FYBSC IT ( SEM 2) IMP QUESTIONS GREEN COMPUTING
UNIT 1
What are the steps involved for Measuring of carbon
footprint?
What is carbon footprint? Briefly explain how to compute
company’s carbon footprint?
How hardware deployments can affect the environment?
Write a note on Equipment Disposal.
What are the steps taken by JAPAN for managing their own
e-waste problem?
What are the Basel Action Network functions?
Write a short note on Basel Action Network.
Explain any five e-waste laws of states in US.
List and explain the various toxins present in computer
systems.
Discuss about cost saving in power consumption by desktops
and data centres.
Write a short note on United Nation’s solving the E-waste
Problem (Step).
Discuss the European Union’s e-waste management WEEE and its
RoHs directives.
Explain how green computing effect on cost saving.
How hardware deployments can affect the environment?
Mention the steps taken by CHINA in managing their own
e-waste problem?
What StEP stands for? Explain objectives of StEP
What is Green IT? What are motives behind Green IT
practices?
Write down the advantages of reusing equipment?
Write a short note on RoHS.
UNIT 2
Write a note on Data De-Duplication and Virtualization.
Explain MAID and RAID.
What is polling? Give example.
List and explain the issues regarding power consumption and
cooling costs.
Explain Hot Aisle (path)/Cold Aisle and Raised Floors.
List and explain datacentres design and decision making
issues
Explain the features and hardware specification of NORHTEC and
EXCITO.
How can you minimize excessive power output from wireless
devices?
Explain the ways of reducing power consumption in storage.
How to calculate cooling requirement of a system? Explain
using suitable example.
Write a note on cooling optimization by data centre design.
Explain any two best practices that can help optimize the
airflow around servers
How computer monitor settings save energy?
How to achieve proper humidity levels?
How to prevent Recirculation of Equipment Exhaust?
State the advantages of custom centralized air-handling
system.
Explain any two ways to reduce power usage
Explain any two low cost devices for checking power on
workstations
What is economizer? What are its different types? Explain
any one.
Explain how cooling needs are calculated.
What are different ways to optimize the airflow around
servers and networking?
Equipment? Explain any two of them
UNIT 3
List and explain decision making pyramid with its levels.
Which things are necessary for environmentally preferable
purchasing plan?
How to find out which products have low levels of toxins?
Which things are needed to go paperless in organization?
What is the use of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
List its features.
What is Value Added Network? Give its benefits.
Briefly explain steps in setting up a telecommuting program.
Write a note on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Plan.
List the tips to keep water usage under control. List the
issues to prevent wasted water.
Write a short note on intranet.
What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
What are the advantages and obstacles in using EDI in an
organization?
What are the ways to control the use of water in
organisation?
Which things are necessary for evaluating suppliers for
their level of environmental responsibility?
Describe intranet? How to build it?
What is Telecommuting? Explain in brief.
Which things are needed to go paperless in organization?
Write a note on PDA and Tablet PC.
What are different issues that should be considered to know
your supplier?
How the issue of CO2 emission is dealt with at different
levels of the decision making pyramid.
What are different monitoring ideas?
Write down different reasons for using PDF for paperless
documentation.
What is intranet? What are different components that are
required for building intranet?
What is EDI? Write down advantages and problems of EDI.
UNIT 4
Explain the recycling problems in China and Africa.
How to determine the system’s long life?
Which are benefits to leasing the equipment?
Write a short note on Electronic Product Environmental
Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certification.
What is Blade server? Give its benefits.
What is the use of Remote Desktop? Explain its components.
What is refurbishing? What is commercial and non-commercial
refurbishing?
Briefly explain the phases of a computer product’s life
cycle.
How to clean a hard drive?
Write a note on energy star program for computers.
Explain benefits and features of blade server.
How to configure a remote desktop server?
List various ways to clean a hard drive. Explain any two.
Write a short note on refurbishing.
Give advantages and disadvantages of buying equipment’s.
Explain how remote desktop server is configured.
Explain Restriction of Hazardous Substances certification.
Define and explain the terms packaging and Toxins with respect to Hardware Considerations.
UNIT 5
How CRM segregate the people of organization in group?
What are the steps involved for good green procurement
program?
Explain characteristics of Software as a Service.
Explain transitioning four-step process.
Write a note on SMART goals.
Which steps are involved to conduct energy audit?
How BI tools and MS SQL Server are useful in order to
measure and track data?
Write a note on Customer Relationship Management. Explain
its technology components.
What is Green Procurement?
Write a note on SMART Goals.
Explain the role of Chief Green Officer?
What is baseline data, benchmarking and data analysis in
equipment check-up.
List and explain tools used for measuring and tracking our
data.
What is the difference between Application Service Providers
and Software as a Service?
Which area needs to be updated in organization to reduce the
amount of waste?
Explain characteristics of Software as a Service.
Describe the work of Chief Green Officer.
List and explain key strategies to review action plan.