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Assignment-W4

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NPTEL Online Certification Courses

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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: In “AID”, a set of sensor nodes are deployed over an agricultural field.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: In “AID”, a set of sensor nodes are deployed over a agricultural field

See lecture 16 (Sensor Networks-III) @ 13:16

QUESTION 2:

State True or False.

Statement: Ultrasonic sensor senses the distance at which an object is located.


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

Detailed Solution: Ultrasonic sensor senses the distance at which an object is located.

See lecture 16 (Sensor Networks-III) @ 13:18


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QUESTION 3:
State true or false.

In case of static sensors, where to deploy and/or activate sensors in WSN is a coverage
problem.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: In case of static sensors, where to deploy and/or activate sensors in
WSN is a coverage problem.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 07:11

QUESTION 4:

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Statement: Objective of coverage in WSN is to use maximum 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

QUESTION 5:

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Statement: “A crossing is covered if it is in the interior of at least one node’s coverage


disk.”
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a. True

b. False

Correct Answer: a. True


Detailed Solution: A crossing is covered if it is in the interior of at least one node’s
coverage disk.

See lecture 17 (Sensor Networks-IV) @ 18:58

QUESTION 6:

State which of the following is/are correct for stationary wireless sensor networks.
a. Topology cannot be changed automatically.
b. Node failure may result in partition of networks.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Both (a) and (b)

Detailed Solution: Topology cannot be changed automatically. And Node failure may
result in partition of networks. Are correct.

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 00:43

QUESTION 7:

Most problems in static WSN can be classified as -


a. No coverage
b. More coverage
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these

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

a. Area coverage
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b. Point coverage

c. Barrier coverage

See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 11:30

QUESTION 8:

Which of the following is/are correct with respect UAV networks?


a. Multi-tasking
b. Large coverage area
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Both (a) and (b)

Detailed Solution: Multi-tasking and Large coverage area are correct.

See lecture 19 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 05:19

QUESTION 9:

State True or False.

Statement: UAV networks are scalable.


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

Detailed Solution: UAV networks are scalable.


See lecture 19 (UAV Networks-V) @ 09:00

QUESTION 10:

In Mobile WSN, the Data Mules


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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

QUESTION 11:

The full form of AUV is -


a. Antenna Used Vehicle
b. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
Correct Answer: b. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Detailed Solution: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

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
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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

QUESTION 13:

State True or False.


Energy of Devices and Participant selection are not two major problems in Human Centric
Sensing.

a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: Energy of Devices and Participant selection are not two major problems
in Human Centric Sensing.
See lecture 18 (Sensor Networks-V) @ 12:45

QUESTION 14:

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


a. Bus
b. Star
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
Correct Answer: b. Star
Detailed Solution: UAV networks use the mesh and star network topologies.

See lecture 19 (UAV Networks) @ 02:43


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QUESTION 15:

State true of false.

The M2M Application Platform provides integrated services based on device collected
data-sets.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
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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