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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 381 · 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.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) over Wi-Fi (b) by shouting (c) through a candle (d) by post
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a battery torch (c) a wind-up clock (d) a paper calendar
  3. 3.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a battery torch (d) an app-controlled bulb
  4. 4.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  5. 5.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  6. 6.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a paper calendar
  7. 7.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  8. 8.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the sensor measures”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan
  10. 10.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) cloud server (c) actuator (d) sensor
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a smart energy meter
  12. 12.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the sensor measures (d) the cloud stores it
  13. 13.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  14. 14.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  15. 15.What does the sensor do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain table fan (c) a paper calendar (d) an app-controlled bulb
  17. 17.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 40 readings take?
  18. 18.What does the microcontroller do? (a) shows data to you (b) measures the real world (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  19. 19.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  21. 21.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain wall switch
  23. 23.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  24. 24.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Things (c) Internet of Talk (d) Input of Tools
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  26. 26.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  27. 27.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  28. 28.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  29. 29.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a paper calendar
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  31. 31.🔢 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 sensor measures (c) the cloud stores it (d) the app shows it
  32. 32.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) lights on from an app (c) a printed map (d) a candle in a jar
  33. 33.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) actuator (c) phone app (d) Wi-Fi
  34. 34.What does the phone app do? (a) shows data to you (b) acts on a command (c) measures the real world (d) stores data online
  35. 35.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  36. 36.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  37. 37.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 140 readings take?
  38. 38.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  39. 39.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  40. 40.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a battery torch (c) a plain table fan (d) a fitness band with app

Answer key

  1. over Wi-Fi
  2. a smart energy meter
  3. a battery torch
  4. not an IoT device
  5. an IoT device
  6. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  7. an IoT device
  8. the sensor measures
  9. a plain table fan
  10. cloud server
  11. a battery torch
  12. the sensor measures
  13. an IoT device
  14. 8
  15. measures the real world
  16. an app-controlled bulb
  17. 2000
  18. reads values, decides
  19. 1000
  20. 10
  21. 750
  22. a Wi-Fi weather station
  23. 16
  24. Internet of Things
  25. 900
  26. 6
  27. 5000
  28. 3000
  29. a paper calendar
  30. 2
  31. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  32. lights on from an app
  33. Wi-Fi
  34. shows data to you
  35. 12
  36. sensor
  37. 3500
  38. an IoT device
  39. 24
  40. a fitness band with app

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