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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 505 · 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.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  2. 2.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  3. 3.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain wall switch (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  4. 4.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the board reads it
  5. 5.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  6. 6.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a plain wall switch (d) a battery torch
  8. 8.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Inside of Toys (c) Internet of Talk (d) Internet of Things
  9. 9.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a paper calendar
  10. 10.What does the microcontroller do? (a) shows data to you (b) measures the real world (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  11. 11.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  13. 13.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) acts on a command (c) shows data to you (d) measures the real world
  14. 14.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  15. 15.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) measures the real world (c) acts on a command (d) shows data to you
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) microcontroller
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the app shows it”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it
  18. 18.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan
  19. 19.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) over Wi-Fi (c) by shouting (d) by post
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a plain wall switch (d) a paper calendar
  21. 21.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  22. 22.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) microcontroller (b) sensor (c) cloud server (d) phone app
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a wind-up clock (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  24. 24.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  26. 26.🔢 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 sensor measures (c) the cloud stores it (d) the board reads it
  27. 27.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures
  28. 28.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  29. 29.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  30. 30.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  31. 31.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) sensor (b) Wi-Fi (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  32. 32.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  33. 33.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  34. 34.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) cloud server (b) Wi-Fi (c) phone app (d) microcontroller
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  37. 37.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  38. 38.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a wind-up clock (d) an app-controlled bulb
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?

Answer key

  1. 30
  2. not an IoT device
  3. a Wi-Fi weather station
  4. the sensor measures
  5. a pencil sharpener
  6. 96
  7. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  8. Internet of Things
  9. a paper calendar
  10. reads values, decides
  11. an IoT device
  12. 12
  13. carries the data
  14. 28
  15. shows data to you
  16. phone app
  17. the sensor measures
  18. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. over Wi-Fi
  20. a smart energy meter
  21. an IoT device
  22. microcontroller
  23. a Wi-Fi weather station
  24. 120
  25. 30
  26. the cloud stores it
  27. the sensor measures
  28. 8
  29. a wind-up clock
  30. a plain wall switch
  31. Wi-Fi
  32. 3000
  33. lights on from an app
  34. an IoT device
  35. cloud server
  36. 9
  37. 3500
  38. 500
  39. a wind-up clock
  40. 5

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