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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

QUESTION 1:

A smart city _____________.

a. Is an urban system
b. Uses ICT
c. Makes infrastructure more reliable
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: A smart city is an urban system, uses ICT and makes infrastructure more
reliable. (Please refer Lecture 46@8:29)

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QUESTION 2:

Collective data is more intelligent than the single sources.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a.

Detailed Solution: Collective data is rich in information and generates better intelligence
than the single sources. (Please refer Lecture 47@10:18)

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QUESTION 3:

Which of the following is one of the challenges of Data fusion?

a. Imperfection
b. Conflicts
c. Ambiguity
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: The challenges of data fusion involves Imperfection, Conflicts and
Ambiguity. (Please refer Lecture 47@9:16)

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QUESTION 4:

Which of the following are challenges for IoT in smart cities?

a. Security and Reliability

b. Small scale
c. Homogeneity
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a. Security and Reliability

Detailed Solution: Security and Reliability are two challenges of IoT in smart
cities. (Please refer Lecture 46 @32:28)

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QUESTION 5:

Fill in the blank.

___________ combines information from multiple sensors.

a. Data storage
b. Data cleaning
c. Data fusion
d. None of these

Correct Answer: c. Data fusion

Detailed Solution: Data fusion combines information from multiple sensors. (Please
refer Lecture 47 @6:36)

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QUESTION 6:

Which of the following are the functional layers in smart parking?

a. Information collection
b. System Deployment
c. Service Dissemination
d. All of these

Correct Answer: d. All of these

Detailed Solution: Information collection, System Deployment and Service

Dissemination are the three functional layers in smart parking (Please refer
Lecture 47@17:25)

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QUESTION 7:

Which of the following statements are true about the different components present in a smart
home?

Statement I: Sensor networks and communication network infrastructure

Statement II: Intelligent control and management

Statement III: Manual instead of automatic access of devices

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

Correct Answer: a. Statements I and II

Detailed Solution: The different components of smart home include communication

network infrastructure, Intelligent control and management, Sensor networks, smart
features and automatic response. (Please refer Lecture 48@7:04)

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QUESTION 8:

Which of the following are included in the Service Dissemination in smart parking?

Statement I: Dynamic Pricing

Statement II: Infrastructure-free and infrastructure-based information

Statement III: Parking Choice

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

Correct Answer: d. Statement I, II and III

Detailed Solution: Service Dissemination in smart parking includes Dynamic Pricing,

parking choice and infrastructure- free information and infrastructure-based
information. (Please refer Lecture 47@19:07)
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QUESTION 9:

Fill in the blank.

____________ is a network contained within a home.

a. Local area network

b. Home area network
c. Personal area network
d. Metropolitan area network

Correct Answer: b. Home area network

Detailed Solution: Home area network is a network contained within a home (Please
refer Lecture 48@8:38)

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QUESTION 10:

Fill in the blank. In Vehicle-to-Human / Human-to-Vehicle interaction, the human communicating

with the vehicle ____________.

a. Is present in another vehicle

b. Is present in the same vehicle
c. Is present outside the vehicle on the roadside
d. All of these
Correct Answer: c. Is present outside the vehicle on the roadside

Detailed Solution: In V2H/H2V, the human is present outside the vehicle on the
roadside. (Please refer Lecture 49@3:13)

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QUESTION 11:

Wired HAN provides easy integration with pre-existing house infrastructure.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: Wired HAN provides easy integration with pre-existing house
infrastructure like existing telephone systems, cables and so on (Please refer Lecture
48@10:20)

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QUESTION 12:

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about Konnex?

a. Utilizes only short ranges in home

b. Can be used before configuration
c. Does not have standards for building networks
d. None of these

Correct Answer: d. None of these

Detailed Solution: The Konnex is an important standard for home and building
networks. It utilizes full range of home communication. It must be setup and
configured before its proper usage (Please refer Lecture 48@14:41)

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QUESTION 13:

Which of the following is the reason for failures of TCP/IP in V2X?

a. TCP/IP handles information exchange between multiple pair of entities

b. The increase in the number of wireless devices restricts the mobility
c. TCP/IP can identify the addresses of the endpoints
d. Information exchange does not depend on the location of the data

Correct Answer: b. The increase in the number of wireless devices restricts the mobility

Detailed Solution: The increase in the number of wireless devices restricts the
mobility is one of the reasons of the failures of TCP/IP in V2X (Please refer Lecture
49@13:09)

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QUESTION 14:

CCN is derived from ICN architecture.

a. True
b. False

Correct Answer: a. True

Detailed Solution: CCN (Content Centric Networking) is derived from

Information Centric Networking (ICN) (Please refer Lecture 49@15:32)

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QUESTION 15:

What are the disadvantages of V2X communication?

a. Increased traffic safety

b. Tracking of movement
c. Efficient use of fuel
d. None of these

Correct Answer: b. Tracking of movement

Detailed Solution: Disadvantages of V2X communication includes tracking of

movement, violation of privacy, loss of data control, etc. (Please refer Lecture
50@21:04)

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