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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 204 · 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.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a hand fan (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  2. 2.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  3. 3.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  4. 4.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  5. 5.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  6. 6.What does the sensor do? (a) acts on a command (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  7. 7.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  8. 8.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) Wi-Fi
  9. 9.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) over Wi-Fi (c) by post (d) by shouting
  10. 10.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  12. 12.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) carries the data (c) shows data to you (d) reads values, decides
  13. 13.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a smart energy meter (d) a pencil sharpener
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a plain wall switch
  15. 15.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a paper calendar
  16. 16.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  17. 17.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) shows data to you (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) carries the data
  18. 18.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  19. 19.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a battery torch
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  21. 21.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a fitness band with app (d) a smart energy meter
  22. 22.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  23. 23.What does the actuator do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) measures the real world (d) acts on a command
  24. 24.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  25. 25.What does the phone app do? (a) shows data to you (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) carries the data
  26. 26.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  28. 28.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  30. 30.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a battery torch (c) a paper calendar (d) a smart energy meter
  32. 32.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Internet of Talk (c) Input of Tools (d) Inside of Toys
  33. 33.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain table fan
  35. 35.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  36. 36.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  37. 37.What does the cloud server do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) stores data online
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a fitness band with app
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  40. 40.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 140 readings take?

Answer key

  1. lights on from an app
  2. 42
  3. 28
  4. a wind-up clock
  5. 21
  6. measures the real world
  7. not an IoT device
  8. phone app
  9. over Wi-Fi
  10. an IoT device
  11. 5000
  12. reads values, decides
  13. a smart energy meter
  14. a Wi-Fi weather station
  15. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  16. not an IoT device
  17. carries the data
  18. 2000
  19. a battery torch
  20. 36
  21. a plain table fan
  22. 600
  23. acts on a command
  24. 24
  25. shows data to you
  26. 2
  27. 60
  28. 6000
  29. 24
  30. the app shows it
  31. a smart energy meter
  32. Internet of Things
  33. Wi-Fi
  34. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  35. an IoT device
  36. an IoT device
  37. stores data online
  38. a battery torch
  39. 4000
  40. 1400

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