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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 479 · 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.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) Wi-Fi (b) actuator (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  2. 2.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  3. 3.What does the phone app do? (a) reads values, decides (b) carries the data (c) stores data online (d) shows data to you
  4. 4.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a candle in a jar (c) a hand fan (d) lights on from an app
  5. 5.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) measures the real world
  6. 6.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  7. 7.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it (c) the board reads it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  8. 8.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) cloud server (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) microcontroller
  10. 10.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Internet of Talk (c) Input of Tools (d) Inside of Toys
  11. 11.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain table fan (d) a plain wall switch
  13. 13.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures
  14. 14.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  15. 15.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) by post (c) over Wi-Fi (d) through a candle
  16. 16.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  17. 17.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a pencil sharpener
  18. 18.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the app shows it
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a smart energy meter
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) a pencil sharpener
  21. 21.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  23. 23.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a pencil sharpener
  24. 24.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  25. 25.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) actuator (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  26. 26.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  28. 28.🔢 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 sensor measures (d) the app shows it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  32. 32.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  33. 33.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 140 readings take?
  34. 34.What does the cloud server do? (a) carries the data (b) measures the real world (c) stores data online (d) shows data to you
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  36. 36.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  37. 37.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  38. 38.What does the sensor do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) measures the real world
  39. 39.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?

Answer key

  1. phone app
  2. 6
  3. shows data to you
  4. lights on from an app
  5. carries the data
  6. 6
  7. the app shows it
  8. a smart energy meter
  9. sensor
  10. Internet of Things
  11. not an IoT device
  12. a Wi-Fi weather station
  13. the sensor measures
  14. an IoT device
  15. over Wi-Fi
  16. the sensor measures
  17. a pencil sharpener
  18. the board reads it
  19. a wind-up clock
  20. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  21. not an IoT device
  22. a battery torch
  23. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  24. not an IoT device
  25. cloud server
  26. a plain table fan
  27. a plain wall switch
  28. the sensor measures
  29. a plain table fan
  30. a smart energy meter
  31. 36
  32. 500
  33. 7000
  34. stores data online
  35. 4
  36. 300
  37. a battery torch
  38. measures the real world
  39. 12
  40. 4

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