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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 402 · 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) through a candle (b) by shouting (c) by post (d) over Wi-Fi
  2. 2.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  3. 3.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it
  4. 4.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain wall switch
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) a battery torch
  6. 6.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  7. 7.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 170 readings take?
  8. 8.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  9. 9.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  10. 10.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  11. 11.What does the cloud server do? (a) measures the real world (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) stores data online
  12. 12.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a plain table fan (c) a paper calendar (d) an app-controlled bulb
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a battery torch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain table fan
  14. 14.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  16. 16.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  17. 17.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 130 readings take?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a battery torch (d) a wind-up clock
  19. 19.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain table fan (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  22. 22.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 110 readings take?
  23. 23.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  25. 25.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Internet of Things (c) Internet of Talk (d) Inside of Toys
  26. 26.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a wind-up clock (d) a pencil sharpener
  27. 27.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  29. 29.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  30. 30.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the board reads it
  31. 31.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) shows data to you (d) measures the real world
  32. 32.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  34. 34.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) cloud server (b) microcontroller (c) Wi-Fi (d) actuator
  36. 36.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  37. 37.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  39. 39.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the cloud stores it (d) the sensor measures
  40. 40.What does the microcontroller do? (a) stores data online (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world

Answer key

  1. over Wi-Fi
  2. an IoT device
  3. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  4. a fitness band with app
  5. a fitness band with app
  6. 3000
  7. 1700
  8. 10000
  9. 20
  10. not an IoT device
  11. stores data online
  12. an app-controlled bulb
  13. an app-controlled bulb
  14. 15
  15. a battery torch
  16. an IoT device
  17. 3250
  18. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. an IoT device
  20. a paper calendar
  21. a plain table fan
  22. 1100
  23. 48
  24. the cloud stores it
  25. Internet of Things
  26. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  27. a plain wall switch
  28. 18
  29. 40
  30. the app shows it
  31. shows data to you
  32. 96
  33. a wind-up clock
  34. not an IoT device
  35. actuator
  36. 10
  37. 6000
  38. a smart energy meter
  39. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  40. reads values, decides

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