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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 587 · 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 pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) an app-controlled bulb
  2. 2.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  3. 3.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) measures the real world
  4. 4.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the app shows it (b) the board reads it (c) the sensor measures (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  7. 7.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a wind-up clock (c) a fitness band with app (d) a smart energy meter
  8. 8.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  9. 9.What does the microcontroller do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) carries the data
  10. 10.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a wind-up clock (d) a pencil sharpener
  11. 11.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a battery torch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a fitness band with app
  14. 14.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  15. 15.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  16. 16.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by post (b) over Wi-Fi (c) through a candle (d) by shouting
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a battery torch
  18. 18.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 140 readings take?
  19. 19.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) microcontroller (c) cloud server (d) actuator
  20. 20.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a smart energy meter
  22. 22.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 150 readings take?
  23. 23.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 40 readings take?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a battery torch (c) a paper calendar (d) a fitness band with app
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  26. 26.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a fitness band with app (d) a battery torch
  27. 27.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  28. 28.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) lights on from an app (c) a printed map (d) a hand fan
  29. 29.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  30. 30.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  31. 31.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Internet of Things (c) Inside of Toys (d) Internet of Talk
  32. 32.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  34. 34.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  35. 35.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a pencil sharpener (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a smart energy meter
  36. 36.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  37. 37.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  38. 38.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) cloud server (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) sensor
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain wall switch
  40. 40.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) a pencil sharpener

Answer key

  1. an app-controlled bulb
  2. not an IoT device
  3. measures the real world
  4. the sensor measures
  5. 30
  6. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  7. a wind-up clock
  8. an IoT device
  9. reads values, decides
  10. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  11. an IoT device
  12. the app shows it
  13. a battery torch
  14. the board reads it
  15. an IoT device
  16. over Wi-Fi
  17. a Wi-Fi weather station
  18. 1400
  19. cloud server
  20. microcontroller
  21. a plain table fan
  22. 1500
  23. 1000
  24. a fitness band with app
  25. 6
  26. a fitness band with app
  27. an IoT device
  28. lights on from an app
  29. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  30. 3
  31. Internet of Things
  32. phone app
  33. a plain wall switch
  34. actuator
  35. a pencil sharpener
  36. 6
  37. 6
  38. sensor
  39. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  40. a Wi-Fi weather station

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