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dian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Introduction To Industry 4.0 And

Industrial Internet Of Things
Assignment- Week 2

1. Which industrial revolution is coined as “The second Machine Age” by Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson
and Andrew McAfee of MIT?

a. First Industrial Revolution

b. Second Industrial Revolution
c. Third Industrial Revolution
d. Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Answer: (d)
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Justification: Please refer to Slide 6 of Lecture 1 of Week 2

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2. Automation in manufacturing system, computers, the Internet, and usage of renewable

energies are some of the advancement in technologies, which took place during the _______.

a. First Industrial Revolution

b. Second Industrial Revolution
c. Third Industrial Revolution
d. Fourth Industrial Revolution

Answer: (c)

a. Justification: Please refer to page 31 (Section - Third Industrial Revolution) of the book
“Introduction to Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 by Misra et. al”.

3. Which of the following is/are probable tipping points in 2025?

a. Intergalactic travels
b. Clothes connected to the internet
 c. Mars Exploration
d. AI with human emotions

Answer: (b)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 22 of Lecture 1 of Week 2

4. Which of the following is provided in a sustainable Industry?

a. Renewable energy
b. Low toxic gas emission
c. Low-waste production
d. High value products

Answer: (c)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 2 of Lecture 2 of Week 2

5. Which of the following is an example of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)?

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a. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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b. Global Positioning System (GPS)

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c. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system

d. All of the above

Answer: (d)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 7 of Lecture 2 of Week 2

6. How many different categories of countries are there based on population growth?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

Answer: (b)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 20 of Lecture 2 of Week 2

7. Which of the following is an optimistic view of population growth?

a. Enhances the economic growth

b. Consumes most of the economic investments in safety, need for schools, hospitals,
universities
c. Increases globalization issue such as trade and commerce
d. None of the above

Answer: (c)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 22 of Lecture 2 of Week 2

8. Which company developed Lean Production System?

a. Hyundai Motor Company

b. Honda Motor Company
c. Kia Corporation
d. Toyota motor corporation
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Answer: (d)
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Justification: Please refer to Slide 2 of Lecture 3 of Week 2

9. Why should companies implement lean approach?

a. Increase product quality

b. Improved lead times
c. Cost efficient
d. All of the above

Answer: (d)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 16 of Lecture 3 of Week 2

10. Which of the following cannot be considered as a medium of getting smart and connected?

a. Embedded Systems
b. Cloud computing
c. Manufacturing system
 d. Sensors

Answer: (c)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 4 of Lecture 4 of Week 2

11. What are the four key attributes of smart business models?

a. Value addition, revenue enhancements, and technologies

b. Value proposition, revenue centralization, and technologies
c. Value addition, revenue streams, and emerging trends
d. Value proposition, revenue streams, and technologies

Answer: (d)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 12 of Lecture 4 of Week 2

12. Which of the following statements are correct?

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a. Physical layer is responsible for collecting and acquiring data from object or
environment.
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b. Digital layer processes the data.

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c. Physical layer is equipped with micro-controllers and sensors.

d. All of the above

Answer: (d)

Justification: Please refer to Slides 20, 21, 22 of Lecture 4 of Week 2

13. ___________ is a flexible system that can self-optimize performance across a broader
network, self-adapt to and learn from new conditions in real or near-real time, and autonomously
run entire production processes.

a. Lean production system

b. Automation system
c. Smart factory
d. Smart city

Answer: (c)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 2 of Lecture 5 of Week 2

14. Which of the following is not a component of smart factory?

a. Smart engineering
b. Smart machines
c. Data analysis
d. Smart ideas

Answer: (d)

Justification: Please refer to Slide 5 of Lecture 5 of Week 2

15. Which of the following is/are the use(s) of Big Data analytics in smart factories?

a. Improving value streams

b. Future prediction
c. Key Performance Indicator
d. All of the above
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Answer: (d)
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Justification: Please refer to Slide 19 of Lecture 5 of Week 2