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Which building block of the IoT architecture is responsible for collecting raw data generated by the monitored entity?
Sensor
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Which building block is used to move collected IoT data to the central IoT platform?
Gateway
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What is the function of soil moisture sensors in a smart agriculture ecosystem?
Capturing soil moisture metrics
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Which computation method processes data captured at the sensor device before sending it to a backhaul network?
Edge computing
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What moves data from IoT sensor devices to a central network?
Gateway
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Which two processor architectures are used by Customer Premises Edge Compute (C-PEC) devices?
x86, ARM
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Which module in the edge computing framework is used to store IoT data received from sensors or from the cloud?
Information broker
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What is the function of the customer edge device in the four-node edge computing model?
Provides limited local storage and processing capabilities
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Which feature characterizes a wireless local area network (WLAN) in an IoT architecture?
Support for line-of-sight communication
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What is the result of switching from the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) frequency above 1 GHz to the ISM frequency below 1 GHz?
Longer range
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What is a short-range network technology that supports meshing?
Zigbee
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Which two components provide the connectivity for an IoT architecture?
Access network, Gateway
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A university is testing a smart energy solution and requires a system to monitor the following parameters of power used by its buildings:
-voltage
-phase
-apparent power
-power factor
-frequency
Which device should be used to perform these readings?
PMC (Power measurement and control)
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A city plans for an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) that monitors public transport locations, as well as accidents and congestions, to control traffic lights effectively.
Which two items should be used to gather information for the system?
GPS devices, Smart CCTV cameras
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A university is deploying a smart energy solution to its student dormitories and needs to collect power usage data for billing purposes.
Which device should this university use?
SM (Smart meter)
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Which IoT device can improve emergency responses by monitoring a user’s activities at home?
Companion robot
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Which IoT device is used in a smart building to determine when rooms are in use?
Smart light
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An electric utility company needs to increase the speed of the collection and improve the accuracy of the information it manually collects from its meters. The meters are located in the back of residential dwellings.
Which solution meets both requirements?
Install a sensor on meters that can transmit data to a receiver
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A company plans to adopt IoT into its business operations and then go public. The company is concerned about the financial and reputational impact of increasing the volume of personally identifiable information (PII) that might inadvertently be exposed, which would affect the value of its stock.
Which two considerations should be addressed as part of the adoption strategy?
Privacy, Security
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Which type of IoT detection sensor built into electric bulbs minimizes energy usage?
Motion
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Which task does an information consumer perform within an IoT ecosystem?
Builds applications that use data from various sources after obtaining consent
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How does the processing of IoT data in the cloud change when transitioning from the Lambda architecture to Kappa architecture?
The batch layer is removed.
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Which component in the Lambda architecture acts as the streaming layer in a streaming processing system?
Real-time engine
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Which two technology areas affect the networking requirements within the customer IoT landscape?
Choose 2 answers.
Smart home, Wearables
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What enables IoT devices to be infected by the Mirai malware?
Default passwords
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Which two stakeholder groups contribute to addressing the challenges of IoT security?
Choose 2 answers.
Governments, Standards development bodies
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Which vulnerability do IoT botnets target on IoT devices by applying data found on the internet?
Default credentials
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Which two issues can result from global deployment of insecurely configured IoT devices?
Choose 2 answers.
Devices are compromised to provide fake data, Devices are compromised to form botnets
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Which type of malware creates a network of remotely controlled IoT devices unknown to the owners?
Botnet
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A company develops a small tracker to be used in parcels to track progress via Global Positioning System (GPS). Testing reveals that the tracker has a Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) port on the circuit board that can be used to overwrite the firmware on the tracker and provide false location data.
Which two Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) should this company follow in its design process to ensure security from these forms of attack?
Device secure boot, Physical security
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A company developed an IoT smart photo frame that allows users to upload photos to their device using a web browser. Testing revealed that users can upload files onto the root filesystem.
Which Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) Best Practice Guideline (BPG) should this company follow in its design process to ensure filesystem permissions are set correctly?
Secure OS
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A company develops an IoT-based security system. The system uses proximity sensors that communicate with a central gateway using a 433 MHZ radio signal. Testing reveals that the traffic can be sniffed with a software-defined radio, and an attacker could spoof the proximity sensor by copying the authentication details from the radio traffic.
Which Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) Best Practice Guideline (BPG) should this company follow in its design process to ensure the security of the radio data?
Network connections
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A company uses IoT devices to capture data in the field and transmit it for central processing. The company plans to follow the Internet of Things Security Foundation’s (IoTSF) Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) to ensure that personal data is protected.
Which IoTSF guideline should this company use?
Application security
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A company is developing a smart speaker. The company wants to review industry standards on device boot and operating system security to improve security in its devices.
Which two resources should this company evaluate?
Code of Practice, Best Practice Guidelines
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What does blockchain implement to ensure reliable data are returned when there are multiple sensors measuring the same data?
Agreed consensus mechanism
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What is the purpose of the consensus mechanism enabled through blockchain when collecting the same signals from multiple IoT sensors?
Providing a single version of the truth across all sensor data
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Malware has infected several IoT devices in a company. These devices were using default configurations.
What should the company do to prevent the malware from being installed?
Change the devices' usernames and passwords
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Which blockchain feature in an IoT application ensures that a transaction is tamperproof once it is validated?
Immutability
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Which ethical issue do customers encounter when using social media platforms from their wearable IoT devices to update people about activities?
Utilizing freedom of expression at the expense of their privacy
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A manufacturer of proprietary IoT technology is trying to pressure a company into using its technology.
What is the manufacturer infringing on?
Decisional privacy
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A company requires customers to provide personally identifiable information (PII) when registering an IoT device. The company sells the information. A business school has argued that only people should be able to sell their information and not the IoT company.
Which principle does this argument support?
Privacy is a fundamental human right.
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What are two categories of ethical concern when collecting data through IoT?
Accessing and using data, Control and property rights of data
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A company is developing a garage door sensor that stores data defining when the owner is home or away and when the garage door is open or closed. The company needs to ensure the data is stored in a secure manner.
What should this company be concerned about regarding the storage of user information?
Mishandling stored user information will lead to privacy issues.
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Which body in the U.S. is responsible for leveling penalties against companies whose cybersecurity is below standard?
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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Which framework prohibits countries from knowingly allowing IoT infrastructure under their control to be used for wrongful acts against other countries?
G7 Declaration on Responsible States Behavior in Cyberspace
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Which framework identifies factors influencing investments?
Regulators, Facilitators, and Collaborators (RFC) Framework
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Which agency publishes the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)?
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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A company is developing a self-driving car with IoT technology that will generate up to 6 GB of data per second.
Which component will analyze the data?
Edge computing
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Which two reductions will occur when autonomous vehicle (AV) usage is widespread?
Congestion, Emissions
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How are IoT devices used by the Chinese government to measure its citizens’ social credit score?
By tracking compliance with prescribed social and economic obligations
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A hospital unit takes care of high-risk patients who require constant monitoring through IoT devices.
Which condition identifies an actual emergency?
True positives
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A hospital uses legacy sensors to collect patients’ data in its intensive care unit (ICU). The hospital deploys a network data aggregator in accordance with the principles of the openEHR (electronic health record) model.
What is the primary implication of this approach?
Eliminates the need to tamper with ICU sensors
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A hospital plans to send data from intensive care unit (ICU) sensors to a central recording system. The data should be captured in transit for analysis in a database.
Which component of the system should be used to capture the data?
Network data aggregator
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A power company integrates 5G in its advanced metering infrastructure as a service (AMIaaS) architecture. The company needs a virtual network function that provides digital ledger functionality.
What should this company use?
Virtual blockchain processing (vBCP)
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A utility company is planning to implement an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) to transform its legacy network into a smart network.
What is reduced by making this transformation?
Operational costs
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A company implements an IoT 5G smart grid to improve resiliency within its power grid. The company installs the virtual machine cloud machine (vMCM) function.
Why is the vMCM function installed?
To monitor devices and cache information about daily consumption
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A company is evaluating how to reduce air pollution in places that lack IoT sensors.
Which two technologies can be used?
Machine learning, AI
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A city is evaluating the World Bank’s Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) initiative in the development of a road traffic congestion solution.
What are two objectives of the SuM4All initiative?
Safety, Efficiency
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Sensors with computer vision intelligence are embedded in a city’s access road surfaces and in CCTV systems to enable drivers to find available parking spaces.
Which objective of the World Bank’s Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) initiative is being addressed?
Efficiency
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