- LPU MCA Semester 1
- CAP470
- Unit 7
CAP470 · Unit 7: Cloud application design and collaboration
Calendars, scheduling, task and project management and web-based communication tools
11 practice questions · in the ETE syllabus
Key points
- Calendars, task boards, project charts and communication tools
- Shared documents allow real-time co-editing
- Gantt shows timelines; Kanban shows task states
- Project length is the longest dependent path
Cloud collaboration tools let distributed teams work together through a browser.
| Category | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Calendars and scheduling | Plan meetings, show availability, send invitations | Google Calendar, Outlook |
| Task management | Assign and track work items | Kanban boards such as Trello |
| Project management | Plan timelines and dependencies | Gantt charts |
| Web-based communication | Talk and share | Video conferencing, chat, e-mail, wikis |
| Shared documents | Edit one file together | Google Docs, Microsoft 365 |
A calendar detects a clash when one meeting starts before another ends and ends after the other starts, so 9-11 and 10-12 overlap but 9-11 and 11-12 only touch. Meetings across time zones are stored in UTC and shown locally: 10:00 UTC is 15:30 in India Standard Time (UTC+5:30). A Kanban board shows tasks in columns (to do, in progress, done) and a Gantt chart shows tasks as bars on a timeline. When tasks run in parallel, the project length is the longest dependent path, so tasks of 2 and 3 days in sequence (5 days) with a separate 4-day task give 5 days.
Exam trap: the project length is the longest path, not the sum of all task durations.
Try two questions
Which project management chart shows tasks as bars along a time axis so that overlaps and dependencies are visible?
- Pie chart
- Gantt chart
- Histogram
- Scatter plot
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B. Gantt charts are the standard timeline view in project management.
Why not A: A pie chart shows parts of a whole.
Why not C: A histogram shows a distribution of values.
Why not D: A scatter plot shows two variables against each other.
What is a Kanban board?
- A firewall rule list for network traffic
- A table of encryption keys for a cloud account
- A log of every login to the cloud console
- A board with columns such as to do, in progress and done that shows the state of tasks
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D. Kanban makes work visible by moving cards across columns.
Why not A: A rule list belongs to network security.
Why not B: Keys are managed separately.
Why not C: A login log is an audit record.