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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 590 · 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.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it (c) the sensor measures (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  4. 4.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) measures the real world
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  6. 6.What does the microcontroller do? (a) reads values, decides (b) measures the real world (c) acts on a command (d) carries the data
  7. 7.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a hand fan
  8. 8.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  9. 9.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  11. 11.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  12. 12.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  13. 13.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  14. 14.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) sensor (b) microcontroller (c) cloud server (d) actuator
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a smart energy meter (d) a pencil sharpener
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) sensor (b) microcontroller (c) Wi-Fi (d) actuator
  17. 17.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) microcontroller (b) cloud server (c) phone app (d) actuator
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a battery torch
  19. 19.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  20. 20.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the cloud stores it (c) the sensor measures (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain wall switch
  22. 22.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  23. 23.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain table fan (d) a pencil sharpener
  24. 24.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  25. 25.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  26. 26.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  27. 27.What does the phone app do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain table fan
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  32. 32.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  33. 33.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  34. 34.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  35. 35.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  36. 36.What does the sensor do? (a) measures the real world (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) stores data online
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  38. 38.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) sensor (c) actuator (d) Wi-Fi
  39. 39.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the app shows it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a wind-up clock (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a pencil sharpener

Answer key

  1. the app shows it
  2. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  3. an IoT device
  4. carries the data
  5. 12
  6. reads values, decides
  7. lights on from an app
  8. 8
  9. the sensor measures
  10. a paper calendar
  11. a pencil sharpener
  12. an IoT device
  13. not an IoT device
  14. actuator
  15. a pencil sharpener
  16. microcontroller
  17. cloud server
  18. a battery torch
  19. 40
  20. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  21. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  22. not an IoT device
  23. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  24. 36
  25. an IoT device
  26. an IoT device
  27. shows data to you
  28. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  29. 18
  30. 3
  31. 4
  32. a Wi-Fi weather station
  33. the sensor measures
  34. not an IoT device
  35. a battery torch
  36. measures the real world
  37. a plain wall switch
  38. Wi-Fi
  39. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  40. an app-controlled bulb

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