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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:
Which of the following is not done in traditional electrical grids?
a. Manual energy monitoring
b. Unidirectional energy distribution
c. Unidirectional communication
d. Distributed power plants
Correct Answer: d. Distributed power plants
Detailed Solution: In Traditional electrical grids, the energy generation is done in centralized
power plants. (Please refer Lecture 51@5:45)
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QUESTION 2:
Smart Grid is also named as—
a. Electronet
b. Energy service
c. Grid with a brain
d. Smart internet
Correct Answer: a. Electronet
Detailed Solution: Electronet is another name for smart grids (Please refer Lecture 51@7:41)
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QUESTION 3:
Which of the following is not a property of smart grids?
a. Bidirectional flow of energy
b. Two-way communication
c. Unreliable and insecure electricity
d. Control Capabilities
Correct Answer: c. Unreliable and insecure electricity
Detailed Solution: Smart Grids uses information technology to deliver electricity efficiently,
reliably and securely (Please refer Lecture 51@7:41)
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QUESTION 4:
Which of the following is the benefit of using Smart Grids for stakeholders?
a. Reduces inefficiencies in energy delivery
b. Different pricing options
c. Lower Energy bills
d. All of these
Correct Answer: a. Reduces inefficiencies in energy delivery
Detailed Solution: The smart grids reduce inefficiencies in energy delivery. This is one of the
benefits for stakeholders. The other benefits are for the customers (Please refer Lecture 51
@18:28)
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QUESTION 5:
Fill in the blank.
___________ samples voltage and current with a fixed sample rate at the installed location.
a. PEVs
b. DAUs
c. PMUs
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. PMUs
Detailed Solution: PMUs or Phasor Measurement Unit samples voltage and current with a fixed
sample rate at the installed location (Please refer Lecture 52 @2:44)
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QUESTION 6:
Which of the following is a cloud application of smart grid?
a. Information management
b. Energy management
c. Security
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d. All of these
Detailed Solution: Energy management, information management and security are all the cloud
applications in smart grid (Please refer Lecture 52@21:55)
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QUESTION 7:
Which of the following statements are true about MDMSs?
Statement I: Decide the price per unit energy to be paid by the customers
Statement II: Handled by the energy service providers
Statement III: Aggregate the energy consumption or energy request of certain geographical
area
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 Meter Data Management Systems (MDMS) decide the price per unit
energy to be paid by the customers AND are handled by the energy service providers. (Please refer
Lecture 52@16:02)
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QUESTION 8:
Which of the following are included in the Smart Grid security issues of integrity?
Statement I: System Damage
Statement II: Data injection attacks
Statement III: Time synchronization attacks
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: System Damage, data injection attacks and time synchronization attacks are
the types of integrity issues in Smart Grids (Please refer Lecture 52@18:55)
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QUESTION 9:
Fill in the blank.
____________ is a primary challenge in IIoT.
a. Worker health and safety
b. Optimized operations
c. Regulatory compliance
d. Integrating existing infrastructure into new IIoT infrastructure
Correct Answer: d. Integrating existing infrastructure into new IIoT infrastructure
Detailed Solution: Integrating existing infrastructure into new IIoT infrastructure is one of the
primary challenges of IIoT. (Please refer Lecture 54@14:02)
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QUESTION 10:
Fill in the blank. Rt Tech particularizes in software which____________.
a. Improves industrial facilities’ efficiency
b. Improves productivity
c. Automates managing of energy consumption
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d. All of the these
Detailed Solution: Rt Tech improves industrial facilities efficiency and productivity. It automates
the process of mapping and managing energy consumption (Please refer Lecture 54@20:30)
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QUESTION 11:
Lack of vision and leadership is not a hindrance in the path of success of IIoT.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: Lack of vision and leadership is one of the hindrances in the path of success
of IIoT. (Please refer Lecture 54@18:44)
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QUESTION 12:
Which of the following is not a vulnerability of Smart Grid?
a. Integrity
b. Physical threats
c. Dynamic system attacks
d. None of these
Correct Answer: d. None of these
Detailed Solution: Integrity, physical threats and dynamic system attacks are all the vulnerabilities
of smart grids (Please refer Lecture 52@16:56)
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QUESTION 13:
Which of the following is a characteristic of Big Data?
a. Veracity
b. Variability
c. Velocity
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d. All of these
Detailed Solution: Big Data is characterized by 7 Vs, Veracity, Variability and Velocity included
(Please refer Lecture 55@10:41)
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QUESTION 14:
Variety refers to the category to which the data belongs.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
Detailed Solution: Variety refers to the category to which the data belongs. Examples: Pure text,
images, audio, etc. (Please refer Lecture 55@12:58)
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QUESTION 15:
What is the Flow of data?
a. Acquisition>Generation>Storage>Analysis
b. Generation>Storage>Analysis>Acquisition
c. Generation>Acquisition>Storage>Analysis
d. None of these
Correct Answer: c. Generation>Acquisition>Storage>Analysis
Detailed Solution: The flow of the data is Generation, Acquisition, Storage and Analysis (Please
refer Lecture 55@19:29)
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