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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 523 · 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 weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  3. 3.What does the sensor do? (a) stores data online (b) acts on a command (c) carries the data (d) measures the real world
  4. 4.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  7. 7.What does the microcontroller do? (a) reads values, decides (b) carries the data (c) stores data online (d) measures the real world
  8. 8.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by shouting (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by post
  9. 9.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) a fitness band with app
  10. 10.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) phone app (b) microcontroller (c) Wi-Fi (d) cloud server
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) a wind-up clock (d) a smart energy meter
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  13. 13.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Things (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  14. 14.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) a paper calendar (d) an app-controlled bulb
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) cloud server (b) phone app (c) microcontroller (d) actuator
  17. 17.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a wind-up clock (d) a fitness band with app
  18. 18.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  19. 19.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain wall switch
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  21. 21.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  22. 22.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) shows data to you
  23. 23.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) sensor (b) cloud server (c) phone app (d) actuator
  24. 24.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a fitness band with app (c) a smart energy meter (d) a paper calendar
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  26. 26.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  29. 29.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  30. 30.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  31. 31.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  32. 32.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) sensor (b) microcontroller (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a plain wall switch (c) a wind-up clock (d) a battery torch
  34. 34.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain wall switch
  36. 36.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the cloud stores it (d) the app shows it
  37. 37.🏠 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
  38. 38.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  40. 40.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the cloud stores it

Answer key

  1. an IoT device
  2. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  3. measures the real world
  4. an IoT device
  5. 36
  6. a wind-up clock
  7. reads values, decides
  8. over Wi-Fi
  9. a fitness band with app
  10. Wi-Fi
  11. a smart energy meter
  12. a plain table fan
  13. Internet of Things
  14. an IoT device
  15. a paper calendar
  16. cloud server
  17. a wind-up clock
  18. not an IoT device
  19. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  20. 6
  21. 3000
  22. shows data to you
  23. actuator
  24. a paper calendar
  25. 9
  26. an app-controlled bulb
  27. 8
  28. 72
  29. an IoT device
  30. an IoT device
  31. 12
  32. phone app
  33. an app-controlled bulb
  34. an IoT device
  35. a plain wall switch
  36. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  37. lights on from an app
  38. not an IoT device
  39. 3500
  40. the sensor measures

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