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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 362 · 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.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  2. 2.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) measures the real world (c) acts on a command (d) shows data to you
  3. 3.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  4. 4.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) Wi-Fi (d) cloud server
  5. 5.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  6. 6.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  7. 7.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  9. 9.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) over Wi-Fi (b) through a candle (c) by shouting (d) by post
  10. 10.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a fitness band with app
  11. 11.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  12. 12.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Things (d) Internet of Talk
  13. 13.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the sensor measures
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a paper calendar
  15. 15.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a smart energy meter (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  17. 17.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) an app-controlled bulb
  19. 19.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  20. 20.What does the actuator do? (a) carries the data (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) shows data to you
  21. 21.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  22. 22.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  23. 23.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a fitness band with app (c) a plain wall switch (d) a battery torch
  24. 24.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  25. 25.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a battery torch (d) a smart energy meter
  26. 26.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  28. 28.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) sensor (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  30. 30.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  31. 31.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) shows data to you
  32. 32.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a wind-up clock
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a paper calendar (c) a wind-up clock (d) an app-controlled bulb
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a fitness band with app (d) a pencil sharpener
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  36. 36.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a smart energy meter (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain wall switch
  37. 37.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a fitness band with app (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  39. 39.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?

Answer key

  1. 24
  2. measures the real world
  3. 30
  4. sensor
  5. cloud server
  6. not an IoT device
  7. 30
  8. a battery torch
  9. over Wi-Fi
  10. a wind-up clock
  11. 4750
  12. Internet of Things
  13. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  14. a paper calendar
  15. an IoT device
  16. a smart energy meter
  17. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  18. a plain table fan
  19. 18
  20. acts on a command
  21. microcontroller
  22. 1500
  23. a fitness band with app
  24. 16
  25. a smart energy meter
  26. lights on from an app
  27. 60
  28. actuator
  29. 72
  30. a battery torch
  31. shows data to you
  32. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. an app-controlled bulb
  34. a pencil sharpener
  35. 3
  36. a plain wall switch
  37. an IoT device
  38. a plain wall switch
  39. not an IoT device
  40. 9

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