DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

University Examinations 2020/2021

FOURTH YEAR SEMESTER I FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CIT 4103: Internet of Things

DATE: XTH August 2020 TIME: 2 HOURS

Instructions: Answer Question 1 and Any Other Two.

Question 1: (30 Marks)

(a) Explain the following terms: (4 marks)
i. Internet
ii. Data centre
iii. Machine learning
(b) Discuss TWO ways in which the traditional Internet is different from the Internet of
Things (4 marks)
(c) Explain THREE Fundamental characteristics of internet of things ( 3 Marks)
(d) Differentiate between the following terms: (6 Marks)
i. Bluetooth and WIFI
ii. Zigbee and Thread
iii. Passive RFID and Active RFID
Almasi bottlers would like to implement internet of things to the company. The firm produces
soft drinks and would like to Apply IOT in the production and supply process to maximize
profits and ensure they minimize excessive production.

(e) Explain four challenges which Almasi bottlers may face due to the adoption of IOT
(8 marks)
(f) Discuss THREE technology trends that explain the rapid growth of Internet of Things.
(6 marks)
Question 2: (20 Marks)
Petra orange juice producing company has ten acres of land where they grow oranges. They have
installed cameras to take images of the plants, recording the number of oranges per plant. The
cameras also capture every activity done to the plants of daily basis such as weeding, manuring,
watering. Assuming that a season takes five months from planting to harvesting, then another
planting takes place.
(a) Can this data be categorized as big data? Justify your answer (4 Marks)
(b) Explain the FOUR main characteristics that define big data.
(8 marks)
(c) Discuss FOUR storage challenges associated with big data. (8 Marks)

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Question 3: (20 Marks)
(a) Describe the layers of the internet of things architecture (8 Marks)
(b) Distinguish between supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning (6 Marks)
(c) Explain the below application of artificial intelligence to internet of things (6 Marks)
I. Collaborative robots
II. Drones
III. Digital twins
Question 4: (20 Marks)
(a) Describe Three IOT communication models (9 Marks)
(b) Explain the functions of the below internet of things cloud platforms (6 Marks)
I. Cloud IOT core
II. Cloud Machine learning engine
III. Cloud Pub
(c) Discuss FIVE application areas of internet of things (5 Marks)

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