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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 579 · 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 an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) a pencil sharpener
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  3. 3.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  4. 4.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  6. 6.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  7. 7.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?
  8. 8.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  9. 9.What does the cloud server do? (a) carries the data (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  10. 10.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  11. 11.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  12. 12.What does the microcontroller do? (a) measures the real world (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) shows data to you
  13. 13.What does the phone app do? (a) reads values, decides (b) stores data online (c) measures the real world (d) shows data to you
  14. 14.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a plain wall switch (d) a fitness band with app
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) microcontroller
  17. 17.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  18. 18.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 130 readings take?
  19. 19.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  20. 20.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Things (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  21. 21.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a battery torch
  22. 22.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a plain table fan (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  24. 24.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) an app-controlled bulb
  25. 25.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by post (b) through a candle (c) by shouting (d) over Wi-Fi
  26. 26.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the cloud stores it (c) the board reads it (d) the app shows it
  27. 27.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the board reads it
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  29. 29.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  31. 31.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) the board reads it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the cloud stores it (d) the app shows it
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a battery torch (d) a plain wall switch
  33. 33.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 140 readings take?
  34. 34.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the cloud stores it
  35. 35.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  36. 36.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 150 readings take?
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) actuator (d) sensor
  39. 39.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 plain wall switch
  40. 40.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?

Answer key

  1. a fitness band with app
  2. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  3. an IoT device
  4. 24
  5. 24
  6. a pencil sharpener
  7. 500
  8. not an IoT device
  9. stores data online
  10. 12
  11. 120
  12. reads values, decides
  13. shows data to you
  14. carries the data
  15. a fitness band with app
  16. microcontroller
  17. an IoT device
  18. 3250
  19. an IoT device
  20. Internet of Things
  21. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  22. an IoT device
  23. an app-controlled bulb
  24. a plain table fan
  25. over Wi-Fi
  26. the cloud stores it
  27. the board reads it
  28. 6
  29. 36
  30. 18
  31. the board reads it
  32. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. 7000
  34. the board reads it
  35. 12
  36. 7500
  37. the sensor measures
  38. phone app
  39. a plain wall switch
  40. 3

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