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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 390 · 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.What does the phone app do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) shows data to you (d) reads values, decides
  3. 3.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  4. 4.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  5. 5.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) acts on a command (b) carries the data (c) reads values, decides (d) shows data to you
  6. 6.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain wall switch
  7. 7.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a battery torch
  8. 8.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a candle in a jar (c) a printed map (d) lights on from an app
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) Wi-Fi (b) actuator (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  10. 10.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  11. 11.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the board reads it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  12. 12.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  13. 13.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  14. 14.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 180 readings take?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a paper calendar
  16. 16.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain table fan
  17. 17.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain table fan (d) a plain wall switch
  18. 18.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  19. 19.What does the cloud server do? (a) measures the real world (b) acts on a command (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  20. 20.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a pencil sharpener
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a smart energy meter (c) a wind-up clock (d) an app-controlled bulb
  23. 23.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) a fitness band with app
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  26. 26.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) phone app
  27. 27.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) an app-controlled bulb
  28. 28.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain table fan
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  32. 32.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan
  34. 34.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  35. 35.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  36. 36.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain wall switch
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a smart energy meter (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  38. 38.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by post (b) through a candle (c) by shouting (d) over Wi-Fi
  39. 39.What does the sensor do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) stores data online (d) measures the real world
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a fitness band with app

Answer key

  1. not an IoT device
  2. shows data to you
  3. 24
  4. an IoT device
  5. carries the data
  6. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  7. a smart energy meter
  8. lights on from an app
  9. sensor
  10. cloud server
  11. the sensor measures
  12. an IoT device
  13. a plain wall switch
  14. 4500
  15. a paper calendar
  16. a plain table fan
  17. an app-controlled bulb
  18. not an IoT device
  19. stores data online
  20. an IoT device
  21. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  22. a wind-up clock
  23. not an IoT device
  24. a fitness band with app
  25. 700
  26. actuator
  27. a pencil sharpener
  28. not an IoT device
  29. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  30. a pencil sharpener
  31. 4
  32. 30
  33. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  34. 20
  35. 1500
  36. a fitness band with app
  37. a plain table fan
  38. over Wi-Fi
  39. measures the real world
  40. a plain wall switch

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