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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week
11
TYPE OF QUESTION:MCQ/MSQ
Number ofquestions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15
QUESTION 1:
Which among the following is the most probable application scenario for a smart grid?
a. Home automation
b. Hospital networks
c. Intelligent power plants
d. Crop monitoring
Correct Answer: c. Intelligent power plants
Detailed Solution: Refer Lecture 51@4:20.
QUESTION 2:
With respect to a smart grid, which stakeholders are potentially benefitted?
a. Energy Service providers
b. Energy consumers/customers
c. Both energy service provides and consumers
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d. Neither energy service providers nor consumers.
Correct Answer: c. Both energy service providers and consumers
Detailed Solution: Refer Lecture 51@13:20.
QUESTION 3:
It is not possible to perform load forecasting using a smart grid.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: Load forecasting is possible in a smart grid. Refer Lecture 51@22:00.
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QUESTION 4:
With respect to the following Smart Grid architecture, which among the following is the most probable
utility of the IP network?
a. IP network has no utility
b. IP network is used to connect smart grid components globally for seamless data transfer
c. IP network is used for multimedia video streaming only
d. IP network is used to induce more congestion
Correct Answer: b.IP network is used to connect smart grid components globally for seamless
data transfer
Detailed Solution: Refer Lecture 51@23:00 onward.
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QUESTION 5:
Smart Home is an isolated concept and is not integrable with smart grid?
a. False
b. True
Correct Answer: a. False
Detailed Solution:Refer Lecture 51@28:01
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 securityare all the cloud
applications in smart grid (Please refer Lecture 52@21:55)
QUESTION 7:
Which of the following is not a vulnerability of Smart Grid?
a) Integrity
b) Physical threats
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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)
QUESTION 8:
IIoT corresponds to which industrial revolution?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
Correct Answer: d. 4th
Detailed Solution: Refer Lecture 53@10:00 onwards.
QUESTION 9:
IIoT is inherently data intensive.
a. Yes
b. No
Correct Answer: a. Yes
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Detailed Solution:In IIoT, big data analytics plays an important part, hence it is inherently data
intensive. Refer Lecture 53@16:28 onward.
QUESTION 10:
Which among the following is one of the requirements and utility of IIoT?
a. Power plant interruption
b. Power plant virtualization
c. Power plant decentralization
d. Power plant denotification
Correct Answer: b. Power plant virtualization
Detailed Solution: Refer Lecture 53@20:17.
QUESTION 11:
Smart Grid follows which type of flow of energy?
a. Bidirectional
b. Unidirectional
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
Correct Answer: a. Bidirectional
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Detailed Solution: Smart grid follows bidirectional flow of energy. (Please refer Lecture 51@5:41)
QUESTION 12:
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)
QUESTION 13:
Intelligent transport system is least likely to render which of the following connectivity?
a. Vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity
b. Vehicle-to-sensor connectivity
c. Vehicle-to-road infrastructure
d. Vehicle-to-home connectivity
Correct Answer: d. Vehicle-to-home connectivity
Detailed Solution: ITS provides Vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity, Vehicle-to-sensorconnectivity, Vehicle-
to-road infrastructure and Vehicle-to-internet connectivity.(Please refer Lecture 54@4:19)
QUESTION 14:
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Approximately around ________ of the total data available currently in the world is unstructured.
a. 20 %
b. 40 %
c. 60 %
d. 80%
Correct Answer: d. 80%
Detailed Solution: Unstructured data accounts for 80% of the total data available today in theworld.
(Please refer Lecture 55@9:23)
QUESTION 15:
SQL manages ________________ data.
a) Unstructured
b) Corrupt
c) Structured
d) Non-organized
Correct Answer: c. Structured
Detailed Solution:Refer Lecture 55@8:56.
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