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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 175 · 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.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Talk (b) Inside of Toys (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Things
  2. 2.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a plain table fan (d) a smart energy meter
  3. 3.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) cloud server (b) Wi-Fi (c) actuator (d) sensor
  4. 4.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a candle in a jar (c) a printed map (d) lights on from an app
  5. 5.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  6. 6.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a pencil sharpener
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a battery torch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  9. 9.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  10. 10.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a fitness band with app
  11. 11.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) acts on a command
  12. 12.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) Wi-Fi (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) actuator
  13. 13.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  14. 14.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain wall switch
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) cloud server (b) Wi-Fi (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  17. 17.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  19. 19.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the sensor measures (d) the app shows it
  20. 20.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the sensor measures”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures
  21. 21.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a fitness band with app
  23. 23.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) Wi-Fi (b) sensor (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  24. 24.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  25. 25.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  26. 26.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the cloud stores it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a pencil sharpener
  30. 30.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  31. 31.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  32. 32.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  33. 33.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) cloud server (b) microcontroller (c) actuator (d) sensor
  34. 34.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it
  35. 35.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a fitness band with app (c) a paper calendar (d) a battery torch
  36. 36.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  38. 38.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  39. 39.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the app shows it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the app shows it
  40. 40.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?

Answer key

  1. Internet of Things
  2. a plain table fan
  3. actuator
  4. lights on from an app
  5. 3
  6. not an IoT device
  7. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  8. a battery torch
  9. 18
  10. a plain wall switch
  11. measures the real world
  12. microcontroller
  13. not an IoT device
  14. an IoT device
  15. a plain wall switch
  16. Wi-Fi
  17. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  18. a paper calendar
  19. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  20. the sensor measures
  21. 18
  22. a wind-up clock
  23. phone app
  24. an IoT device
  25. an IoT device
  26. not an IoT device
  27. 9
  28. the cloud stores it
  29. an app-controlled bulb
  30. 27
  31. an IoT device
  32. 6
  33. cloud server
  34. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  35. a fitness band with app
  36. 1500
  37. 10
  38. 4
  39. the board reads it
  40. 750

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