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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 169 · 40 questions
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Remember (Sense, send, store, show): IoT device = an everyday thing that shares data over the internet (usually Wi-Fi and an app). Data flow: sensor → board → Wi-Fi → cloud → app (and commands back to an actuator). Readings sent = total time ÷ time between readings, in the same units.

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  1. 1.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) cloud server (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  2. 2.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  3. 3.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  4. 4.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a battery torch
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a wind-up clock (d) a fitness band with app
  6. 6.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  7. 7.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) actuator (b) sensor (c) Wi-Fi (d) microcontroller
  8. 8.What does the cloud server do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) acts on a command (d) stores data online
  9. 9.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by shouting (c) by post (d) over Wi-Fi
  10. 10.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Inside of Toys (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  11. 11.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a battery torch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a pencil sharpener
  12. 12.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  13. 13.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) phone app (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) actuator
  14. 14.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a paper calendar
  15. 15.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  16. 16.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the board reads it (b) the cloud stores it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the sensor measures
  17. 17.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  18. 18.What does the actuator do? (a) stores data online (b) acts on a command (c) carries the data (d) reads values, decides
  19. 19.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  20. 20.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) Wi-Fi (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  21. 21.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the board reads it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it
  22. 22.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  23. 23.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a smart energy meter
  24. 24.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  25. 25.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a pencil sharpener
  27. 27.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  29. 29.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  30. 30.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a hand fan (c) a printed map (d) lights on from an app
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  32. 32.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  33. 33.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  34. 34.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  35. 35.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a smart energy meter (c) a pencil sharpener (d) an app-controlled bulb
  36. 36.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) Wi-Fi (c) phone app (d) actuator
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  38. 38.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain table fan
  39. 39.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a fitness band with app (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a wind-up clock

Answer key

  1. phone app
  2. reads values, decides
  3. 18
  4. a battery torch
  5. a fitness band with app
  6. a plain wall switch
  7. microcontroller
  8. stores data online
  9. over Wi-Fi
  10. Internet of Things
  11. an app-controlled bulb
  12. 18
  13. actuator
  14. a Wi-Fi weather station
  15. 24
  16. the sensor measures
  17. not an IoT device
  18. acts on a command
  19. 2
  20. sensor
  21. the board reads it
  22. an IoT device
  23. a paper calendar
  24. 30
  25. an IoT device
  26. a pencil sharpener
  27. an IoT device
  28. 9
  29. not an IoT device
  30. lights on from an app
  31. 7
  32. 1500
  33. 1800
  34. 9
  35. a pencil sharpener
  36. Wi-Fi
  37. 12
  38. a smart energy meter
  39. an IoT device
  40. a wind-up clock

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