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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 327 · 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 carries the data? (a) phone app (b) Wi-Fi (c) sensor (d) actuator
  2. 2.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  3. 3.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  4. 4.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  6. 6.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) actuator
  7. 7.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  8. 8.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) acts on a command (b) measures the real world (c) carries the data (d) reads values, decides
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) microcontroller (b) actuator (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  10. 10.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) lights on from an app (b) a printed map (c) a candle in a jar (d) a hand fan
  11. 11.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  12. 12.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) Wi-Fi (d) microcontroller
  13. 13.What does the microcontroller do? (a) stores data online (b) acts on a command (c) measures the real world (d) reads values, decides
  14. 14.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  15. 15.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  16. 16.What does the phone app do? (a) carries the data (b) reads values, decides (c) shows data to you (d) acts on a command
  17. 17.What does the sensor do? (a) measures the real world (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) carries the data
  18. 18.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) cloud server (b) actuator (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  19. 19.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  20. 20.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?
  21. 21.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a paper calendar
  23. 23.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  24. 24.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  25. 25.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  26. 26.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  27. 27.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  28. 28.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  29. 29.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  30. 30.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  31. 31.🌐 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
  32. 32.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the board reads it (c) the cloud stores it (d) the app shows it
  33. 33.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Inside of Toys (c) Internet of Talk (d) Input of Tools
  34. 34.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  35. 35.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  38. 38.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) sensor (c) cloud server (d) microcontroller
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  40. 40.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?

Answer key

  1. Wi-Fi
  2. 72
  3. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  4. 12
  5. a plain wall switch
  6. phone app
  7. 300
  8. carries the data
  9. actuator
  10. lights on from an app
  11. 24
  12. microcontroller
  13. reads values, decides
  14. 16
  15. an IoT device
  16. shows data to you
  17. measures the real world
  18. sensor
  19. a wind-up clock
  20. 2500
  21. an IoT device
  22. a paper calendar
  23. a paper calendar
  24. 6
  25. 60
  26. 4000
  27. not an IoT device
  28. an IoT device
  29. an IoT device
  30. 60
  31. over Wi-Fi
  32. the app shows it
  33. Internet of Things
  34. 1900
  35. not an IoT device
  36. 96
  37. 9
  38. cloud server
  39. 3000
  40. 1250

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