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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 370 · 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.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  2. 2.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  3. 3.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) the cloud stores it
  4. 4.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  5. 5.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a smart energy meter (d) a paper calendar
  6. 6.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  7. 7.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a wind-up clock (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  8. 8.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Inside of Toys (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  9. 9.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a smart energy meter (d) a plain table fan
  10. 10.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  12. 12.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a wind-up clock
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a wind-up clock
  14. 14.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) phone app (c) microcontroller (d) Wi-Fi
  15. 15.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a wind-up clock (d) a smart energy meter
  16. 16.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a hand fan (c) lights on from an app (d) a printed map
  17. 17.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  18. 18.What does the actuator do? (a) stores data online (b) acts on a command (c) measures the real world (d) reads values, decides
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  21. 21.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “the app shows it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it
  22. 22.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain wall switch
  23. 23.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  24. 24.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  25. 25.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  26. 26.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  27. 27.What does the phone app do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) stores data online
  28. 28.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) measures the real world (b) acts on a command (c) carries the data (d) reads values, decides
  29. 29.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it (c) the sensor measures (d) the cloud stores it
  30. 30.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  31. 31.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. 33.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  34. 34.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) actuator (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) phone app
  35. 35.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) over Wi-Fi (b) by shouting (c) by post (d) through a candle
  36. 36.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain wall switch (d) a paper calendar
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  38. 38.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?

Answer key

  1. not an IoT device
  2. the board reads it
  3. the cloud stores it
  4. 30
  5. a paper calendar
  6. 12
  7. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  8. Internet of Things
  9. a plain table fan
  10. an IoT device
  11. actuator
  12. a wind-up clock
  13. an app-controlled bulb
  14. phone app
  15. a smart energy meter
  16. lights on from an app
  17. 72
  18. acts on a command
  19. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  20. 5
  21. the cloud stores it
  22. a Wi-Fi weather station
  23. not an IoT device
  24. not an IoT device
  25. an IoT device
  26. 1000
  27. shows data to you
  28. carries the data
  29. the sensor measures
  30. cloud server
  31. 9500
  32. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. 48
  34. microcontroller
  35. over Wi-Fi
  36. an app-controlled bulb
  37. 6
  38. 7
  39. 200
  40. 6

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