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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 8
TYPE OF QUESTION:MCQ/MSQ
Number ofquestions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

Which of the following service models contains the basic building blocks for cloud IT?
a. IaaS
b. PaaS
c. SaaS
d. None of these
Correct Answer: a. IaaS
Detailed Solution: IaaS contains the basic building blocks such as servers, computing
machines, and operating systems.
See lecture 38 @ 4:31

QUESTION 2:

Software-defined Network (SDN) allows path planning based on service requirements without
depending on core routing policies.
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Path management is one of the features of SDN with allows
planning based on service requirements without depending on core routing policies.
See Lecture 36 @ 3:48

QUESTION 3:

Which of the following is the role of a hypervisor?

a. Create virtual machines

b. Run virtual machines
c. Both create and run virtual machines
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: c. Both create and run virtual machines

Detailed Solution: Hypervisors are responsible for both creating and running virtual machines.
See lecture 38 @ 6:11

QUESTION 4:

Mobi-Flow uses an Order-K Markov predictor for predicting the next location of mobile devices.
What does K refer to in the Order-K Markov predictor?
a. Number of future devices
b. Number of previous states
c. Number of future states
d. Number of previous devices

Correct Answer: b. Number of previous states

Detailed Solution: The K in Order-K Markov predictor represents the number of states
to consider for predicting the next state.

QUESTION 5:

Which of the following cloud computing service models does not need any developmental
intervention from the users/clients and solely depends only on the service providers?
a. IaaS
b. PaaS
c. SaaS
d. All of these
Correct Answer: c. SaaS

Detailed Solution: SaaS service model is completely managed by the service providers
and the users/clients can use the developed software with ease.
See lecture 38 @ 2:21

QUESTION 6:

Arrange the following in the order of evolution:

1. Grid Computing 2. Cloud Computing 3. Utility Computing 4. Cluster Computing

a. 1, 2, 3, 4
b. 4, 3, 1, 2
c. 1, 3, 4, 2
d. 4, 1, 3, 2

Correct Answer: d. 4,1,3,2

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Detailed Solution: The correct order of evolution is: Cluster Computing, Grid
Computing, Utility Computing, Cloud Computing.
See lecture 37 @ 5:10

QUESTION 7:

A group of computing units distributed over a wide area and connected to one another over the
Internet for performing multiple operations (belonging to different tasks) collaboratively is:
a. Grid Computing
b. Cluster Computing
c. Utility Computing
d. None of these
Correct Answer: a. Grid Computing

Detailed Solution: Heterogeneous computing nodes distributed over a wide area to

perform tasks is called grid computing.
See lecture 37 @ 6:32

QUESTION 8:

To estimate one variable with respect to another by formulating mathematical expressions, data
scientists rely on:
a. Correlation
b. Contingence
c. Regression
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Regression

Detailed Solution: Regression is a statistical process for estimating the relationship

among variables by formulating mathematical expressions.

QUESTION 9:

Although cloud computing helps in enabling convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of
resources, it suffers from management overheads due to the complexities of rapid allocation and
release of the pooled resources.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: Cloud computing needs minimal maintenance and supports the rapid
allocation and release of the pooled resources.
See lecture 37 @ 35:13
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QUESTION 10:

Which one of the following is not a deployment model of cloud computing?

a. Public
b. Private
c. Protected
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Protected

Detailed Solution: Deployment models of cloud computing are: Public, Private,

Hybrid, and Community.
See lecture 37 @ 13:27

QUESTION 11:

Which of the following is not a component of cloud computing?

a. Clients
b. Local Servers
c. Services
d. Applications

Correct Answer: b. Local Servers

Detailed Solution: Cloud computing components include clients, services, applications,

platform, storage, and infrastructure.
See lecture 37 @ 23:29

QUESTION 12:

Combination of public and private cloud computing models is:

a. Protected model
b. Community model
c. Multi-cloud model
d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: A combination of public and private cloud computing models is the
hybrid model.
See lecture 37 @ 28:39
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QUESTION 13:

According to the configurations of IoT sensors, which of the following categories is most
appropriate for representing them?
a. Thick client
b. Thin client
c. Fat client
d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Thin client

Detailed Solution: Thin clients include those that are resource-constrained, such as IoT
devices.
See lecture 37 @ 23:29

QUESTION 14:

Which of the following supports usage of heterogeneous hardware?

a. Traditional data centers
b. Cloud computing
c. Both traditional data centers and cloud computing
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Both traditional data centers and cloud computing

Detailed Solution: Both traditional data centers and cloud computing support the
usage of heterogeneous devices for providing services.
See lecture 39 @ 7:22

QUESTION 15:

Which of the following represents similarity between traditional data centers and cloud
computing?
a. Scalability
b. Flexibility
c. Elasticity
d. Storage

Correct Answer: d. Storage

Detailed Solution: Major differences between traditional data centers and cloud
computing include scalability, flexibility, elasticity, automation, running costs, and
security
See lecture 39 @ 11:02

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