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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 1

TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ

Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

IoT stands for ____________.

a. Internet of Tasks
b. Internet of Tuples
c. Internet of Things
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Internet of Things

Detailed Solution: The full form of IoT is “Internet of Things”

See lecture 1 (Introduction to IoT – Part - I) @ 1:30

QUESTION 2:

Which of the following technologies have unified and has resulted in the evolution of IoT?

a. High-power embedded systems

b. Super Computing
c. Engine Technology
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these
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Detailed Solution: Unification of technologies which has resulted in the advancement of

IoT are –

a. Low-power embedded systems

b. Cloud Computing
c. Big Data
d. Machine Learning
e. Networking
See lecture 1 (Introduction to IoT – Part - I) @ 5:54

QUESTION 3:

Which of the following are the enables of IoT?

a. RFID
b. Nanotechnology
c. Sensors
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The enables of IoT are –

a. RFID
b. Nanotechnology
c. Sensors
d. Smart Networks

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - I) @ 12:50

QUESTION 4:
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Which of the following is NOT a function of an IoT Gateway?

a. Connects the IoT LAN to a WAN

b. Can implement several LAN and WAN
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) Nor (b)

Correct Answer: d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Detailed Solution: The functionalities of an IoT Gateway are –

a. Connects the IoT LAN to a WAN
b. Can implement several LAN and WAN
c. Forwards packets between LAN and WAN on the IP layer

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 3:09

QUESTION 5:

State whether the following statement is True or False.

Statement: “The ITU vision is approaching reality as the present-day networked devices
have outnumbered humans on earth.”

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: The ITU vision is approaching reality as the present-day networked
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devices have outnumbered humans on earth.

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 02:35

QUESTION 6:

State True or False.

Statement: “In Multi-homing, a node/network is connected to multiple networks for

improved reliability.

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: In multi-homing, a node/network is connected to multiple networks for

improved reliability.

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 15:22

QUESTION 7:

Which of the following are the features of an IoT Gateway?

a. A router connecting IoT LAN and WAN to Internet

b. Can implement several LAN and WAN
c. Forwards packets between LAN and WAN
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The following are the features of an IoT gateway –

 A router connecting IoT LAN and WAN to the Internet

 Can implement several LAN and WAN
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 Forwards packets between LAN and WAN

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 04:00

QUESTION 8:

State True or False.

Statement: “IoT Proxy performs active application layer functions between IoT nodes and
other entities.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: IoT Proxy performs active application layer functions between IoT
nodes and other entities.

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 04:00

QUESTION 9:

The Gateway has a ____________ address prefix, which can be used to identify them
globally.

a. Non-unique
b. Unique
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: b. Unique

Detailed Solution: The Gateway has a unique address prefix, which can be used to identify
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them globally.

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 07:00

QUESTION 10:

The IPv4 notation uses ___________________ number of bits to represent an address.

e. 33
f. 32
g. Both (a) and (b)
h. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: b. 32

Detailed Solution: The IPv4 notation uses 32 bits to represent an address.

See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 16:33

QUESTION 11:

The “Destination Address” field in the IPv4 header is of __________ bits in length.
a. 32
b. 64
c. 128
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. 32

Detailed Solution: The IPv4 uses 32 bits to represent the “Destination Address”.
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See lecture 2 (Introduction to IoT – Part - II) @ 17:53

QUESTION 12:

We can sense temperature using _____________?

a. An actuator
b. A Transducer
c. A processor
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: We can sense temperature using a Sensor.

See lecture 3 (Sensing) @ 01:00

QUESTION 13:

State True or False.

Statement: “A sensor is not only sensitive to the measured property, but it also influences
the measured property.”

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: A sensor is only sensitive to the measured property. It does not
influence the measured property.
.
See lecture 3 (Sensing) @ 12:11
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QUESTION 14:

Based on the output, sensors are classified as _______________________.

a. Scalar and Vector

b. Analog and Digital
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: b. Analog and Digital

Detailed Solution: Based on the output, sensors are classified as Digital and Analog.

See lecture 3 (Sensing) @ 13:05

QUESTION 15:

What is the full form of SMP in the context of IoT actuators?

a. Shape Master Polymers

b. Switch Mode Power
c. Sensor Making Polymer
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: The full form of SMP is Shape Memory Polymers.

See Page number – 111, Chapter - 5, Book - Introduction to IoT, Authors – Sudip Misra,
Anandarup Mukherjee, and Arijit Roy, Publisher – Cambridge University Press, Edition – 1
(2021)
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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 2

TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ

Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

Based on functionality, MQTT is a _______ protocol.

a. Transport
b. Data
c. Semantic
d. None of these
Correct Answer: b. Data

Detailed Solution: MQTT is a Data Protocol.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 01:30

QUESTION 2:

MQTT is a ___________-based lightweight protocol for use in conjunction with TCP/IP

protocol.
a. Client-Server
b. Publish-Subscribe
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
Correct Answer: b. Publish-Subscribe
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Detailed Solution: MQTT, is a publish-subscribe-based lightweight protocol for use in

conjunction with TCP/IP protocol.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 02:12

QUESTION 3:

A ____________ controls the publish-subscribe messaging pattern in MQTT.

a. Publishers
b. Subscribers
c. Broker
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Broker

Detailed Solution: A Broker controls the publish-subscribe messaging pattern in MQTT.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 03:31

QUESTION 4:

State True or False.

Statement: “In MQTT, the Publishers are Lightweight Sensors.”

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: In MQTT, the Publishers are lightweight sensors.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 04:49
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QUESTION 5:

Which of the following is MQTT designed for?

a. Remote connections
b. Limited bandwidth
c. Small code footprint
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: MQTT is designed for –

a. Remote connections
b. Limited bandwidth
c. Small code footprint

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 03:23

QUESTION 6:

A __________ to which a client is subscribed is updated in the form of messages and

distributed by the ____________.

a. Topic, Message Broker

b. Message Broker, Topic
c. Message Broker, Message Broker
d. Topic, Topic

Correct Answer: a. Topic, Message Broker

Detailed Solution: A topic to which a client is subscribed is updated in the form of

messages and distributed by the message broker.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 04:00

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QUESTION 7:

There are _______ number of methods in MQTT protocol.

a. 5
b. 4
c. 6
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. 5

Detailed Solution: There are 5 number of methods in MQTT protocol.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 05:49

QUESTION 8:

State True or False.

Statement: “Publish/Subscribe in MQTT is event-driven and enables messages to be
pushed to clients.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Publish/Subscribe in MQTT is event-driven and enables messages to be

pushed to clients.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 08:32

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QUESTION 9:

SMQTT stands for?

a. Secure MQTT
b. Safe MQTT
c. Safety in MQTT
d. Stored MQTT

Correct Answer: a. Secure MQTT

Detailed Solution: SMQTT stands for Secure MQTT.

See lecture 6 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part II) @ 14:10

QUESTION 10:

Similar to HTTP, CoAP utilizes which of the following for operation?

a. GET
b. PUT
c. PUSH
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: Similar to HTTP, CoAP utilizes GET, PUT, PUSH, DELETE message
requests to retrieve, create, update, and delete, respectively.

See lecture 7 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part III) @ 08:24

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QUESTION 11:

State True or False.

Statement: “The CoAP protocol is a Client-Server interaction-based protocol that is

asynchronous over a datagram-oriented transport protocol such as UDP.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: The CoAP protocol is a Client-Server interaction-based protocol that is

asynchronous over a datagram-oriented transport protocol such as UDP.

See lecture 7 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part III) @ 00:30

QUESTION 12:

What is the full form of M2M in the context of IoT protocol?

a. Message to Message
b. Man to Message
c. Message to Man
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: M2M stands for Machine to Machine.

See lecture 7 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part IV) @ 0:30

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QUESTION 13:

What is the basic unit of data in the AMQP protocol?

a. Chunk
b. Byte
c. Slit
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: In AMQP, the basic unit of data is called a frame.

See lecture 8 (Basics of IoT Networking – Part IV) @ 0:41

QUESTION 14:

State True or False.

Statement: “The OSI model has 9 layers.”

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: The OSI model is a conceptual framework that divides any networked
communication system into seven layers.

See Page number – 10, Chapter - 1, Book - Introduction to IoT, Authors – Sudip Misra,
Anandarup Mukherjee, and Arijit Roy, Publisher – Cambridge University Press, Edition –
1 (2021)
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QUESTION 15:

The “Destination Address” in the IPv4 packet represents which of the following?

a. The destination node address of the packet

b. The intermediate hop in the network
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: a. The destination node address of the packet

Detailed Solution: The “Destination Address” in the IPv4 packet represents the address of
the destination node in the network.
See Page number – 18, Chapter - 1, Book - Introduction to IoT, Authors – Sudip Misra,
Anandarup Mukherjee, and Arijit Roy, Publisher – Cambridge University Press, Edition – 1
(2021)

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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 3
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

State True or False.

Statement: “Wireless HART is the latest release of Highway Addressable Remote
Transducer protocol.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: WirelessHART is the latest release of Highway Addressable Remote
Transducer protocol.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 01:42

QUESTION 2:

State True or False.

Statement: “Wired HART does not have a network layer.”

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
Detailed Solution: Wired HART does not have a network layer.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 04:25

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QUESTION 3:

Wireless HART physical layer is derived from ______________ protocol?

a. 802.15.4
b. 802.15.2
c. 802.15.3
d. 802.15.6

Correct Answer: a. 802.15.4

Detailed Solution: WirelessHART physical layer is derived from 802.15.4 protocol.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 06:00

QUESTION 4:

Wireless HART operates only in __________ GHz ISM band.

a. 3.7
b. 4.8
c. 4.8
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these
Detailed Solution: HART operates only in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 06:00

QUESTION 5:

Wireless HART employs and exploits __________ channels of the ISM band to increase
reliability.
a. 13
b. 4
c. 2
d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

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Detailed Solution: WirelessHART employs and exploits 15 channels of the ISM band to
increase reliability.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 06:00

QUESTION 6:

State True or False.

Statement: “Channel blacklisting identifies channels consistently affected by

interference and adds them from use again.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Channel blacklisting identifies channels consistently affected by
interference and removes them from use.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 07:05

QUESTION 7:

The Wireless HART incorporates ____________ and ____________ to increase the

reliability and security of the network.
a. Channel hopping and Channel Blacklisting
b. Channel Aggregating and Frequency Aggregating
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: a. Channel hopping and Channel Blacklisting

Detailed Solution: The WirelessHART incorporates Channel hopping and channel

blacklisting to increase the reliability and security of the network.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 07:30

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QUESTION 8:

State whether the following statement is True or False

Statement: “Wireless HART protocol relies on Mesh Networking for its communication,
and each device is primed to forward packets from every other device.”.
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: WirelessHART protocol relies on Mesh Networking for its
communication, and each device is primed to forward packets from every other device.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 09:00

QUESTION 9:

State True or False.

Statement: “ZigBee protocol does not feature channel hopping at all.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: ZigBee protocol does not feature channel hopping at all.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 14:55

QUESTION 10:

NFC is designed for use by devices within ________________ to each other.

a. Close proximity
b. Anywhere on the globe
c. A small building
d. None of these
Correct Answer: a. Close proximity
Detailed Solution: NFC is designed for use by devices within close proximity to each
other.
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See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 17:47

QUESTION 11:

NFC are of ________ types?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 1
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. 2
Detailed Solution: NFC are of 2 types.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 18:47

QUESTION 12:

State True or False.

Statement: “Smartphones are an example of active NFC devices.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Smartphones are an example of active NFC devices.

See lecture 11 (Connectivity Technologies-III) @ 18:47

QUESTION 13:

Bluetooth technology is based on _________________.

a. HART
b. ZigBee
c. Ad-hoc piconets
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Ad-hoc piconets
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Detailed Solution: Bluetooth technology is based on Ad-hoc piconets.

See lecture 12 (Connectivity Technologies-IV) @ 02:30

QUESTION 14:

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Statement: The Link Manager Protocol in Bluetooth manages the establishment,

authentication, link configuration.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
Detailed Solution: The Link Manager Protocol in Bluetooth manages the establishment,
authentication, link configuration.

See Page number – 157, Chapter - 7, Book - Introduction to IoT, Authors – Sudip Misra,
Anandarup Mukherjee, and Arijit Roy, Publisher – Cambridge University Press, Edition – 1
(2021)

QUESTION 15:

Zigbee commonly uses __________data rate.

a. 250 Mbps
b. 260 kbps
c. 260 Mbps
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these
Detailed Solution: Zigbee commonly uses a 250 kbps data rate.

See Page number – 131, Chapter - 7, Book - Introduction to IoT, Authors – Sudip Misra,
Anandarup Mukherjee, and Arijit Roy, Publisher – Cambridge University Press, Edition – 1
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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 4
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Statement: Coverage in WSN is defined as the entire area is covered satisfactorily.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Coverage in WSN is defined as the area-of-interest is covered

satisfactorily.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 01:44

QUESTION 2:

State True or False.

Statement: “In Wireless Sensor Network coverage, we study how to deploy or activate
sensors to cover the monitoring area.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: In Wireless Sensor Network coverage, we study how to deploy or
activate sensors to cover the monitoring area.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 02:00

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QUESTION 3:

Water reservoir overflow monitoring in WSN is an example of which type of reporting?

a. Event driven
b. On-demand
c. Scattered
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Event driven

Detailed Solution: Water reservoir overflow monitoring in WSN is an example of event

driven reporting.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 08:13

QUESTION 4:

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Statement: Objective of coverage in WSN is to use minimum number of sensors and

minimize network lifetime.

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: The objective of coverage in WSN is to use minimum number of
sensors and maximize the network lifetime.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 08:47

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QUESTION 5:

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Statement: “Sensor nodes in WSN can be of two types – 1. Static sensor nodes, and 2.
Mobile sensor nodes.”

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Sensor nodes in WSN can be of only two types – 1. Static sensor nodes,
and 2. Mobile sensor nodes.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 02:00

QUESTION 6:

An inventory control system is an example of ___________?

a. Event-driven reporting
b. On-demand reporting
c. No sensing and reporting involvement
d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. On-demand reporting

Detailed Solution: An inventory control system is an example of On-demand reporting.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 08:40

QUESTION 7:

Most problems in static WSN can be classified as -

a. Area coverage
b. Barrier coverage
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
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Correct Answer: c. Both (a) and (b)

Detailed Solution: Most problems in static WSN can be classified as -

a. Area coverage

b. Point coverage

c. Barrier coverage

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 11:30

QUESTION 8:

What are the disadvantages of Stationary WSN?

a. Node failure may result in the partition of networks
b. Topology cannot be changed automatically
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: c. Both (a) and (b)

Detailed Solution: The disadvantages of Stationary WSN are -

a. Node failure may result in the partition of networks
b. Topology cannot be changed automatically

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 00:52

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QUESTION 9:

State True or False.

Statement: “MANET-infrastructure less network of mobile devices connected wirelessly

in WSN follow the self-HOP properties.”
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: MANET-infrastructure-less network of mobile devices connected

wirelessly in WSN follow the self-HOP properties.

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 04:44

QUESTION 10:

In Mobile WSN, the Data Mules

a. Collect the data from sensor nodes
b. Goes to the sink and delivers the collected data
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: c. Both (a) and (b)

Detailed Solution: In Mobile WSN, the Data Mules

a. Collect the data from sensor nodes
b. Goes to the sink and delivers the collected data

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 07:15

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QUESTION 11:

__________ senses different under the sea or water level parameters.

a. UAV
b. AUV
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: b. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Detailed Solution: AUV senses different under the sea or water level parameters.

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 08:35

QUESTION 12:

Humans carry their devices and move around. Sensors embedded within the devices
record readings. Sensory readings are then transmitted for processing.
This paradigm of sensing is known as –
a. Machine Centric Sensing
b. Device Centric Sensing
c. Human Centric Sensing
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Human Centric Sensing

Detailed Solution: Humans carry their devices and move around. Sensors embedded within
the devices record readings. Sensory readings are then transmitted for processing.
This paradigm of sensing is known as Human Centric Sensing.

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 11:37

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QUESTION 13:

State True or False.

Statement: “Energy of Devices and Participant selection are two major problems in Human
Centric Sensing.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: The following are the challenges in human-centric sensing -
a. Energy of devices
b. Participant selection
c. Privacy of users
See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 12:45

QUESTION 14:

Which of the following network topologies is used in UAV networks?

a. Mesh
b. Star
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: a. Both (a) and (b)

Detailed Solution: UAV networks use the mesh and star network topologies.

See lecture 19 (UAV Networks) @ 02:43

QUESTION 15:

The ______________ provides integrated services based on device collected data-sets.

a. M2M Application Platform
b. M2M Service Platform
c. M2M Hardware Platform
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: a. M2M Application Platform

Detailed Solution: The M2M Application Platform provides integrated services based on
device collected data-sets.

See lecture 20 (Machine to Machine Communication) @ 18:00

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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 5

TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ

Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

When different processing logic are applied to the same IoT networked devices or applications, it gives
rise to?

a. Large scale of co-operation

b. Semantic conflicts

c. Both (a) and (b)

d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: b. Semantic conflicts

Detailed Solution: When different processing logic are applied to the same IoT networked devices or
applications, it gives rise to Semantic conflicts.

See lecture 21 (Interoperability in Internet of Things) @ 03:41.

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QUESTION 2:

State True or False.

Statement: “Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system.

Refer Lecture 21@5:51

QUESTION 3:

Interoperability is important in the context of IoT so that -

a. Physical objects remain isolated

b. Networks remain isolated

c. Both (a) and (b)

d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Detailed Solution: Interoperability is important in the context of IoT so that –

a. Physical objects can interact

b. Any device can communicate with any other device

c. Networks integrate seamlessly

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Refer Lecture 21@07:34

QUESTION 4:

State whether the following statement is true or false

Statement: “Use of different programming languages such as JavaScript, Python, JAVA, and others is an
example of heterogeneity in IoT. This brings in the need for interoperability.”

a. False

b. True

Correct Answer: b. True

Detailed Solution: Use of different programming languages such as JavaScript, Python, JAVA, and others
is an example of heterogeneity in IoT. This brings in the need for interoperability

(Please refer Lecture 21@09:12)

QUESTION 5:

State True or False.

Statement: “The interoperability between devices and device users in terms of message
formats is called Syntactic Interoperability.”

a. True

b. False
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Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: The interoperability between devices and device users in terms of
message formats is called Syntactic Interoperability.

Refer Lecture 21@17:06.

QUESTION 6:

What is the full form of UMB in IoT interoperability?

a. Universal Middleware Bridge

b. Universal Main Bridge

c. Universal Main Bracket

d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Universal Middleware Bridge

Detailed Solution: UMB stands for Universal Middleware Bridge.

Refer Lecture 21@22:16.

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QUESTION 7:

Which of the following pins is NULL in the DHT-11 sensor?

a. Pin 2

b. Pin 4

c. Both (a) and (b)

d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Detailed Solution: Pin 3 is NULL in the DHT-11 sensor.

Refer Lecture 24@03:26.

QUESTION 8:

Arduino MEGA microcontroller board is also known as?

a. MEGA 3370

b. MEGA 2570

c. MEGA 9980

d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: Arduino MEGA microcontroller board is also known as MEGA 2560.

Refer Lecture 24@03:43.

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QUESTION 9:

A ___________ provides high-precision rotary motion of 0 to 180 degrees.

a. Solenoid Valve

b. Relay

c. Servo Motor

d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Servo Motor

Detailed Solution: A Servo Motor provides high-precision rotary motion of o to 180 degrees.

Refer Lecture 25@04:47.

QUESTION 10:

What does the following code snippet do in interfacing a servo motor with the Arduino MEGA
board?

int servoPin = 12;

a. Declares pin for connecting servo motor

b. Declares pin for providing power to MEGA board

c. Declares pin for Ground supply for servo motor

d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Declares pin for connecting servo motor

Detailed Solution: int servoPin = 12; Declares pin for connecting servo motor.

Refer Lecture 25@07:54.

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QUESTION 11:

What does the delay(1000); line do mean in an Arduino sketch?

a. It introduces a delay of 1 second

b. It introduces a delay of 10 seconds

c. It introduces a delay of 100 milliseconds

d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. It introduces a delay of 1 second

Detailed Solution: The line delay(1000); in an Arduino sketch introduces a delay of 1 second.

Refer Lecture 25@08:25

QUESTION 12:

State True or False.

Statement: “Additional hardware is required to load a program into the Arduino Uno board using
a computer.”
a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: No additional hardware is required to load a program into the Arduino Uno
board using a computer.

Refer Lecture 22@05:11

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QUESTION 13:

Arduino Uno board has ______ number of PWM pins?

a. 9
b. 4
c. 8
d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: Arduino Uno board has 6 number of PWM pins.

Refer Lecture 22 @ 07:13.

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QUESTION 14:

Consider the following Arduino sketch.

What must be inserted in the place of ‘??’ within the second pinMode() function in void setup()?

a. INPUT
b. OUTPUT
c. None of these
d. Anyone of these is okay

Correct Answer: b. OUTPUT

Detailed Solution: Since pin ‘g’ is writing digital values, it is required to set in OUTPUT mode. Refer
Lecture 22-23.
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QUESTION 15:

State True or False.

Statement: “The “Verify” option in the Arduino IDE checks the code for compilation errors.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: The “Verify” option in the Arduino IDE checks the code for compilation errors.

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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 6

TYPE OF QUESTION:MCQ/MSQ

Number of questions:15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

State True or False.

Statement: “Python is popular for embedded application development as it is a very
lightweight programming language.”
a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Python is popular for embedded application development as it is a very

lightweight programming language.

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QUESTION 2:

State True or False.

Statement: “Python does not support strict rules for syntax.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Python does not support strict rules for syntax.

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- I @ 03:38)

QUESTION 3:

_________ is a software that is used to write codes, integrate several modules and libraries.

a. IDE
b. Module
c. API
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. IDE

Detailed Solution: IDE is a software that is used to write codes, integrate several modules and
libraries.

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- I @ 05:02).

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QUESTION 4:

State True or False.

Statement: “To indicate different blocks of code, Python follows rigid indentation.”

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: To indicate different blocks of code, Python follows rigid indentation.

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- I @ 7::29).

QUESTION 5:

What is the output of the following line of code in Python?

>>> print “Hi, Welcome to python!”

a. Hi, Welcome to python!

b. “Hi, Welcome to python!”
c. Hi, Welcome to python
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Hi, Welcome to python!

Detailed Solution: The output of the following line of code in Python -

>>> print “Hi, Welcome to python!”

Output: Hi, Welcome to python!

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(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- II @ 07:31)

QUESTION 6:

Which of the following is a mode to open a file in Python?

a. Read mode
b. Write mode
c. Append mode
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The four basic modes to open a file in python are –
a. Read mode
b. Write mode
c. Append mode
d. Both read and write mode

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- II @ 03:00)

QUESTION 7:

State whether the following command to install the PIL library is correct or not.
sudo pip get pillow
a. Correct
b. Incorrect

Correct Answer: b. Incorrect

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(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- II @ 17:40 )

QUESTION 8:

How many data types are these in Python?

a. 5
b. 7
c. 8
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. 5
Detailed Solution: There are 5 data types in Python.

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- II @9:40).

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QUESTION 9:

State whether the following controlling statement structure is valid in Python or not.
if(condition):
statement 1
statement2
elif(condition)
statement 1
statement 2
else
statement 1
statement 2

a. Invalid
b. Valid

Correct Answer: a. Invalid

Detailed Solution: Invalid as the colons are missing in elif and else statements.

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO RASPBERRY PI-I @29:37).

QUESTION 10:

Can we configure Raspberry Pi as a Web Server?

a. Yes
b. No

Correct Answer: a. Yes

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Detailed Solution: We can configure Raspberry Pi as a Web Server.

See lecture INTRODUCTION TO RASPBERRY PI-I @ 02:46

QUESTION 11:

What is the frequency of the Raspberry Pi Zero CPU?

a. 2.1 GHz
b. 1.1 GHz
c. 3.1 Ghz
d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: The frequency of the Raspberry Pi Zero CPU is 1 GHz.

See lecture INTRODUCTION TO RASPBERRY PI-II @ 05:05

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QUESTION 12:

What does the following line of code do?

sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio
a. It installs the Raspberry Pi GPIO library
b. It installs the Python essentials for GPIO
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: a. It installs the Raspberry Pi GPIO library

Detailed Solution: It installs the Raspberry Pi GPIO library.

See lecture IMPLEMENTATION OF IOT WITH RASPBERRY PI-II @ 07:35

QUESTION 13:

Which command Exits the nano editor?

a. Ctrl + X

b. Ctrl + O

c. Ctrl + K

d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Ctrl + X

Detailed Solution: Ctrl + O exits the nano editor.

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See lecture IMPLEMENTATION OF IOT WITH RASPBERRY PI-II @ 10:20

QUESTION 14:

What does the following line of code do?

GPIO.output(11,True)

a. Sets GPIO 11 as output pin

b. Turns on GPIO pin 11
c. Neither (a) nor (b)
d. Both (a) and (b)

Correct Answer: b. Turns on GPIO pin 11

Detailed Solution: Turns on GPIO pin 11

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING- II @ 11:18)

QUESTION 15:

What does the following line of code do?

raspistill -o image.jpg

a. Captures video feed

b. Captures still image
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: b. Captures still image

Detailed Solution: Captures still image.

(Please refer to lecture INTRODUCTION TO RASPBERYY PI-II @ 19:29)

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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 7
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

Adafruit provides a library to work with DHT22 Sensor.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Adafruit provides a library to work with DHT22 Sensor. (Please refer to
lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- II @ 4:41)

QUESTION 2:

Which python library is used for plotting the data in 2D.

a. List
b. Numpy
c. Pandas
d. Matplotlib

Correct Answer: d. Matplotlib

Detailed Solution: Matplotlib is a python library used for plotting the data in 2D. (Please
refer to lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- III @ 12:13)
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QUESTION 3:

Fill in the blanks. __________ creates a two-way communication between two nodes in
a network.
a. Peer-to-Peer Network
b. Parallel Programming
c. Socket Programming
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Socket Programming

Detailed Solution: Socket Programming creates a two-way communication between two

nodes in a network. (Please refer to lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- II @
6:02).

QUESTION 4:

What are the two main challenges of SDN?

a. File placement and Node placement
b. Rule placement and Controller placement
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: b. Rule placement and Controller placement

Detailed Solution: Rule placement and Controller placement are the two main challenges
of SDN. (Please refer to lecture Software Defined Networking- Part- I @ 16:49)
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QUESTION 5:

IoT cannot control the network remotely.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: IoT can control the network remotely. (Please refer to lecture
Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- II @ 1:53)

QUESTION 6:

Which of the following is a part of data processing?

a. Splitting
b. Filtering
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b

Correct Answer: d. Both a and b

Detailed Solution: Splitting and Filtering are both types of data processing. (Please refer to
lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- III @ 7:20)

QUESTION 7:

What is introduced if a controller is down in SDN?

a. Backup controller
b. Intro controller
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: a. Backup Controller

Detailed Solution: Backup controller is introduced if a controller is down in SDN. (Please
refer to lecture Software Defined Networking- Part- II @ 8:29 )
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QUESTION 8:

Ion() is used to add a subplot in the data plotting in python.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: subplot() is used to add a subplot in the data plotting in python. (Please
refer to lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- III @ 23:28).

QUESTION 9:

Matplotlib cannot plot in 2D.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Matplotlib can plot in 2D. (Please refer to lecture Implementation of IoT
with Raspberry Pi- III @ 11:54).

QUESTION 10:

How many rules are deleted from the switch at hard timeout?
a. None
b. All
c. Half
d. Some

Correct Answer: b. All

Detailed Solution: All rules are deleted from the switch at hard timeout. See lecture 33 @
25:02
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QUESTION 11:

Are controllers able to handle all incoming requests from switches?

a. Yes
b. No

Correct Answer: a. Yes

Detailed Solution: Controllers must be able to handle all incoming requests from
switches. See lecture 34 @ 4:05

QUESTION 12:

Are Indigo and LINC Open source?

a. Yes
b. No

Correct Answer: a. Yes

Detailed Solution: Indigo and LINC are both open source. See lecture 33@ 26:43.

QUESTION 13:

Which of the following forward the sensed data based on the ID of the source node?

a. ID-centric data forwarding

b. Northbound IDs
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: a. ID-centric data forwarding

Detailed Solution: ID-centric data forwarding forward the sensed data based on the ID
of the source node. See lecture 35 @ 09:49
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QUESTION 14:

How many requests can a controller handle through a single thread?

a. 200/sec
b. 50/sec
c. Neither a nor b

d. Both a and b

Correct Answer: a. 200/sec

Detailed Solution: A controller can handle 200 requests in a second through a single
thread. (Please refer to lecture 34@ 3:47)

QUESTION 15:

Switches that forward the traffic in a distributed manner have a global view of the network.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Switches that forward the traffic in a distributed manner do not have a
global view of the network. (Please refer to lecture 33 @ 7:04)

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

QUESTION 1:

Which of the following abstracts the physical resources from the network services?

a. Path management
b. Routing protocols
c. Flow-table paradigm
d. Network Virtualization

Correct Answer: d. Network Virtualization

Detailed Solution: Network Virtualization abstracts the physical resources from the network
services (Please refer Lecture 36@3:59)

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QUESTION 2:

In which of these, exact match rules are useful?

a. Elephant Flow

b. Mice-flow

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b
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Correct Answer: a. Elephant Flow

Detailed Solution: In Elephant Flow, exact match rules are useful. (Please refer Lecture
36@17:45)

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QUESTION 3:

Which of these takes last k-th location instances to predict the next location?

a. Odin-k Markov Predictor

b. Order-k Markov interpreter
c. Order-k Markov predictor
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Order-k Markov predictor

Detailed Solution: Order-k Markov predictor takes last k-th location instances to
predict the next location. (Please refer Lecture 36@15:47)

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QUESTION 4:

Which of the following is an important issue due to the dynamic nature of the IoT network?

a. Match rules
b. Load rules
c. Match balancing
d. Load Balancing

Correct Answer: d. Load Balancing

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Detailed Solution: Load Balancing is an important issue due to the dynamic

nature of the IoT network. (Please refer Lecture 36 @17:09)

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QUESTION 5:

Fill in the blank.

___________ refers to heterogeneous computing nodes distributed over a wide area to perform
very large tasks.

a. Cluster Computing
b. Utility Computing
c. Grid Computing
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Grid Computing

Detailed Solution: Grid Computing refers to heterogeneous computing nodes

distributed over a wide area to perform very large tasks. (Please refer Lecture 37
@6:48)

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QUESTION 6:

Which of the following is a type of service model in cloud computing?

a. SaaS
b. PaaS
c. IaaS
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

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Detailed Solution: All these are a type of service model in cloud computing. (Please
refer Lecture 37@25:18)

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QUESTION 7:

Which of the following statements are true about SaaS?

Statement I: Applications are available as ‘services’.

Statement II: End-users do not have the control of the cloud infrastructure.

Statement III: Services can be accessed by various types of client devices.

a. Statements I and II
b. Statements I and III
c. Statements II and III
d. Statement I, II and III

Correct Answer: d. Statements I, II and III

Detailed Solution: All the three statements are correct for the SaaS. Applications
are available as ‘services’. End-users do not have the control of the cloud
infrastructure. Services can be accessed by various types of client devices.

(Please refer Lecture 37@26:01)

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QUESTION 8:

Fill in the blank.

____________ means independent of device or location.

a. Scalable
b. Reliability
c. Agile
d. Ubiquitous

Correct Answer: d. Ubiquitous

Detailed Solution: Ubiquitous means independent of device or location. (Please

refer Lecture 37@18:06)

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QUESTION 9:

Fill in the blank.

____________ provides the platform which allows developers to create applications which can be
offered as a service via the Internet.

a. Software-as-a-Service
b. Storage-as-a-Service
c. Network-as-a-Service
d. Platform-as-a-Service

Correct Answer: d. Platform-as-a-Service

Detailed Solution: Platform-as-a-Service provides the platform which allows

developers to create applications which can be offered as a service via the
Internet. (Please refer Lecture 38@11:35)

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QUESTION 10:

Fill in the blank. ‘Dynamic scaling of the required infrastructure resources’ is a feature of which of
the essential characteristic of cloud computing.

a. Scalability

b. Availability

c. Synchronization

d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Scalability

Detailed Solution: ‘Dynamic scaling of the required infrastructure resources’ is a

feature of scalability characteristics of cloud computing. (Please refer Lecture
38@7:41)

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QUESTION 11:

Software-as-a-Service does not support a fully pay-as-you-go model.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Software-as-a-Service supports a fully pay-as-you-go model.

(Please refer Lecture 38@13:25)

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QUESTION 12:

What is the meaning of the Host Level Security at PaaS and SaaS level?

a. Hide host OS from the end users

b. Security responsibilities are transformed to Cloud service providers
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: c. Both a and b

Detailed Solution: Both a and b. (Please refer Lecture 39@19:23)

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QUESTION 13:

Which of the following is an objective of Data Security?

a. Confidentiality
b. Integrity
c. Availability
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The three objectives of Data Security are Confidentiality, integrity
and availability. (Please refer Lecture 39@22:39)

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QUESTION 14:

CloudSim provides a cloud environment.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: CloudSim provides a cloud environment.. (Please refer Lecture

40@8:27)

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QUESTION 15:

Which of the following is true about GreenCloud?

a. GreenCloud cannot monitor the energy consumption of servers, switches, etc.

b. GreenCloud was developed as an extension of GO.
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b

Correct Answer: c. Neither a nor b

Detailed Solution: GreenCloud monitors the energy consumption of servers,

switches, etc. It was developed as an extension of NS2. (Please refer Lecture
40@16:25)

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

QUESTION 1:

Which of the following can be used to install OpenStack?

a. devstack
b. stack
c. Swift
d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. devstack

Detailed Solution: devstack can be used to install OpenStack. (Please refer Lecture 41@8:01)

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QUESTION 2:

Which of the following is/are the advantages of cloud computing?

a. Elasticity
b. Pay-per-use
c. Self Service
d. All of the above

Correct Answer: d. All of the above

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Service. (Please refer Lecture 42@6:45)

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QUESTION 3:

Select the statement(s) that denote the limitations of WSNs.

Statement I: Procurement

Statement II: Deployment

Statement III: Maintenance

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 limitations of WSNs are Procurement, Deployment and Maintenance.
(Please refer Lecture 42@10:52)
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QUESTION 4:

Which of the following plays a role in the sensor-cloud architecture?

a. End-users

b. Sensor-owner

c. Sensor-Cloud Service Provider

d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: End users, sensor-owner, sensor-cloud service provider are the actors in
sensor-cloud. (Please refer Lecture 42@14:18)
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QUESTION 5:

The managerial role is played by __________ in sensor-cloud architecture.

a. End-users

b. Sensor-Cloud Service Provider

c. Neither a nor b

d. Both a and b

Correct Answer: b. Sensor-Cloud Service Provider

Detailed Solution: Sensor-Cloud Service Provider plays the managerial role in

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sensor-cloud architecture. (Please refer Lecture 42@14:29)

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QUESTION 6:

Which of the following is/are the components of the work-flow of the sensor-cloud.

a. Virtual Sensor Manager

b. Virtual Sensor Controller

c. Resource Manager

d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: Virtual Sensor Manager, Virtual Sensor Controller and Resource
Manager are all of the components of the work-flow of the sensor-cloud. (Please refer
Lecture 42@17:02)

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QUESTION 7:

Who coined the term Fog computing?

a. IBM

b. CISCO

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b
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Correct Answer: b. CISCO

Detailed Solution: CISCO coined the term Fog computing. (Please refer Lecture
44@4:18)
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QUESTION 8:

What of the following is responsible for allocation and deallocation of the resources?

a. Sensor manager

b. Sensor controller

c. Sensor resource pool

d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Sensor resource pool

Detailed Solution: Sensor resource pool is responsible for allocation and deallocation of the
resources (Please refer Lecture 42@16:11)
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QUESTION 9:

The sensor owner can only deploy homogeneous physical sensor nodes in the sensor cloud.

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: The sensor owner can deploy homogeneous and heterogeneous physical
sensor nodes in the sensor cloud. (Please refer Lecture 42@15:03)
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QUESTION 10:

What is the function of Internal Cache?

a. Handles requests from end-user

b. Takes decision whether the data should be provided directly to the end user
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b

Correct Answer: d. Both a and b

Detailed Solution: Internal Cache handles requests from end-user and also takes decision
whether the data should be provided directly to the end user (Please refer Lecture 43@21:06)
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QUESTION 11:

What is the other term for fog computing?

a. Foglog

b. Cloud

c. Dew

d. Fogging

Correct Answer: d. Fogging

Detailed Solution: The other term for fog computing is Fogging. (Please refer
Lecture 44@4:19)

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QUESTION 12:

Fill in the blanks. Fog computing is an intermediate layer between __________ and _________.

a. Dew and devices

b. Cloud and devices

c. Cloud and server

d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Cloud and devices

Detailed Solution: Fog computing is an intermediate layer between Cloud and

devices. (Please refer Lecture 44@6:40)

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QUESTION 13:

Bandwidth refers to the bit-rate of data during analysis.

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Bandwidth refers to the bit-rate of data during transmission.

(Please refer Lecture 44@17:03)

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QUESTION 14:

Which of the following is used by the fog applications to increase the speed of service
accessibility?

a. Low power

b. Good network connection

c. Accelerators

d. Analytics

Correct Answer: c. Accelerators

Detailed Solution: Accelerators increase the speed of service accessibility. (Please

refer to Page 260, Chapter 11, Introduction to IoT. S. Misra, A. Mukherjee, and A.
Roy, 2020. Cambridge University Press.)

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QUESTION 15:

Fill in the blank. The concept of ________ enables physical hardware to be shared among
multiple entities.

a. Hardware virtualization

b. Software virtualization

c. Module virtualization

d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. Hardware virtualization

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Detailed Solution: The concept of hardware virtualization enables physical hardware

to be shared among multiple entities. (Please refer to Page 262, Chapter 11,
Introduction to IoT. S. Misra, A. Mukherjee, and A. Roy, 2020. Cambridge
University Press.)
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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 10
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15
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QUESTION 1:

Smart city is an _____________ system.

a. local
b. rural
c. home
d. urban

Correct Answer: d. urban

Detailed Solution: Smart city is an urban system. (Please refer Lecture 46@8:02)
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QUESTION 2:

Which of the following is an area of focus in smart parking lots?

a. Auto-routing of vehicles
b. Auto-charging of vehicles
c. Detection of slots in parking lots
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: Auto-routing of vehicles, auto-charging of vehicles and

detection of slots in parking lots. (Please refer Lecture 46@19:42)

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QUESTION 3:

Select the statement(s) that are true for smart health.

Statement I: Smart health is low-cost and portable.

Statement II: Smart health allows remote check-ups and diagnosis.

Statement III: Smart health is effortless health monitoring.

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: Smart health is low-cost, portable and effortless health

monitoring. Smart health allows remote check-ups and diagnosis. (Please refer
Lecture 46@26:12)
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QUESTION 4:

What refers to combining information from multiple sensor sources?

a. Information Collection

b. Multi-sensor deployment

c. Multi-sensor dissemination

d. Multi-sensor data fusion

Correct Answer: d. Multi-sensor data fusion

Detailed Solution: Multi-sensor data fusion combines information from multiple

sensor sources. (Please refer Lecture 47@6:52)
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QUESTION 5:

The ensemble of all the decisions occur at the __________.

a. Feature level

b. Decision level

c. Pixel level

d. All of these
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Correct Answer: b. Decision level

Detailed Solution: The ensemble of all the decisions occur at the

Decision level. (Please refer Lecture 47@11:10)

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QUESTION 6:

The smart parking reduces traffic __________.

a. mobility

b. area

c. analysis

d. congestion

Correct Answer: d. congestion

Detailed Solution: The smart parking reduces traffic congestion. (Please

refer Lecture 47@16:58)

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QUESTION 7:

Which of the following is the correct full form of DLNA Standards for HAN?

a. Digital Lifestyle Network Alliance

b. Digital Living Network Alliance

c. Digital Lifestyle Network Algorithm

d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Digital Living Network Alliance

Detailed Solution: DLNA stands for Digital Living Network Alliance

standards. (Please refer Lecture 48@13:49)
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QUESTION 8:
Which of the following is a type of sensing?

a. Stationary

b. Mobile

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b
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Correct Answer: c. Both a and b

Detailed Solution: Stationary and Mobile are two types of sensing. (Please refer
Lecture 47@19:36)
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QUESTION 9:

Smart home infrastructure cannot include wireless devices.

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Smart home infrastructure can include wireless/wired devices.

(Please refer Lecture 48@6:17)
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QUESTION 10:
Which of the following is a layer of Zigbee ?

a. Physical layer
b. MAC Layer
c. Network Layer
d. All of these
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Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The layers of Zigbee are Physical layer, MAC Layer, Network
Layer are all the layers of Zigbee. (Please refer Lecture 48@16:23)
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QUESTION 11:

Which of the following is a phase of ICV development?

a. Based on 2G

b. Based on 4G LTE

c. Vehicles connected to cloud

d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The phases of ICV development: Phase 1: Based on

2G, Phase 2: Based on 4G LTE, Phase 3: Vehicles connected to cloud
(Please refer Lecture 50@12:28)

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QUESTION 12:

Which of the following is a property of V2X?

a. Restricted to a single source

b. Distributed architecture

c. Both of a and b

d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: b. Distributed architecture

Detailed Solution: V2X follows a distributed architecture. (Please refer

Lecture 49@12:06)

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QUESTION 13:

The vehicles cannot be mobile in the Ad-hoc domain of VANET.

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: The vehicles are mobile in the Ad-hoc domain of

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VANET. (Please refer Lecture 50@16:59)

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QUESTION 14:

Which of the following is a domain of VANET?

a. In-vehicle
b. Ad-hoc

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: c. Both a and b

Detailed Solution: Both of the In-vehicle and Ad-hoc are the two
domains of VANETs. (Please refer Lecture 50@14:36)

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QUESTION 15:

Fill in the blank. ICV is based on ________.

a. Dedicated Short Range Communication

b. Directed Short Range Communication

c. Dedicated Small Range Communication

d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. Dedicated Short Range Communication

Detailed Solution: ICV is based on Dedicated Short Range

Communication.

(Please refer Lecture 50@7:22)

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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 11
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15

QUESTION 1:

What are some of the other names of the smart grids?

a. Energy internet
b. Electricity with a hand
c. Electrolyte
d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. Energy internet

Detailed Solution: Smart grids are also known as Electricity with a brain, Energy
internet, and Electronet. (Please refer Lecture 51@8:33)

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QUESTION 2:

Smart Grid follows which type of flow of energy?

a. Bidirectional

b. Unidirectional

c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: a. Bidirectional

Detailed Solution: Smart grid follows bidirectional flow of energy. (Please refer
Lecture 51@5:41)

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QUESTION 3:

Which of the following is a benefit associated with smart grids for customers?

a. Reduced transmission of electricity

b. Higher electricity rates
c. Less security
d. Different pricing options

Correct Answer: d. Different pricing options

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Detailed Solution: Smart Grids provide different pricing options for

customers, lower electricity rates and Improved security. (Please refer
Lecture 51@16:33)

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QUESTION 4:

Which of the following is a property of smart grid related to power system

efficiency?
a. Power monitoring
b. Asset Management
c. Distribution automation
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: Power monitoring, Asset Management and
Distribution automation are all the properties of smart grid related
to power system efficiency. (Please refer Lecture 51 @22:21)

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QUESTION 5:
Fill in the blank.
In ___________, a home can have power from distributed resources.

a. Peaking
b. Islanding
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b
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Correct Answer: b. Islanding

Detailed Solution: In islanding, a home can have power from distributed
resources.(Please refer Lecture 51 @31:20)

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QUESTION 6:

Which of the following aggregate the energy consumption or energy request of a

certain geographical area?
a. DAUs
b. Meter Data Management System
c. Buffer
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. DAUs

Detailed Solution: DAUs aggregate the energy consumption or energy
request of a certain geographical area. (Please refer Lecture 52@15:17)

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QUESTION 7:

Which of the following statements are true about Dynamic System Attacks?
Statement I: Replay attacks compromises sensors and monitors their outputs.

Statement II: D-DIA can lead to a system collapse.

Statement III: Covert attack is a closed loop version of replay attacks.

a. Statements I and II
b. Statements I and III
c. Statements II and III
d. Statement I, II and III

Correct Answer: d. Statements I, II and III

Detailed Solution: Replay attacks compromises sensors and monitors
their outputs. D-DIA can lead to a system collapse. Covert attack is a
closed loop version of replay attacks. (Please refer Lecture 52@20:03)

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QUESTION 8:
Fill in the blank.

____________ is performed by compromising the availability of the grid component.

a. Gateway
b. Data injection attacks
c. AMH
d. Denial of service

Correct Answer: d. Denial of service

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Detailed Solution: Denial of service is performed by compromising the

availability of the grid component. (Please refer Lecture 52@19:52)

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QUESTION 9:

Fill in the blank.

IIoT is a network of ____________ .
a. Physical objects
b. Systems
c. Platforms
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: IIoT is a network of Physical objects, Systems and

Platforms. (Please refer Lecture 52@14:46)

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QUESTION 10:
Fill in the blank. ____________ is based on a wrap and re-use approach.

a. AoT

b. PoT
c. ToII
d. IIoT

Correct Answer: d. IIoT

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Detailed Solution: IIoT is based on the wrap and re-use approach.

(Please refer Lecture 53@9:51)

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QUESTION 11:

Mechanized production is a part of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Mechanized production is a part of the 1st Industrial
Revolution. (Please refer Lecture 53@10:41)

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QUESTION 12:

Which of the following happened in the 3rd Revolution?

a. Mass production
b. IIoT
c. Mechanized production
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: Internet evolution and automation happened in the

3rd Revolution.(Please refer Lecture 53@10:06)

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QUESTION 13:

Which of the following is used to improve the interoperability of different systems?

a. Standardization
b. Optimization
c. Monitoring
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Standardization

Detailed Solution: Standardization improves the interoperability of
different systems. (Please refer Lecture 54@16:09)

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QUESTION 14:

Big data is characterized by 7 Vs.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

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Detailed Solution:Big data is characterized by 7 Vs. (Please refer

Lecture 55@10:36)

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QUESTION 15:

What is Hadoop used in?

a. Distributed processing of large datasets
b. Small clusters of computers
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

Correct Answer: a. Distributed processing of large datasets

Detailed Solution: Hadoop is used for distributed processing of large
datasets across Large clusters of computers (Please refer Lecture
55@23:18)

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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:

Qualitative analysis does not deal with the analysis of data that is categorical in nature.

a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: b. False

Detailed Solution: Qualitative analysis deals with the analysis of data that is
categorical in nature. (Please refer Lecture 56@2:43)

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QUESTION 2:

Fill in the blank.

Examples of dispersion measures include _______ and ______.

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

Correct Answer: d. Range, Variance

Detailed Solution: Examples of dispersion measures include Range and Variance (Please refer
Lecture 56@13:51)
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QUESTION 3:

Select the statement(s) that denote the key variables of determining statistical significance.

Statement I: Range size

Statement II: Effect size

Statement III: Sample size

a. Statement I

b. Statement I and II

c. Statements II, and III

d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Statements II, and III

Detailed Solution: The key variables of determining statistical significance include effect size
and sample size (Please refer Lecture 56@16:32)
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QUESTION 4:

The different objectives of AgriSens includes –

a. More yields with less water

b. Save limited water resource

c. Automatic irrigation

d. All of these
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Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The different objectives of AgriSens includes More yields with less water,
Save limited water resources and Automatic irrigation. (Please refer Lecture 57@5:32)
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QUESTION 5:

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

a. Soil moisture and ECG 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 integrated design of the remote server includes______________.

a. Data server

b. Web server

c. Multi users server

d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The integrated design of the remote server includes repository data
server, web server and multi-users server. (Please refer Lecture 57@9:35)
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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 networks is used in AmbuSens?

a. IEEE 802.15.4

b. 6LoWPAN

c. Wireless Body Area Network

d. IEEE 802.15.2

Correct Answer: c. Wireless Body Area Network

Detailed Solution: In AmbuSens, the network used is Wireless Body Area Network. (Please
refer Lecture 58@23:03)
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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 health care, wireless IoT driven solutions bring 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 statistical data analysis tools can be applied on_____________.

a. Sensor data

b. Images

c. Videos

d. All of these

Correct Answer: a. Sensor data

Detailed Solution: The statistical data analysis tools can be applied on sensor data. Please refer
Lecture 59@18:16)
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QUESTION 11:

Which of the following sensors are present in smartphones handheld devices are used for activity
monitoring?

a. EEG and GPS

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b. Accelerometer and EEG

c. Accelerometer and Gyroscope

d. All of these

Correct Answer: c. Accelerometer and Gyroscope

Detailed Solution: Accelerometer and Gyroscope are used for activity

monitoring. (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. Processing intensive

c. Both Accurate and Processing intensive

d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Processing 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

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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

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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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