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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 400 · 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 phone app do? (a) carries the data (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) shows data to you
  2. 2.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by post (c) by shouting (d) over Wi-Fi
  3. 3.What does the sensor do? (a) acts on a command (b) measures the real world (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  4. 4.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) sensor (d) microcontroller
  5. 5.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) an app-controlled bulb
  6. 6.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  7. 7.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  8. 8.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) microcontroller (b) sensor (c) cloud server (d) Wi-Fi
  9. 9.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  10. 10.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  11. 11.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the sensor measures
  12. 12.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  13. 13.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a plain table fan (d) a plain wall switch
  14. 14.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  15. 15.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the sensor measures
  16. 16.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the app shows it (b) the board reads it (c) the sensor measures (d) the cloud stores it
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a smart energy meter
  19. 19.🏠 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
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  21. 21.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  22. 22.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain wall switch (d) a plain table fan
  23. 23.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  25. 25.What does the microcontroller do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  26. 26.What does the cloud server do? (a) carries the data (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) measures the real world
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  28. 28.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) actuator (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) Wi-Fi
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a paper calendar (d) a wind-up clock
  31. 31.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain wall switch
  32. 32.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) Wi-Fi (c) actuator (d) microcontroller
  33. 33.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain table fan
  34. 34.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  36. 36.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  37. 37.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  38. 38.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb 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.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?

Answer key

  1. shows data to you
  2. over Wi-Fi
  3. measures the real world
  4. sensor
  5. a paper calendar
  6. 4
  7. 108
  8. cloud server
  9. not an IoT device
  10. 21
  11. the app shows it
  12. phone app
  13. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  14. 20
  15. the sensor measures
  16. not an IoT device
  17. the cloud stores it
  18. a pencil sharpener
  19. lights on from an app
  20. 10
  21. 24
  22. an app-controlled bulb
  23. a smart energy meter
  24. a battery torch
  25. reads values, decides
  26. stores data online
  27. 72
  28. Wi-Fi
  29. 60
  30. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  31. a plain wall switch
  32. microcontroller
  33. a plain table fan
  34. a fitness band with app
  35. 8
  36. an IoT device
  37. not an IoT device
  38. an IoT device
  39. 24
  40. 12

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