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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 424 · 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.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a smart energy meter (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  2. 2.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  3. 3.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  4. 4.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  5. 5.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Internet of Talk (c) Inside of Toys (d) Input of Tools
  6. 6.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the board reads it (d) the app shows it
  7. 7.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a battery torch (c) a plain wall switch (d) a pencil sharpener
  8. 8.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a battery torch (c) a plain table fan (d) a pencil sharpener
  9. 9.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by post (b) through a candle (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by shouting
  10. 10.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 140 readings take?
  11. 11.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a wind-up clock (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  13. 13.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  14. 14.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 110 readings take?
  15. 15.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) cloud server (b) phone app (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  16. 16.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  17. 17.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  18. 18.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  19. 19.🏠 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
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  21. 21.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  22. 22.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) reads values, decides (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) carries the data
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  24. 24.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) actuator
  25. 25.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a wind-up clock (c) a battery torch (d) a fitness band with app
  26. 26.What does the actuator do? (a) measures the real world (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) acts on a command
  27. 27.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  28. 28.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  29. 29.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  30. 30.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the board reads it
  31. 31.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  32. 32.What does the phone app do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) stores data online
  33. 33.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  34. 34.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  35. 35.What does the microcontroller do? (a) carries the data (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a smart energy meter
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  38. 38.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?

Answer key

  1. a plain wall switch
  2. not an IoT device
  3. an IoT device
  4. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  5. Internet of Things
  6. the app shows it
  7. a Wi-Fi weather station
  8. a smart energy meter
  9. over Wi-Fi
  10. 2800
  11. not an IoT device
  12. a Wi-Fi weather station
  13. an IoT device
  14. 1100
  15. cloud server
  16. an IoT device
  17. 8
  18. 24
  19. lights on from an app
  20. 60
  21. the sensor measures
  22. carries the data
  23. a battery torch
  24. microcontroller
  25. a fitness band with app
  26. acts on a command
  27. a wind-up clock
  28. 9
  29. not an IoT device
  30. the board reads it
  31. 5000
  32. shows data to you
  33. 27
  34. 1900
  35. reads values, decides
  36. a plain wall switch
  37. a wind-up clock
  38. the sensor measures
  39. the sensor measures
  40. 6

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