Internet of Things (CS-801) - Important Questions

Explain the conceptual and architectural framework of IoT, its characteristics, and its significance in intelligent systems.

Compare IoT vs M2M (with examples, applications and data analytics differences) and IoT vs Web of Things (WoT)

Describe modern day IoT applications in healthcare, smart city, agriculture and industrial automation systems with suitable examples.

Explain IoT node, IoT gateway and IoT proxy and discuss their significance in IoT communication systems.

Explain and differentiate IoT level 3 and level 4 systems with examples.

Differentiate between logical and physical design of IoT.

What is the functionality of IoT gateways? How does the IoT ecosystem work?

Explain review of basic microcontrollers and interfacing, and CoAP request-response model

Write short notes on topics including review of basic microcontrollers and interfacing, quantization error, ZigBee and its types, and XMPP

Explain the IoT planes, various enablers of IoT, and the complex interdependencies among them with a block diagram.

Classify network types based on physical topologies and connection types with schematic diagrams.

Define M2M and explain reasons for shifting from M2M to IoT

Explain common characteristics of actuators used for selection.

Explain the basic components of a sensor node and differentiate sensor node vs actuator node.

Describe bias, drift, hysteresis error and quantization error in sensors with suitable examples and applications.

Explain and compare the different types / commercially available sensors used in IoT networks and sensing applications.

Explain the following:

Compare mechanical, soft and shape memory polymer based actuators.

Discuss the role of actuators in IoT and explain the various types of actuators.

Explain the challenges and requirements of IoT devices.

Discuss the building blocks of IoT and the most used sensor types in IoT.

Explain RFID concepts, terminology, working principles, features and applications, including how RFID and IoT are linked to implement smart things.

Explain IoT Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), its services/layers with diagram, and its significance and challenges in connected systems.

Explain what the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol is and how it is related to IoT.

Critically examine the advantages and limitations of ZigBee, 6LoWPAN and IEEE 802.15.4 communication technologies.

Examine the role of NFC, Bluetooth and Wireless Sensor Networks in short-range IoT communication systems.

What is a Wireless Sensor Network? Explain it and its applications.

Explain challenges and requirements of IoT device.

What is the role of 6LoWPAN in IoT and how does it differ from IPv4 or IPv6?

What is ZigBee? Draw and explain the ZigBee architecture in detail.

Explain Near Field Communication (NFC), its definition and applications.

Explain the relation between Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and IoT with an example.

How does IPv6 affect the development and implementation of the Internet of Things?

Explain CoAP and how it can be used between devices on the same constrained network.

Define MQTT and Explain the role of publish-subscribe communication mechanisms in MQTT based IoT systems.

Describe CoAP message types and explain the CoAP request-response model with suitable examples.

Explain with example MQTT Protocol. What is role of MQTT protocol in IoT?

Explain the features and components of AMQP in IoT and list the frame types in AMQP.

What is SMQTT and how does it transfer messages securely?

How does XMPP improves the IoT services?

Define AMQP and explain its message attributes and payload.

Write short notes on RFID, WebSockets and SMQTT.

Write about the basic operations available in the CoAP protocol.

Explain the use of application layer protocols and differentiate between AMQP and MQTT, including whether MQTT uses WebSockets.

Explain different types of attacks in IoT systems and the role of security / monitoring and threat prevention.

Explain why security is required in IoT, security concerns, and various IoT security models.

Discuss the role of Data Analytics in Internet of Things (IoT).

Explain the design and applications of IoT-based smart home / home automation system using Raspberry Pi and other hardware with sketch.

Differentiate between Arduino and Raspberry Pi on the basis of architecture, processing capability and IoT applications.

What kinds of vulnerabilities have been observed in IoT and which attacks can exploit vulnerabilities in the Application/Service layer?

Give an example of a particularly difficult cloud IoT integration and how it was overcome.

What is IoT Analytics and what is the role of things and Internet in IoT?

How cloud useful for IoT? Explain cloud communication APIs.

Explain the following. (any two) i) Smart Home ii) Raspberry Pi iii) IoT platforms

Describe the different Cloud Service Models.

Discuss security and privacy issues in IoT systems.

Write short note on any two of the following: -

Write short notes on two of the following:

Explain Software Defined Networking. Is SDN a mature technology? Justify it.