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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 9
TYPE OF QUESTION:MCQ/MSQ
Number ofquestions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

For simplicity, sensor-cloud may be defined as dumping data from sensors to the cloud.
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Sensor-cloud is an enabler for sharing large sensor data among different
groups of consumers using a combine of different physical sensor networks.
See lecture 42 @ 3:00

QUESTION 2:

What is a sink node?

a. Device that transmits data to others
b. Device that relays data to others
c. Device that receives data from others
d. All of these

Correct Answer: c. Device that receives data from others

Detailed Solution: Sink is a centralized unit in a wireless sensor network that receives data from
all other devices.
See lecture 42 @ 4:41

QUESTION 3:

Fill in the blank: The communication between the sink and other sensor nodes ________.
a. May be single hop
b. May be multi hop
c. May be both single and multi hop
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Both single and multi hop

Detailed Solution: The sink nodes may be multiple hops away from the other sensor nodes. The
objective is to finally receive, store, and process the data.
See lecture 42 @ 4:41
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QUESTION 4:

Creation of a software-based abstraction layer from actual hardware is commonly known as:
a. Software-defined network
b. Virtualization
c. Fog computing
d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Virtualization

Detailed Solution: Virtualization is the concept of creating abstractions of the available hardware
using software-based solutions and making them transparently available for the users/consumers.

QUESTION 5:

Which of the following actors is responsible for deploying the sensors around the geographical
region in a sensor-cloud environment?
a. End user
b. Sensor owner
c. Sensor cloud service provider
d. All of these

Correct Answer: b. Sensor owner

Detailed Solution: In sensor-cloud, End users register themselves to receive data from the
sensors; Sensor cloud service providers perform managerial operations; The sensor owners are
responsible for deploying the sensors around the geographical region.
See lecture 42 @ 14:31

QUESTION 6:

For a set of heterogeneous sensor nodes deployed over a geographical region, which of the
following is an efficient way to manage data from each of these sensors?
a. Traditional virtualization techniques
b. Homogeneous sensor deployment
c. Formation of virtual sensor groups
d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Formation of virtual sensor groups

Detailed Solution: Formation of virtual sensor groups helps in logically grouping the sensors
based on type, irrespective of the geographical location they are deployed in.
See lecture 43 @ 14:58
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QUESTION 7:

The process of storing data that is computed earlier and maybe used for future requests from users
in order to save time and resources is known as:
a. Virtualization
b. Virtual sensor group formation
c. Cloud computing
d. Caching

Correct Answer: d. Caching

Detailed Solution: Storage of precomputed data for accessing them easily with lower latency and
conservation of resources is called caching.

QUESTION 8:

In the internal and external cache mechanism, which one is responsible for handling requests from
the end users?
a. Internal cache
b. External cache
c. Both internal and external caches
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Internal cache

Detailed Solution: Internal cache handles the requests from the end users and the external cache
sends data to the internal cache.
See lecture 43 @ 21:08

QUESTION 9:

According to fog computing, which of the following cannot be used as a fog node?
a. Switches
b. Routers
c. Servers
d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: Any type of device that has the capability to connect, store, and perform
computations/operations may be used as a fog node.
See lecture 45 @ 10:26
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QUESTION 10:

What does a fog node do on receiving less time-sensitive data?

a. Perform the operations by itself
b. Forward it to the cloud layer
c. Forward it to an aggregator fog node
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Forward it to an aggregator fog node

Detailed Solution: The fog nodes forward less time-sensitive requests to aggregator fog nodes for
making resources available for time-sensitive ones.
See lecture 45 @ 13:26

QUESTION 11:

Complete the sentence: The fog computing layer logically lies _________
a. On top of cloud layer
b. Between the cloud and user layer
c. Below user layer
d. All of these

Correct Answer: b. In between cloud and user layer

Detailed Solution: The fog computing is logically an intermediate layer between the cloud
and user layers.
See lecture 44 @ 3:53

QUESTION 12:

Complete the sentence: The fog computing platform ________

a. Extend the services of the cloud
b. Replace the services of the cloud
c. Remove the services of the cloud
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Extend the services of the cloud

Detailed Solution: The fog computing paradigm is introduced to complement the services of the
cloud and not to replace it.
See lecture 44 @ 3:53
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QUESTION 13:

Consider a time-sensitive operation and a packet needs 5 hops to reach the cloud. Each hop needs
4 mstime. In case of fog computing, consider the number of hops is limited to 1. If the cloud needs
2 ms to execute the task and the fog needs 4 ms and the results are returned by the same path,
what is the percentage of time saved by fog?

a. 68%
b. 69%
c. 70%
d. 71%

Correct Answer: d. 76%

Detailed Solution:
Total time needed by cloud = transmission + execution + reception times
=> Total time needed by cloud = 5 x 4 + 2 + 5 x 4 = 42 ms
Total time needed by fog = 4 + 4 + 4 = 12 ms
Percentage of time saved = ((42-12)/42) x 100 = 71.42%

QUESTION 14:

Which of the following does cloud computing suffer from?

a. Volume
b. Latency
c. Bandwidth
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: Due to increasing number of user devices in the network, cloud computing
suffers from volume, latency, and bandwidth.
See lecture 44 @ 9:53

QUESTION 15:

Although the number of devices is increasing and the bandwidth is getting congested, Cloud
computing does not suffer from bottlenecks.
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: With increasing demand from the users for cloud resources, it suffers from
congestions leading to bottlenecks.

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