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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 273 · 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 the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a battery torch (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a smart energy meter (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  4. 4.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by shouting (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by post
  5. 5.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Talk (b) Internet of Things (c) Input of Tools (d) Inside of Toys
  6. 6.What does the cloud server do? (a) shows data to you (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) carries the data
  7. 7.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) an app-controlled bulb
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain table fan (d) a battery torch
  9. 9.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the app shows it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it
  10. 10.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a fitness band with app
  12. 12.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a battery torch
  13. 13.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) acts on a command (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  14. 14.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  15. 15.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  16. 16.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  17. 17.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. 19.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  20. 20.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  21. 21.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a candle in a jar (c) lights on from an app (d) a hand fan
  22. 22.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it (c) the sensor measures (d) the board reads it
  23. 23.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a fitness band with app
  24. 24.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a battery torch (d) a plain wall switch
  25. 25.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a battery torch (d) a plain wall switch
  26. 26.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the cloud stores it (c) the sensor measures (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  29. 29.What does the microcontroller do? (a) shows data to you (b) measures the real world (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  30. 30.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the cloud stores it (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  31. 31.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) shows data to you
  32. 32.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) Wi-Fi (d) microcontroller
  33. 33.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures
  34. 34.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  35. 35.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the app shows it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures
  36. 36.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  37. 37.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  38. 38.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) Wi-Fi (b) cloud server (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?

Answer key

  1. a battery torch
  2. a fitness band with app
  3. a plain wall switch
  4. over Wi-Fi
  5. Internet of Things
  6. stores data online
  7. a plain wall switch
  8. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  9. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  10. 4
  11. a pencil sharpener
  12. an app-controlled bulb
  13. measures the real world
  14. an IoT device
  15. not an IoT device
  16. not an IoT device
  17. an IoT device
  18. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. 24
  20. a battery torch
  21. lights on from an app
  22. the sensor measures
  23. a plain table fan
  24. a smart energy meter
  25. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  26. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  27. 18
  28. 4
  29. reads values, decides
  30. the app shows it
  31. carries the data
  32. phone app
  33. the app shows it
  34. 24
  35. the sensor measures
  36. cloud server
  37. a Wi-Fi weather station
  38. sensor
  39. 2000
  40. 108

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