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Introduction to Internet of Things
Assignment- Week 10
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 1 = 15
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QUESTION 1:
Which of these connects cable-based networks with wireless networks for increased sharing of
media, control and access and can share network media resources?
a. UPnP
b. DLNA
c. LAN
d. WiFi
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
See Lecture 48, slide 11
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QUESTION 2:
The amount of energy harvested depends on:
a. Sensitivity of the harvesting circuit
b. Distance between the device and source
c. Environment
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: see lecture 47, slide 18
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QUESTION 3:
Which company first coined fog computing?
a. IBM
b. HP
c. Dell
d. CISCO
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Recall from previous week’s Lecture 44, slide 2
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QUESTION 4:
Which of these is the most appropriate technology satisfying the following statement –
“Provides transparent networking with support for zero-configuration networking and
automatic discovery of devices”?
a. UPnP
b. Zigbee
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c. LAN
d. IP
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: see lecture 48, slide 10
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QUESTION 5:
Which of these is NOT a feature of VANETs?
a. High Dynamic Topology
b. High transmission and computation capability
c. Stable connectivity
d. Predictable mobility pattern
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: see lecture 49, slide 10
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QUESTION 6:
VPLN stands for:
a. Vehicular power line networks
b. Vehicular priority link networks
c. Vehicular power link networks
d. Vehicular priority line networks
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: see lecture 50, slide 10
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QUESTION 7:
Which of the following is a social and legal challenge of IoT in smart cities?
a. Services based on user provided information may be subject to local or international
laws.
b. Individual and informed consent required for using humans as data sources.
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: see lecture 46, slide 18.
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QUESTION 8:
Konnex (KNX) is:
a. an open standard for home and building networks.
b. Smart parking system
c. Smart energy system
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: See Lecture 48, slide 12
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QUESTION 9:
In multi-sensor data fusion, which is true:
a. Combines information from multiple sensor sources.
b. Enhances the ability of decision making systems to include a multitude of variables
prior to arriving at a decision.
c. Inferences drawn from multiple sensor type data is qualitatively superior to single
sensor type data.
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: see lec-47, slide 3.
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QUESTION 10:
The V2X paradigm is not restricted to a single source information provider.
a. True
b. False
c. Sometimes True, mostly False
d. Sometimes False, mostly True
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: see lecture 49, slide 6
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QUESTION 11:
UPnP stands for:
a. United Protocol and Plugs
b. Universal Protocol and Plugs
c. Universal Plug and Play
d. United Plug and Play
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: See lec48, slide 10.
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QUESTION 12:
Which of these can be categorized as probability based mathematical model for data
fusion?
a. ANN
b. Machine learning
c. Bayesian analysis
d. Belief networks
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Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: see lecture 47, slide 7
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QUESTION 13:
HAN architectures:
a. Uses XML for description and web-services for control.
b. Follows a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA).
c. Not tied to any software, language or architecture.
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: See Lecture 48, slide 16
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QUESTION 14:
TCP/IP fails in V2X because:
a. TCP/IP is designed mainly for handling information exchange between a single
pair of entities.
b. Information exchanges in TCP/IP are dependent on the location of data.
c. TCP/IP can only identify the addresses of endpoints, which alone is not useful for
content distribution.
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: see lecture 49, slide 7
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QUESTION 15:
X-10 protocol is characterized by:
a. Low-speed and low data rate.
b. Low speed and high data rate
c. High speed and low data rate
d. High speed and high data rate
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
See Lecture 48, slide 15.
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