Subject: Internet of Things (IoT)

Module-1
Important Long Questions:

1. Briefly in detail the IoT architecture with neat diagram.

or
Explain about components in Internet of Things.
2. What is IoT? Explain the basic building blocks of an IoT device.
3. What is IoT and explain different characteristics of an IoT system?
4. Explain the Link Layer Protocols for physical design of IoT.
5. Explain the Application Layer Protocols for physical design of IoT.
6. Briefly explain the IoT communication models for logical design of IoT.
7. Explain the functional blocks of an IoT system.
8. Explain an application of IoT in home automation systems.
9. Short Notes on:
a. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
b. Cloud Computing
c. Big data

Important Short Questions:

1. What is Sensor? Give an example.
2. What is Actuator? Give an example.
3. Why do IOT systems have to be self-adapting and self-configuring?
4. What is MQTT?
5. What is 6LoWPAN?
6. What is the use of IoT Gateway?
7. What is an Embedded system?
8. Differentiate between REST- based communication API and Web Socket-based
communication APIs.
9. What is an Embedded system and how it is related to IoT?
10. What is the use of Broker in Publish-Subscriber model?
11. What is the role of things and Internet in IOT?
 12. What is ZigBee?
13. What IS IEEE 802.15.4 protocol, how is it related to IOT?
14. Differentiate between Service oriented architecture and Grid computing.
15. Distinguish between Web of Things and Internet of Things.
16. What’s the connection of IoT with Big Data and how is it going to be affected?

Ans. A huge volume of data is being generated as a result of the addition of new sources.
In fact, 2.5 Quintillion bytes of data is being generated every day. Internet of Things, Big
Data and cloud are all interconnected. As data is not just growing in size but also in variety,
there is an increased focus on analyzing it in real time to extract important insights. There
is a need to develop more effective tools to leverage big data as the conventional tools to
store and process data are not enough to handle big data.

17. What is the security concerns related to IoT? Is the present security infrastructure enough
to handle the data security requirements of IoT?

Ans. Data privacy and security concerns are rising because of the exponential increase in
the connected devices in homes, offices and industries. These devices are vulnerable to
hacking. There is a lot of concern in the mind of people about data being stolen from their
devices. There are potentially three hack points: devices, network and cloud. Data is
moving in networks while it is at rest on devices and cloud. IoT endpoints could be used
by hackers to attack servers. Device designers and software developers are ensuring
adequate security and privacy measures at the initial stage of design and development.

Module-2
Important Long Questions:
1. Differentiate between IoT and M2M.
2. Explain the key components of Software defined networking (SDN).
3. Explain the key components of Network Function virtualization (NFV).
4. Write down the limitations of Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP).
5. What is NETCONF and YANG?

Important Short Questions:

1. What are the differences between machines in M2M and thongs in IoT?
2. What is the role of NETCONF Server?
3. What is Data model manager in NETCONF-YANG?
4. What is the function of a centralized network controller in SDN?
 5. Describe how NFV can be used for virtualizing IoT devices?

Module-3
Important Long Questions:
1. Describe in detail the steps involved in IoT system design methodology.
2. For Python the following topics are important (you can expect some programming from
these topics)
a. LIST or Tuples
b. Dictionary
c. For Loop
d. File Creation and access
e. Classes

Important Short Questions:

1. You can expect some short type output question from the following topics of python.
a. LIST or Tuples
b. Dictionary
c. For Loop
d. While loop

Module-4
Important Long Questions:
1. Differentiate between Raspberry Pi and a desktop computer.
2. Write a program in python to blink an LED using Raspberry Pi development board.
3. Write a program in python for controlling an LED with a switch in Raspberry Pi
development board.

Important Short Questions:

1. What is the use of GPIO pins?
2. What is the use of SPI and I2C interfaces on Raspberry Pi?
3. List out different I/O interfaces available in Raspberry Pi?