Get All Weeks Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure Quiz Answers
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure Week 01 Quiz Answers
Module Quiz Quiz Answers
Q1. Both early barter trading and modern-day DeFi are peer-to-peer systems of market exchange.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q2. Which of the following is NOT a primary or secondary role of money?
[expand title=View Answer] Method to earn interest [/expand]
Q3. Iraqi Swiss Dinars were an example of a currency that had intangible value.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q4. Which of the following are TRUE about centralized finance as per the lecture, “Brief overview of CeFi problems”?
[expand title=View Answer] Fund transfers are not instantaneous [/expand]
Q5. Why do small entrepreneurs have to fund their businesses with credit cards?
[expand title=View Answer] The size of these entrepreneurs’ businesses is too small to interest institutional channels of finance. [/expand]
Q6. Which of these early DeFi ideas made trading stocks cheaper?
[expand title=View Answer] 3-day settlement [/expand]
Q7. Which are the problems that plague centralized finance? Hint: You can choose more than one.
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1.Lack of interoperability
2.Inefficiency
3.Centralized control
4.Limited access
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Q8. Most current Fintech initiatives use legacy banking infrastructure.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q9. Which ideas did Satoshi Nakamoto combine to introduce Bitcoin?
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Blockchain
Mining pools
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Q10. Which of the following statements are FALSE with respect to the Bitcoin blockchain?
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1.Computational platform for smart contracts
2.Mistakes can be edited and fixed
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure Week 02 Quiz Answers
Module Quiz Quiz Answers
Q1. Blockchain was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in a famous 2008 paper.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q2. No matter how many times an (identical) data set is hashed, the output will always be the same.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q3. Blockchains are called blockchains because the ledger is broken into smaller datasets or blocks. The last line of the block contains a cryptographic hash that is repeated as the first line of the next block thus serving as the “chain”.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q4. Go to https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html and enter the word DeFi (be careful of capitalization and no spaces). Which is the correct SHA-256 output (first six characters):
[expand title=View Answer] 3871f9 [/expand]
Q5. Miners gather transactions, verify that the transactions are valid, hash the transactions (which happens very quickly) and post a new block.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q6. It is possible today, albeit very computationally challenging, to derive the private key associated with a public key.
[expand title=View Answer]True [/expand]
Q7. The gas required to operate on the Ethereum blockchain is paid in another cryptocurrency acceptable on the Ethereum blockchain.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q8. Miners on the Ethereum blockchain can choose any transactions to add to their block. Thus, inevitably, they end up choosing those transactions that bid the highest fees.
[expand title=View Answer]False [/expand]
Q9. Oracles enable external information to be used in computations on the Ethereum blockchain.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q10. There are three types of stablecoins: fiat or other asset collateralized, cryptocollateralized, and non-collateralized.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q11. DAOs or decentralized autonomous organizations have a board of directors, a CEO who has control over major decisions, and a company headquarters.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure Week 03 Quiz Answers
Module Quiz Answers
Q1. There is little difference between a dApp and an Apps like Robinhood, Venmo, Zelle, WeChat Pay, Alipay, etc.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q2. Keepers and Oracles are essentially the same, except that keepers do for DeFi platforms what Oracles do for blockchains.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q3. While vampirism is a risk to DeFi platforms due to their open-source nature (i.e., code can be copied and repurposed), there is a benefit of using existing code and improving on it.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q4. Yield farming refers to a situation where a user deposits crypto funds (potentially in various different DeFi platforms) and seeks the highest possible rewards or savings rates.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
Q5. Initial DeFi Offerings, or IDOs, are a long, expensive process, that includes filing with securities regulators such as the SEC in the US.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q6. DeFi refers to a fast-growing and highly opaque corner of the cryptocurrency market.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q8. A DeFi protocol is truly decentralized only if special privileges are given to the administrator.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q8. DeFi Legos is a concept that implies that each DeFi protocol is rigid and is incapable of interacting with other DeFi protocols.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q9. Tokenizing physical assets is much more straightforward than tokenizing virtual assets.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q10. One disadvantage of an Initial DeFi Offering is that an artificial floor on the cryptocurrency price is established that potentially could inhibit price discovery.
[expand title=View Answer]False [/expand]
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure Week 04 Quiz Answers
Module Quiz Answers
Q1. All cryptocurrencies are anonymous and the technology makes it easier for criminals to operate.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q2. The Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains are routinely hacked so these cryptos are not safe to use.
[expand title=View Answer] False[/expand]
Q3. Central banks’ Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDC have nothing to do with DeFi.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q4. All cryptocurrencies have no fundamental value.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q5. Quantum computing poses very little threat to the main cryptocurrencies.
[expand title=View Answer] False[/expand]
Q6. Today the cost of transacting on the main networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum is trivial, opening up a new way to handle day-to-day transactions, like buying a coffee at Starbucks.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q7. DeFi is so hard to understand that it will likely go nowhere.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q8. Given the rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, the price volatility has substantially decreased due to widespread use.
[expand title=View Answer] False [/expand]
Q9. The DeFi space is just too small compared to banks and, as such, is doomed to be a failure.
[expand title=View Answer]False[/expand]
Q10. Mining that underlies Proof of Work crypto protocols like Bitcoin and (currently) Ethereum is environmentally damaging.
[expand title=View Answer] True [/expand]
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