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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 173 · 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.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by post (b) over Wi-Fi (c) through a candle (d) by shouting
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a smart energy meter
  4. 4.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  6. 6.What does the actuator do? (a) measures the real world (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) shows data to you
  7. 7.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  8. 8.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain wall switch (d) an app-controlled bulb
  10. 10.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  13. 13.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  14. 14.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  15. 15.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  16. 16.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures
  18. 18.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. 19.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  20. 20.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  21. 21.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain wall switch (c) a battery torch (d) a fitness band with app
  22. 22.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Internet of Things (c) Inside of Toys (d) Internet of Talk
  23. 23.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) Wi-Fi (b) microcontroller (c) actuator (d) sensor
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures (c) the cloud stores it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?
  26. 26.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  28. 28.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  29. 29.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  31. 31.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a wind-up clock (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain table fan
  32. 32.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain wall switch (d) a battery torch
  34. 34.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  36. 36.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain table fan
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  38. 38.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  39. 39.What does the sensor do? (a) acts on a command (b) measures the real world (c) carries the data (d) shows data to you
  40. 40.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?

Answer key

  1. over Wi-Fi
  2. a plain wall switch
  3. a battery torch
  4. an IoT device
  5. 6
  6. acts on a command
  7. not an IoT device
  8. 8
  9. an app-controlled bulb
  10. an IoT device
  11. not an IoT device
  12. Wi-Fi
  13. the board reads it
  14. lights on from an app
  15. 300
  16. 42
  17. the sensor measures
  18. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. 48
  20. not an IoT device
  21. a fitness band with app
  22. Internet of Things
  23. sensor
  24. the sensor measures
  25. 500
  26. a wind-up clock
  27. 4
  28. phone app
  29. 3800
  30. 9
  31. an app-controlled bulb
  32. 10
  33. a Wi-Fi weather station
  34. not an IoT device
  35. an IoT device
  36. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  37. 36
  38. an IoT device
  39. measures the real world
  40. 15

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