Knowledge check

Before moving on to the next chapter, test your knowledge by answering these questions. The answers can be found at the end of the book:

1. What's the difference between a cyber-physical solution and an edge solution?
2. At the time it was invented, the automobile was a self-contained mechanical entity, not a cyber-physical solution or an edge solution. At some point in the evolution of the automobile, it started meeting the definition of a cyber-physical solution, and then again meeting the definition of an edge solution. What are the characteristics of automobiles we can find today that meet our definition of an edge solution?
3. Has the telephone always been a cyber-physical solution? Why or why not?
4. What are the common components of an edge solution?
5. What are the three primary types of tools needed to deliver intelligence workloads at the edge?
6. What are the four key benefits in edge-to-cloud workloads that can be achieved with ML models running at the edge?
7. Who is the primary persona at the heart of any smart home solution?
8. Can you identify one more use case for the smart home vertical that ties in with one more of the key benefits for ML-powered edge solutions?
9. Who is the primary persona at the heart of any industrial solution?
10. Can you identify one more use case for any industrial vertical that ties in with one more of the key benefits of ML-powered edge solutions?
11. Is the IoT architect of an ML-powered edge solution typically responsible for the performance accuracy (for example, confidence scores for a prediction) of the models deployed? Why or why not?