Friday, 16 February 2024

Imp Questions 10 Marks

 Imp Questions 10 Marks

1 What is meant by green IT? Why is it gaining greater relevance and importance now?

2 What are the features that make cloud computing different from other distributed system

3 Describe the key facilities and IT components within data centres

4 Briefly describe and compare the major system level energy management schemes

5 Explain life cycle of a device or hardware in details

6 What are the key elements of data centre in IT infrastructure

7 Explain the business dimensions for Green IT transformation

8 What are the key metrics for data centre energy efficiency

9 Describe the strengths and weakness of G readiness framework

10 What must business and other organizations that are considering greening their IT do to gain better value from their green IT initiatives

11 Outline the current state development of sustainable IT services

12 Identify the potential risk in implementation of green IT technical project

13 Differentiate between RoHS,REACh and WEEE

14 Describe the quality attributes of Software

15 How can companies implement sustainable IT services development practices

Imp Questions 5 Marks

 Imp Questions 5 Marks

1 What is a green data centre and why should it be on the radar screen for companies?

2 Explain the hierarchy of sustainability models

3 Discuss Primary sustainability dimensions of IT

4 What is difference between strategic thinking and strategic planning

5 What is green washing? Do you think companies engage in it

6 Distinguish between Green and Sustainable

7 Why is there an increasing need for green data storage

8 Which steps are required in developing a Green IT strategy

9 Explain four stages of LCA

10 Discuss the major Green IT and Standard regulations

11 What are the major elements of the value chain

12 Describe 3Rs of green IT

13 Describe the key facilities and IT components within data centres

14 What are the different power states of a hard disk

15 What are the objectives of green networking and communications


Syllabus

 

 

Course Code

Course Name

Teaching Scheme  (Contact Hours)

 Credits Assigned

Theory

Practical

Theory

Practical

Total

ITDO6013

Green IT

03

--

03

--

03

 

Course Code

Course Name

 

Examination Scheme

 

 

Theory Marks

 

Term Work

Practical

Oral

Total

Internal assessment

End Sem.

Exam

Test1

Test 2

Avg. 

ITDO6013

Green IT 

20

20

20

80

--

--

--

100

 

Course Objectives:  

Sr. No.

Course Objectives

The course aims:

1

To understand what Green IT is and How it can help improve environmental Sustainability

2

To understand the principles and practices of Green IT. 

3

To understand how Green IT is adopted or deployed in enterprises.

4

To understand how data centres, cloud computing, storage systems, software and networks can be made greener. 

5

To measure the Maturity of Sustainable ICT world.

6

To implement the concept of Green IT in Information Assurance in Communication and Social Media and all other commercial field. 

 

Course Outcomes: 

 

Sr.

No.

Course Outcomes

Cognitive levels of attainment as per

Taxonomy

On successful completion, of course, learner/student will be able to:

 

1

Describe awareness among stakeholders and promote green agenda and green initiatives in their working environments leading to green movement

L1

2

Identify IT Infrastructure Management and Green Data Centre Metrics for software development

L1,L2

3

Recognize Objectives of Green Network Protocols for Data communication.

L1,L2

4

Use Green IT Strategies and metrics for ICT development.

L1,L2,L3

5

Illustrate various green IT services and its roles.

L1,L2

6

Use new career opportunities available in IT profession, audits and others with special skills such as energy efficiency, ethical IT assets disposal, carbon footprint estimation, reporting and development of green products, applications and services.

L1,L2,L3

 

Prerequisite: Environmental Studies

 

DETAILED SYLLABUS:  

 

Sr. No.

Module

Detailed Content

Hours

CO Mapping

0

Prerequisite

Environmental Studies

2

 

I

Introduction

Environmental Impacts of IT, Holistic Approach to

Greening IT, Green IT Standards and Eco-Labeling, Enterprise Green IT Strategy

Hardware: Life Cycle of a Device or Hardware, Reuse, Recycle and Dispose

Software:         Introduction,    Energy-Saving Software Techniques

 

Self learning Topics: Evaluating and Measuring Software Impact to Platform Power

7

CO 1

II

Software development and data centers

Sustainable Software, Software Sustainability Attributes, Software Sustainability Metrics

Data Centres and Associated Energy Challenges, Data

Centre IT Infrastructure, Data Centre Facility Infrastructure: Implications for Energy Efficiency, Green Data Centre Metrics

 

Self-learning Topics: Sustainable Software: A Case

Study, Data Centre Management Strategies: A Case Study

7

CO 1

CO 2

III

Data storage and communication

Storage Media Power Characteristics, Energy Management Techniques for Hard Disks

Objectives of Green Network Protocols, Green Network

Protocols and Standards

 

Self learning Topics: System-Level Energy Management

6

CO 1

CO 3

IV

Information systems, green it strategy and metrics

Approaching Green IT Strategies, Business Drivers of Green IT Strategy

Multilevel Sustainable Information,

Sustainability Hierarchy Models, Product Level

Information, Individual Level Information, Functional

Level Information, Measuring the Maturity of Sustainable

ICT: A Capability Maturity Framework for SICT,

Defining the Scope and Goal, Capability Maturity Levels

Self learning Topics: Business Dimensions for Green IT

Transformation

6

CO 1

CO 4

 

 

Sustainability    Hierarchy     Models,     Product      Level

Information, Individual Level Information, Functional

Level Information, Measuring the Maturity of Sustainable ICT: A Capability Maturity Framework for SICT,

Defining the Scope and Goal, Capability Maturity Levels

 

Self learning Topics: Business Dimensions for Green IT Transformation

 

 

V

Green IT services and roles

Factors Driving the Development of Sustainable IT, Sustainable IT Services (SITS), SITS Strategic Framework Organizational and Enterprise Greening, Information

Systems in Greening Enterprises, Greening the Enterprise:

IT Usage and Hardware

 

Self learning Topics: Inter-organizational Enterprise Activities and Green Issues, Enablers and Making the Case for IT and the Green Enterprise

6

CO 1

CO 4 CO 5

VI

Managing and regulating green

IT

Strategizing Green Initiatives, Implementation of Green IT, Communication and Social Media

The Regulatory Environment and IT Manufacturers, Nonregulatory Government Initiatives, Industry Associations and Standards Bodies, Green Building Standards, Social Movements and Greenpeace.

 

Self learning Topics: Information Assurance, Green Data

Centers, Case Study: Managing Green IT

5

CO 1

CO 5 CO 6

 

Text Books:

 

1.      San Murugesan, G. R. Gangadharan, Harnessing Green IT, WILEY 1st Edition-2013

2.      Mohammad Dastbaz Colin Pattinson Babak Akhgar, Green Information Technology A Sustainable Approach, Elsevier 2015

3.      Reinhold, Carol Baroudi, and Jeffrey HillGreen IT for Dummies, Wiley 2009

 

References:

 

1.   Mark O'Neil, Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice: An ISEB Foundation Guide, BCS

2.   Jae H. Kim, Myung J. Lee Green IT: Technologies and Applications, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-22178-1

3.   Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas M. Kostigen The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, Springer

 

Assessment:

Internal Assessment (IA) for 20 marks: 

 IA will consist of Two Compulsory Internal Assessment Tests. Approximately 40% to 50% of syllabus content must be covered in First IA Test and remaining 40% to 50% of syllabus content must be covered in Second IA Test

 Question paper format

 Question Paper will comprise of a total of six questions each carrying 20 marksQ.1 will be compulsory and should cover maximum contents of the syllabus

 Remaining questions will be mixed in nature (part (a) and part (b) of each question must be from different modules. For example, if Q.2 has part (a) from Module 3 then part (b) must be from any other Module randomly selected from all the modules)

 A total of four questions need to be answered

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