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Introduction to
Internet of Things
Assignment-Week 7
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total marks: 15 X 1= 15
QUESTION 1:
DHT Sensor refers to Digital Humidity and Temperature Sensor.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
Detailed Solution: DHT Sensor refers to Digital Humidity and Temperature Sensor.
(Please refer to lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- II @ 3:28)
QUESTION 2:
Fill in the blanks. __________ is a python library used for plotting the data in 2D.
a. List
b. Numpy
c. Pandas
d. Matplotlib
Correct Answer: d. Matplotlib
Detailed Solution: Matplotlib is a python library used for plotting the data in 2D. (Please
refer to lecture Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- III @ 12:13)
QUESTION 3:
Fill in the blanks. __________ makes a scatter plot of the given points.
a. ion()
b. figure()
c. Scatter()
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: c. Scatter()
Detailed Solution: Scatter() makes a scatter plot of the given points. (Please refer to lecture
Implementation of IoT with Raspberry Pi- III @ 23:25).
QUESTION 4:
What are the two main challenges of SDN?
a. File placement and Node placement
b. Rule placement and Controller placement
c. All of these
d. None of these
Correct Answer: b. Rule placement and Controller placement
Detailed Solution: Rule placement and Controller placement are the two main challenges
of SDN. (Please refer to lecture Software Defined Networking- Part- I @ 16:49)
QUESTION 5:
In soft-timeout, all the rules are deleted from the switch.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: In soft-timeout, if no flow is received associated with a rule for a
particular time, the rule is deleted. In hard-timeout, all rules are deleted from the switch.
(Please refer to lecture Software Defined Networking- Part- I @ 24:57)
QUESTION 6:
Which of the following is a component of SDN?
a. Hardware switches
b. Flow-rules
c. None of these
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d. All of these
Detailed Solution: Hardware switches and Flow rules are both the components of SDN.
(Please refer to lecture Software Def ined Networking- Part- I @ 15.47)
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QUESTION 7:
What is introduced if a controller is down in SDN?
a. Backup controller
b. Intro controller
c. All of these
d. None of these
Correct Answer: a. Backup Controller
Detailed Solution: Backup controller is introduced if a controller is down in SDN. (Please
refer to lecture Software Defined Networking- Part- II @ 8:29 )
QUESTION 8:
Southbound API is used to communicate between control layer and application layer.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: Southbound API is used to communicate between control layer and
infrastructure layer. (Please refer to lecture 34 Software Defined Networking- Part- II @1:41).
QUESTION 9:
SDN is OpenFlow.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: SDN is not OpenFlow. It is a technology/concept. (Please refer to lecture
33 Software Defined Networking- Part- I @25:55).
QUESTION 10:
Which of the following forwards the sensed data based on the ID of the source node?
a. Value-centric data forwarding
b. ID-centric data forwarding
c. All of these
d. None of these
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Correct Answer: b. ID-centric data forwarding
Detailed Solution: ID-centric data forwarding forwards the sensed data based on the ID of
the source node. See lecture 35 @ 9:50
QUESTION 11:
Does integrating SDN in IoT provide intelligent routing decisions?
a. Yes
b. No
Correct Answer: a. Yes
Detailed Solution: Integrating SDN in IoT provides intelligent routing decisions. See
lecture 35 @ 17:25
QUESTION 12:
Are Indigo and LINC Open source?
a. Yes
b. No
Correct Answer: a. Yes
Detailed Solution: Indigo and LINC are both open source. See lecture 33@ 26:43.
QUESTION 13:
Which of the following is used to communicate among multiple controllers in the control layer?
a. East-Westbound APIs
b. Northbound APIs
c. All of these
d. None of these
Correct Answer: a. East-Westbound APIs
Detailed Solution: East-Westbound APIs are used to communicate among multiple
controllers in the control layer.
See lecture 34 @ 02:39
QUESTION 14:
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How many requests can a controller handle through a single thread?
a. 200/sec
b. 50/sec
c. None of these
d. All of these
Correct Answer: a. 200/sec
Detailed Solution: A controller can handle 200 requests in a second through a single
thread. (Please refer to lecture 34@ 3:47)
QUESTION 15:
Size of the ternary content-addressable memory is not limited at the switches.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
Detailed Solution: Size of the ternary content-addressable memory is limited at the switches
(Please refer to lecture 33 @ 20:41)
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