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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 12
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

Quantitative analysis does not involve descriptive statistics such as mean.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Quantitative analysis involves descriptive statistics such as mean, median and
standard deviation. (Please refer Lecture 56@4:26)

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QUESTION 2:

Fill in the blank.

To perform an ANOVA, we must have a _______ response variable and at least one _____ factor.

a. Discrete, categorical
b. Continuous, quantitative
c. Discrete, quantitative
d. Continuous, categorical

Correct Answer: d. Continuous, categorical

Detailed Solution: To perform an ANOVA, we must have a continuous response variable and at
least one categorical factor. (Please refer Lecture 56@9:24)

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QUESTION 3:

Select the statement(s) that denote the example of dispersion measure.

Statement I: Range, Variable and Standard deviation

Statement II: Range and average absolute deviation

Statement III: Variance, Standard deviation and average absolute deviation

a. Statement I
b. Statement II
c. Statements I, II and III
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Statements I, II, and III

Detailed Solution: The example of dispersion measure includes Range, Variable and Standard
deviation and average absolute deviation (Please refer Lecture 56@13:36)
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QUESTION 4:

The different components of AgriSens includes –

a. Sensor and actuator unit

b. Wireless communication unit
c. Power management unit
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The different components of AgriSens includes sensor and actuator unit,
wireless communication unit, and power management unit. (Please refer Lecture 57@7:44)
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QUESTION 5:

The two most relevant sensors directly used in agricultures are __________.

a. Soil moisture and proximity sensor

b. Soil moisture and water level sensor
c. ECG sensor and water level sensor
d. All of these

Correct Answer: b. Soil moisture and water level sensor

Detailed Solution: Soil moisture and water level sensors are the necessary sensors generally used
in agriculture. (Please refer Lecture 57@13:11)

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QUESTION 6:

The sensor node of AgriSens sense the average soil moisture in ______________.

a. Vegetative phase
b. Reproductive phase
c. Maturity phase
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The sensor node of AgriSens sensed the average soil moisture in vegetative
phase, reproductive phase and maturity phase (Please refer Lecture 57@18:33)

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QUESTION 7:

Select the correct order of the component layers present in the IoT healthcare.

a. Sensing layer, cloud platform layer, aggregated layer, processing layer

b. Sensing layer, aggregated layer, processing layer, cloud platform layer
c. Aggregated layer, sensing layer, processing layer, cloud platform layer
d. Sensing layer, processing layer, aggregated layer, cloud platform layer

Correct Answer: b. Sensing layer, aggregated layer, processing layer, cloud platform layer

Detailed Solution: The sensing layer senses data and transmit it o the aggregation layer where the
data are aggregated. The aggregated layer further transfers the data to the processing layer the data
are processed and final sent to the cloud platform. (Please refer Lecture 58@8:25)
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QUESTION 8:

Which of the following communication protocol is used in AmbuSens?

a. IEEE 802.15.4
b. 6LoWPAN
c. IEEE 802.15.1
d. IEEE 802.15.2

Correct Answer: c. IEEE 802.15.1

Detailed Solution: In AmbuSens, the communication protocol used is Bluetooth i.e., IEEE
802.15.1 (Please refer Lecture 58@22:09)
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QUESTION 9:

Wireless IoT driven solutions for remote healthcare facility provisioning brings healthcare to
patients than bringing patients to healthcare.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: In IoT healthcare, wireless IoT driven solutions brings healthcare to patients
than bringing patients to healthcare. (Please refer Lecture 58@11:40)
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QUESTION 10:

Fill in the blank. The physical activity tracking is a necessary component for _____________.

a. Activity monitoring
b. Vehicle monitoring
c. Agriculture monitoring
d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. Activity monitoring

Detailed Solution: The physical activity tracking is a necessary component for activity
monitoring (Please refer Lecture 59@6:39)
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QUESTION 11:

Which of the following handheld devices are used for activity monitoring?

a. EEG and GPS

b. Accelerometer and EEG
c. Accelerometer and GPS
d. All of these

Correct Answer: c. Accelerometer and GPS

Detailed Solution: High end smartphones are likely to have accelerometer, compass, and
gyroscope. (Please refer Lecture 59@15:29)

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QUESTION 12:

Which of the following is the primary disadvantage of using camera-based activity tracking?

a. Accurate
b. Process intensive
c. Expensive
d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Process intensive

Detailed Solution: Camera based activity tracking is very much process intensive. (Please refer
Lecture 59@17:43)

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QUESTION 13:

By performing continuous monitoring of a person’s activity, it is not possible to observe his/her

behavior or to identify any repetitive pattern in his/her day-to-day activity.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Continuous monitoring of activity results in daily observations of human

behavior and repetitive patterns in their activity. (Please refer Lecture 59@14:33)

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QUESTION 14:

Which of the following are the inbuilt sensors that are present in high end smartphones?

a. ECG and EEG

b. Accelerometer, proximity sensor, and EEG
c. Accelerometer, Compass and Gyroscope
d. Pressure sensor and NPK sensor

Correct Answer: c. Accelerometer, Compass, and Gyroscope

Detailed Solution: High end smartphones are likely to have accelerometer, compass, and
gyroscope. (Please refer Lecture 60@2:28)

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QUESTION 15:

Fill in the blank. Processing the handheld activity device data with artificial intelligence can be
used for ________.

a. Fall detection
b. Heart rate detection
c. Vehicle detection
d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. Fall detection

Detailed Solution: Processing the handheld activity device data with artificial intelligence can be
used for detecting sudden fall of a person. (Please refer Lecture 60@11:56)
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