Introduction To Internet Of Things | NPTEL | Week 1 Assignment Solutions

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Q1. Which of the following are the enablers of IoT?

a) RFID
b) Nanotechnology
c) Sensors
d) All of these

Answer: d) All of these

Q2. Which of the following is/are NOT a characteristic of IoT?

a) Efficient, scalable and associated architecture.
b) Ambiguous naming and addressing.
c) Abundance of sleeping nodes, mobile and non-IP devices.
d) None of these

Answer: b) Ambiguous naming and addressing.

Q3. State whether the following statement is True or False.
Statement: The increasing number of devices in IoT is expected to result in an address crunch.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

Q4. State whether the following statement is True or False.
Statement: The gateway has a unique network prefix, which can be used to identify them globally.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

Q5. Sometimes, when there is a need for the nodes to communicate directly to the Internet, ______________ can be used.

a) Sensors
b) Actuators
c) Tunneling
d) None of these

Answer: c) Tunneling

Introduction To Internet Of Things NPTEL Week 1 Solutions

Q6. In _______________ a node/network is connected to multiple networks for improved reliability.

a) Transparent roaming
b) Multi-homing
c) None of these
d) Both a) and b)

Answer: b) Multi-homing

Q7. The IPv6 notation uses ___________________ values.

a) Roman
b) Hexadecimal
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these

Answer: b) Hexadecimal

Introduction To Internet Of Things NPTEL Week 1 Solutions

Q8. A _____________ detects (senses) changes in the ambient conditions or in the state of another device or a system, and forwards or processes this information in a certain manner.

a) Sensor
b) Actuator
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these

Answer: a) Sensor

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Q9. A microphone is an example of an _____________.

a) Input device and actuator
b) Only actuator
c) Only Transducer
d) Input device and transducer

Answer: d) Input device and transducer

Q10. The ________________ of a sensor is the smallest change it can detect in the quantity that it is measuring.

a) Resolution
b) Bias
c) Noise
d) None of these

Answer: a) Resolution

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Q11. Based on the data type, sensors are classified as _______________________.

a) Scalar and Vector/Multimedia
b) Only scalar
c) Both a) and b)
d) Only vector

Answer: a) Scalar and Vector/Multimedia

Q12. Solenoid valve is an example of ______________________.

a) Sensor
b) Actuator
c) Processing unit
d) None of these

Answer: b) Actuator

Q13. An actuator requires a ______________________ and ______________________.

a) Control signal and a bias signal
b) Control signal and a source of energy
c) Noise signal and a source of energy
d) None of these

Answer: b) Control signal and a source of energy

Q14. State whether the following statement is True or False.
Statement: Pneumatic rack and pinion actuators are used for valve controls of water pipes.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

Q15. Which of the following is NOT a function of an IoT gateway?

a) Switching
b) Routing
c) Protocol conversion
d) Generating noise

Answer: d) Generating noise

Introduction To Internet Of Things NPTEL Week 1 Solutions

Introduction To Internet Of Things NPTEL 2022 Week 1 Assignment Solutions

Q1. Which of the following is/are the characteristics of IoT?

a) Efficient, scalable and associated architecture.
b) Unambiguous naming and addressing
c) Abundance of sleeping nodes, mobile and non-IP device
d) All of these

Answer: d) All of these

Q2. A _________ allows us to use our smartphones to lock and unlock our do our homes or our businesses.

a) Smart Meter
b) ATM
c) Digital Lock
d) Web

Answer: c) Digital Lock

Q3. The function/functions of an IoT Gateway is/are to?

a) Forward packets between LAN and WAN and on the IP layer
b) Connect IoT LAN to a WAN
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these

Answer: c) Both a) and b)

Q4. Multi-homing is the concept where a node can be connected to multiple networks for ____________.

a) Reduced Reliability
b) Improved Reliability
c) None of these
d) Both a) and b)

Answer: b) Improved Reliability

Q5. A Passive Infrared Ray (PIR) sensor is used for ____________?

a) Humidity Detection
b) Tilt Detection
c) Obstacle Detection
d) Smoke Detection

Answer: c) Obstacle Detection

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Q6. For which of the following, Vector Sensors are required to measure or sense them?

a) Color, Pressure, Temperature
b) Orientation, Image
c) None of these
d) Both a) and b)

Answer: b) Orientation, Image

Q7. The sensitivity of a sensor under real conditions may differ from the value specified. This is called __________?

a) Maximal Error
b) Minimal Error
c) Median Error
d) Sensitivity Error

Answer: d) Sensitivity Error

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Q8. A random deviation of the signal that varies in time is called ______________.

a) Noise
b) Sound
c) Bias
d) None of these

Answer: a) Noise

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Q9. A Relay Switch is an example of _______________.

a) A Sensor
b) An Actuator
c) A Transducer
d) None of These

Answer: b) An Actuator

Q10. What is a Pneumatic Actuator?

a) It is a type of actuator driven by compressed air or vacuum
b) It is a type of actuator driven by fluid
c) It is a type of actuator driven by solid
d) None of these

Answer: a) It is a type of actuator driven by compressed air or vacuum

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Q11. Which type of actuators tend to be compact, lightweight, economical, and with high power density?

a) Thermal or Magnetic Actuators
b) Hydraulic Actuators
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these

Answer: a) Thermal or Magnetic Actuators

Q12. Polymer based actuators designed to handle fragile objects like fruit harvesting in agriculture or manipulating internal organs in biomedicine are called?

a) Pneumatic Actuators
b) Soft Actuators
c) Software Actuators
d) Hardware Actuators

Answer: b) Soft Actuators

Q13. Full form of SMP is ____________?

a) Soft Memory Polymer
b) Shape Memory Polymer
c) Software Memory Polymer
d) None of these

Answer: b) Shape Memory Polymer

Q14. Duty Cycling of the sensors is managed by which component of IoT?

a) Application
b) Real-Time Kernel
c) Radios
d) Power Management Unit

Answer: d) Power Management Unit

Q15. Which of the following are challenges of IoT?

a) Security
b) Complexity Management
c) Modeling and Analysis
d) All of these

Answer: d) All of these

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Q1. Which of the following is a static mechanism for address allocation of IoT nodes?

a) Configuration over a management interface
b) IPv6 address based on a hardware identifier
c) Both configuration over a management interface & based on a hardware identifier
d) IoT nodes can’t be configured statically

Answer: c) Both configuration over a management interface & based on a hardware identifier

Q2. Which of the following error is commonly found in heating of metal strips?

a) quantization error
b) aliasing error
c) hysteresis error
d) None of these

Answer: c) hysteresis error

Q3. Identify the component shown below:

a) Gas sensor
b) PIR sensor
c) Light sensor
d) Speaker

Answer: b) PIR sensor

Q4. “X” performs active application layer functions between IoT nodes and other entities. What is X?

a) IoT node
b) IoT proxy
c) IoT gateway
d) IoT Network

Answer: b) IoT proxy

Q5. Which of the following field in IPv4 header format indicates that it is concerned with reliable transmission?

a) Traffic class
b) Hop limit
c) Fragment offset
d) Destination address

Answer: c) Fragment offset

Q6. Which of the following is a function of IoT Gateway?

a) Data forwarding
b) Device management
c) Protocol conversion
d) All of these

Answer: d) All of these

Q7. Which of the following actuator converts pressure into force?

a) Mechanical actuators
b) Pneumatic actuators
c) Electric actuators
d) Magnetic actuators

Answer: b) Pneumatic actuators

Q8. Which of the following mechanism for address autoconfiguration provide more control on the allocated addresses?

a) DHCPv6
b) SLAAC
c) Both DHCPv6 and SLAAC
d) None of these

Answer: a) DHCPv6

Q9. Which of the following can measure position?

a) Potentiometer
b) Encoder
c) Both potentiometer & encoder
d) None of these

Answer: c) Both potentiometer & encoder

Q10. In a scenario when the IoT proxy has uplink connectivity, does the IoT LAN need global addressing mandatorily?

a) Yes
b) No
c) Not applicable

Answer: b) No

Q11. Which of the following is TRUE?

a) M2M is not a subset of IoT
b) WoT and IoT are same
c) IoT and M2M are same
d) None of these

Answer: d) None of these

Q12. Statement I: Aliasing error occurs if the input variable or added noise changes periodically at a frequency proportional to the multiple of the sampling rate.
Statement II: If the signal is monitored digitally, the sampling frequency can cause a dynamic error triggering aliasing error.

a) Both Statement I and II are false
b) Both Statement I and II are true
c) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
d) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Answer: b) Both Statement I and II are true

Q13. Does polymer-based actuator find application in manufacturing artificial muscles?

a) Yes
b) No

Answer: a) Yes

Q14. Unique Local Addresses are intended to allow routing over a network that expands over multiple links and routing hops, and even can expand over multiple networks. Can these addresses prevent address collision?

a) Yes
b) No
c) Not Applicable

Answer: a) Yes

Q15. Which of the following is an example of vector sensor?

a) Pressure sensor
b) Strain sensor
c) Both pressure and strain sensors
d) Sound sensor

Answer: d) Sound sensor

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