ITPEC IP October 2020 Question 93
Which of the following is the most appropriate example of IoT?
Explanation
A sensor in the drug container reports the dosing history over the Internet — the only option in which a thing, not a person, sends data by itself.
In the IoT (Internet of Things), physical objects carry sensors and communication functions and send the data they collect over the Internet, so they can be monitored and the data analysed. Here the container senses each time the drug is taken, and the pharmacy uses the dosing history it builds up to guide the patient.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) — a member bidding at an auction venue from a PC is a person using the Internet (e-commerce); no object senses or sends anything
- •(b) — moving groupware from an internal server to an external data center so it can be used anywhere is hosting, cloud use of an application
- •(d) — streaming class videos to students' smartphones and PCs is e-learning: people viewing content
Key rule: Ask what is connected: a device with a sensor sending data over the Internet by itself is IoT; a person using a PC or phone online is ordinary Internet use.
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