Assignment 6
1. Which industrial communication technology is suitable for hazardous
environments?
a. ModBus-TCP
b. EtherCat
c. Profibus PA
d. TSN
Answer: (c)
Justification: Refer to slide 4, lecture 4, week 6
2. Which type of modem allows simultaneous bi-directional communica-
tion?
a. Simplex
b. Half-duplex
c. Duplex
d. Synchronous
Answer: (c)
Justification: Refer to slide 22, lecture 4, week 6
3. Which of the following industrial communication protocols follow a client-
server architecture?
a. MECHATROLINK
b. ModBus-TCP
c. Hostlink
d. DeviceNet
Answer: (b)
Justification: Refer to slide 5, lecture 3, week 6
4. What type of tasks is enabled by Smallcell Deployment in cellular net-
works?
a. Increasing dead zones
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b. Alleviating backhaul burden and reducing latency
c. Limiting energy efficiency
d. Eliminating spectrum flexibility
Answer: (b)
Justification: Refer to slide 11, lecture 5, week 6
5. The DS1621 temperature sensor generates how many bits of temperature
data?
a. 8 bits
b. 9 bits
c. 10 bits
d. 12 bits
Answer: (b)
Justification: Refer to slide 16, lecture 1, week 6
6. Which of the following sensors is used to measure acceleration and pro-
vides 3-axis (X, Y, Z) values?
a. TCS3200
b. LM35
c. MQ-2
d. ADXL335
Answer: (d)
Justification: Refer to slide 19, lecture 1, week 6
7. Which sensor is used for detecting human presence based on infrared
radiation?
a. Image sensor
b. Ultrasonic sensor
c. PIR sensor
d. Magnetostrictive sensor
Answer: (c)
Justification: Refer to slide 24, lecture 1, week 6
8. In an MOS gas sensor, what happens to the resistance in an n-type sensor
when exposed to a reducing gas?
a. Resistance remains the same
b. Resistance decreases
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c. Resistance increases
d. Resistance fluctuates randomly
Answer: (b)
Justification: Refer to slide 5, lecture 2, week 6
9. Which of the following characteristics describes a gas sensor’s ability to
detect a specific gas in the presence of other gases?
a. Sensitivity
b. Stability
c. Selectivity
d. Reversibility
Answer: (c)
Justification: Refer to slide 6, lecture 2, week 6
10. What is the maximum data transmission range for EtherCat using optical
waveguides?
a. 100 meters
b. 500 meters
c. 10 kilometers
d. 20 kilometers
Answer: (d)
Justification: Refer to slide 11, lecture 3, week 6
11. Which communication protocol uses Common Industrial Protocol (CIP)
over Ethernet?
a. EtherNet/IP
b. Profinet
c. EtherCat
d. Modbus-TCP
Answer: (a)
Justification: Refer to slide 13, lecture 3, week 6
12. What is the total bus length supported by Interbus?
a. 7 kilometers
b. 10 kilometers
c. 13 kilometers
d. 24n−2 meters, where n is the number of slaves
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Answer: (c)
Justification: Refer to slide 8, lecture 4, week 6
13. Which of the following is a key requirement for Industrial communica-
tion?
a. High latency communication
b. Manual device control
c. Single-band connectivity
d. Very low latency
Answer: (d)
Justification: Refer to slide 2, lecture 3, week 6
14. How are sensors categorized based on their power requirements?
a. Active and Passive
b. Analog and Digital
c. Load Resistive and Load Reactive
d. Battery-Powered and Line-Powered
Answer: (a)
Justification: Please refer to Chapter 5, page 99 of the book Introduction to IoT
by S Misra, A Mukherjee, and A Roy by Cambridge University Press.
15. Modbus is an industrial communication protocol for Fieldbuses that fol-
lows a master-slave architecture. What is the maximum number of slave
devices supported by the master node in this protocol?
a. 128
b. 247
c. 256
d. 494
Answer: (b)
Justification: Please refer to Chapter 10, page 214 of the book Introduction to
Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 by S Misra, C Roy, and A Mukherjee
by CRC Press.