with an example “An integrated model for auditing green IT
(13)
systems”.
(ii) Organize Skills Framework for Information Age (SFIA) and green HR in detail.
15. a) (i) List out the steps involved in developing an ERBS when applying green IT (7)
strategies and applications to a telecommunication sector.
(6)
(ii) List out some of the popular renewable energy sources.
OR
b) Spell the GET and SWOT for a packaging industry. Recall the same with the
(13)
diagram.
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PART C (1 x 15 = 15)
16. a) Recommend with a case study to depict the ways in which a green enterprise
transformation (GET) can be applied for a service organization. For the selected
service organization, briefly explain the following:
(i) the practical aspects of a preliminary green IT audit.
(ii) the green business objectives.
(iii) a high-level SWOT analysis from a GET perspective.
(iv) the use of mobile technologies in optimizing that will result in carbon
savings. (15)
OR
b) Analyze and give recommendations on how green strategies can be implemented in
Homes to make a greener world. Explain about the same in your own perspective. (15)
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CS8078 – Green Computing
UNIT – 1
FUNDAMENTALS
PART – A (2 MARKS)
The study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using and disposing of computing devices,
servers and associated subsystems (such as monitors, printers, or storage devices)efficiently and
effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment.
3. What is ERBS?
A Carbon Foot Print is the amount of greenhouse gases and specifically carbon dioxide emitted
by something during a given period.
5. What is the information required for measuring the carbon foot print?
Facilities
Operations
Transportation
Travel
Purchases
I. Costs
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Economy
Technical
Process
People
o Reuse
o Refurbish
o Recycle
Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases.
o Economic
o People
o Process
o Technology
It is a large green organization which focuses on the environment; it consists of three major areas:
o Green processes
o Green data centers
o Green consortiums.
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Green governance combines EI with lean for data creation and maintenance. It measures the
carbon emission of business.
External
Government policies
Society pressure
Internal
Measuring
Monitoring
Managing
Mitigating
Monetizing
It is defined as a policy that incorporates a ―green‖ factor that helps business to sustain over a
longer period of time.
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22. Mention some renewable energy sources to be encorporated with green policies?
Nuclear
Thermal
Wind
Solar
Biomass
Financial measures.
Customer measures.
Internal business processes.
Learning and growth.
CGO is the most senior person in the organization responsible for green strategies. He/she is
responsible for the development and maintenance of green policies.
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UNIT – 1
FUNDAMENTALS
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CS8078 – Green Computing
UNIT II
PART – A (2 MARKS)
Anything that has social, environmental and or economic value that is owned by an individual,
business, family or community. It includes intangible, non-physical assets, resources and rights.
A Green Data center or sustainable data center is a service facility which utilizes energy efficient
technologies. They do not contain obsolete systems, and take advantage of newer more efficient
technologies.
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The local networks of the organization that are made uo of the physical connections among the
machines and primarily the data center.
8. Define WAN?
The Wide Area Networks of an organization enables communication amongst its desktop and
laptop machines with and beyond its data center.
9. What is Green Business Process Management (GBPM)?
Towards the sustainable enterprise consolidates the global state of the art knowledge about how
business processes can be managed and improved in the light of sustainability objectives.
A green reengineering framework is proposed that establishes a research agenda in the green. It
improves business domain from the information systems, management perspective.
Functional requirements define the basic system behavior, essentially, they are what the system
does or must not do, and can be thought of in terms of how the system responds to inputs.
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Mobility can play a vital role for the sustainability of a business and sustainable business provides
impetus for economic growth as well.
GIS is a system that is dedicated to management of carbon data. Therefore a GIS forms the basics
for measuring. Monitoring and reporting on the carbon data of the organization.
Regulatory portal provides the standard emission value determined by the regulatory body for each
emission type based on the industry and company.
Organizational portal focuses on the capture of emission data and its comparison with the emission
standards.
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UNIT II
4. Explain about Green Enterprise Architecture (GEA) and Green Solution Architecture (GSA)?
i. EI Domain.
ii. Complexities.
iv. EI Mobility.
9. Briefly explain about GIS phases, Requirements design, Implementation and Testing?
11. Explain in detail about GIS package Diagrams and system scope?
12. Discuss in detail about Green Organization Portal (GOP) and Regulatory Standard Portal (RSP)?
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UNIT: III
GRID FRAMEWORK
PART:A(2 Marks)
1. Define Virtualization?
It is the science of emulating a hardware functionality within a software system – creating
a virtual version of a physical systems such as hardware platforms, storage and network
resources.
2. What is the role of hypervisor?
The hypervisor isolates operating systems and applications from the underlying
computer hardware so the host machine can run multiple virtual machines (VM) as guests
that share the system's physical compute resources, such as processor cycles, memory space,
network bandwidth and so on.
3. List out the benefits of Virtualization?
Server Consolidation
Energy consumption
Better availability
Disaster recovery
Recycling is one of the most efficient ways to combat e-waste problem. Also, recycling
helps in bringing down the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the manufacturing of new
products.
9. Define Green Data Center?
Data centres are complex ecosystems that interconnect elements of the information and
communication technology (ICT), electrical and mechanical fields of engineering, and, as
identified within the much cited Global e-Sustainability Initiative, they represent the fastest
growing contributor to the ICT sector’s overall carbon footprint.
10. List out the key elements of data center IT elements infrastructure?
• Server design and server systems development in support of efficient data centre service
provision and the range of service function.
• The role of networking within a data centre
• The role of storage and the types of storage provision.
• The changing shapes of data centre IT platforms through system innovation.
The grid will need to get a lot ―smarter‖ and more flexible, say researchers in America.
A carbon-free power network will have to handle instantaneous shifts in both electricity
supply and demand. That will require major upgrades (read investments) in grid
communications and computer-based control systems to make sure everything works
together.
12. Define the role of Grid Computing?
The core aim of grid computing was to integrate disparate resources across organizational domains
into what became termed virtual organizations. For example, a database server in one domain may be
integrated with a networked cluster in another domain, to form a powerful data analytics platform.
13. What are the six steps in recycling?
The Smart Strip actually senses how much power your computer peripherals use. And when
the Smart Strip senses that you've turned your computer off, it automatically shuts off your
peripherals, too, preventing them from drawing an idle current, which is the current drawn even
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UNIT: 4
GREEN COMPILANCE
TWO MARKS
The social dimension of green enterprise transformation {GET) is a subjective affair that
needs to bring together the tacit knowledge and viewpoints of individuals including the
explicit knowledge stored in database.
Society
Government
Industry
Organization
Business unit
The critical state of the world’s environment, it is crucial to empty all the beneficial
knowledge, technology, and tools that scientists, engineers and other professional can
offer.
i. Business priorities
ii. Personal priorities
iii. Environmental priorities
Green washing is where a firm spends time and money advertising and marketing that their goods
or services are environmentally friendly when, in fact, they are not. In other words, green washing is
the act of making false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service,
technology, etc.
i. Personal
ii. Collaborative
iii. Mobile
iv. Asynchronous
v. Physical
vi. Group
A GET is made up of processes and frameworks. The green enterprise framework provides the ―as
is‖ and ―to be‖ states, whereas the transformation process provides the activities, roles and
deliverables that are employed in reaching that new state.
11. What are the four dimensions of GET?
a. Economic
b. Technical
c. Process
d. Social
Green Transformation is one of the urban transformation processes. It is a system which puts
emphasis on the use of renewable energy sources and green areas for the sustainable future of
cities.
i. Diagnose
ii. Plan
iii. Enact
iv. Review
Green IT Audits are formal, independent, verification and validation of the carbon performance
and carbon reporting of the organization. With increasing legislative demands on carbon reporting,
these Green IT audits play a vital role in establishing the green claims of the organization.
i. Measure
ii. Monitor
iii. Manage
iv. Mitigate
v. Monetize
Data collection
Data analysis
Carbon trends
Carbon compliance
The carbon compliance unit is the maximum permitted amount of CO2 arising from an
organizations heating, cooling, fixed lighting and ventilation systems.
Individual users
Departmental heads
CEO/Chief Green Officer(CGO)
Regulators
Infrastructure
Applications development
Application execution
Reusable data service
22. Define nanotechnologies?
GREEN COMPILIANCE
13/15 MARKS
10. List out the process involved in Skills Framework for Information Age (SFIA) and
Green HR?
12. Discuss how the four phases of green transformation process and their measures change
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UNIT: V
CASE STIDIES
PART-A (2 Marks)
2. List out the terms adopted by your organization to adopt green policies?
3. Give the ICT practices that have been adopted by your organization?
Videoconferencing
Telecommuting
Use of ICT.
i. Diagnose
ii. Plan
iii. Enact
iv. Review
Reduction in carbon emissions across all departments and process of the organization.
Create positive green attitude across the entire staff through Green HR.
containers that in turn are used by other manufactures of goods and products.
i. Sociopolitical Pressure.
ii. Most workers of AuPack are not serious about the environmental issues.
Zeetel is a hypothetical large telecom company operating in the African region. It is responsible for
the core telecom infrastructure in the region, I addition to offering some land based and mobile services.
15. List the noteworthy findings from green IT audit undertaken by bank?
The preliminary Green IT audit reveals that the bank had a significant carbon foot print.
CASE STUDIES
2. List out some of the case study scenarios for trial runs to experiment with their Green IT Strategies?
4. Briefly explain about the guidelines for preliminary green investigation, Green Business Objectives
7. Briefly explain about Telecom Scenario and SWOT for ZeeTel Telecom services?
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