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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 512 · 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.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  3. 3.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) over Wi-Fi (c) by post (d) through a candle
  4. 4.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  5. 5.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  6. 6.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Talk (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Things (d) Inside of Toys
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a wind-up clock (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  8. 8.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a candle in a jar (c) lights on from an app (d) a hand fan
  9. 9.What does the actuator do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) acts on a command
  10. 10.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  11. 11.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.What does the microcontroller do? (a) carries the data (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) reads values, decides
  13. 13.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  14. 14.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  15. 15.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) microcontroller (b) cloud server (c) Wi-Fi (d) sensor
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures
  18. 18.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a wind-up clock
  19. 19.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  20. 20.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  21. 21.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  22. 22.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a paper calendar (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain wall switch
  23. 23.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  24. 24.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  26. 26.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a plain wall switch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain table fan
  28. 28.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  29. 29.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it (c) the board reads it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  30. 30.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  31. 31.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the app shows it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures
  32. 32.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. 33.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  34. 34.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  37. 37.What does the cloud server do? (a) acts on a command (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  38. 38.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  39. 39.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?

Answer key

  1. an IoT device
  2. a fitness band with app
  3. over Wi-Fi
  4. 18
  5. 3000
  6. Internet of Things
  7. a wind-up clock
  8. lights on from an app
  9. acts on a command
  10. 24
  11. an IoT device
  12. reads values, decides
  13. 12
  14. not an IoT device
  15. 24
  16. sensor
  17. the sensor measures
  18. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. the sensor measures
  20. 1400
  21. an IoT device
  22. a smart energy meter
  23. 2250
  24. an IoT device
  25. a plain wall switch
  26. 8
  27. a fitness band with app
  28. an IoT device
  29. the app shows it
  30. a plain wall switch
  31. the sensor measures
  32. a plain table fan
  33. not an IoT device
  34. not an IoT device
  35. 9
  36. 2
  37. stores data online
  38. an IoT device
  39. not an IoT device
  40. 30

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