Nepal Police2082 BSQuestion 3 of 8
What is cloud computing? Name its service models.
5 marks
Question source
- Exam year
- 2082 BS / 2025 AD
- Level
- Level 5
- Paper
- Technical – Subjective
- Section
- Section A: Short Answer Questions (6 × 5 = 30 marks)
Model answer
Cloud Computing is the delivery of computing services (servers, storage, databases, networking, software) over the internet ("the cloud") on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Service Models:
- IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) — Provides virtual hardware (servers, storage, networking). Example: AWS EC2, Microsoft Azure VMs.
- PaaS (Platform as a Service) — Provides a platform for developing and deploying applications. Example: Google App Engine, Heroku.
- SaaS (Software as a Service) — Provides ready-to-use software applications. Example: Google Docs, Microsoft 365, Salesforce.