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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 335 · 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 the sensor do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) shows data to you (d) carries the data
  2. 2.What does the cloud server do? (a) acts on a command (b) stores data online (c) shows data to you (d) carries the data
  3. 3.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) phone app
  4. 4.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) phone app (b) sensor (c) actuator (d) microcontroller
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a paper calendar (d) a smart energy meter
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) phone app (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) actuator
  10. 10.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it (c) the sensor measures (d) the cloud stores it
  11. 11.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) Wi-Fi
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a battery torch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a smart energy meter
  13. 13.What does the microcontroller do? (a) stores data online (b) carries the data (c) shows data to you (d) reads values, decides
  14. 14.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 130 readings take?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  16. 16.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  17. 17.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a smart energy meter
  18. 18.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) sensor (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  19. 19.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  20. 20.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) shows data to you (c) acts on a command (d) carries the data
  21. 21.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) measures the real world
  22. 22.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  23. 23.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?
  24. 24.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) Wi-Fi
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  26. 26.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  28. 28.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a wind-up clock (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  29. 29.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a fitness band with app
  30. 30.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain wall switch
  33. 33.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 110 readings take?
  34. 34.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  36. 36.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) through a candle (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by post
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  38. 38.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  39. 39.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  40. 40.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Talk (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Things

Answer key

  1. measures the real world
  2. stores data online
  3. phone app
  4. actuator
  5. 6
  6. the cloud stores it
  7. 12
  8. a paper calendar
  9. sensor
  10. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  11. Wi-Fi
  12. a battery torch
  13. reads values, decides
  14. 6500
  15. a wind-up clock
  16. an IoT device
  17. a plain table fan
  18. cloud server
  19. 9
  20. shows data to you
  21. carries the data
  22. 6000
  23. 500
  24. microcontroller
  25. 1
  26. 2000
  27. 72
  28. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  29. a fitness band with app
  30. an IoT device
  31. the board reads it
  32. a plain wall switch
  33. 5500
  34. not an IoT device
  35. 12
  36. over Wi-Fi
  37. a pencil sharpener
  38. 6
  39. 24
  40. Internet of Things

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