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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 594 · 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.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  2. 2.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) the cloud stores it
  3. 3.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  4. 4.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Things (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  5. 5.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  6. 6.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  7. 7.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) phone app (d) actuator
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a plain table fan (d) a plain wall switch
  9. 9.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  10. 10.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) an app-controlled bulb
  12. 12.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  13. 13.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a plain table fan (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  14. 14.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain wall switch
  15. 15.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not 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) by shouting (d) through a candle
  17. 17.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  18. 18.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  19. 19.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it (c) the sensor measures (d) the board reads it
  20. 20.What does the cloud server do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  21. 21.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  22. 22.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a printed map (c) a hand fan (d) lights on from an app
  23. 23.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the cloud stores it
  25. 25.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  28. 28.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a fitness band with app (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain wall switch
  29. 29.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the cloud stores it
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  31. 31.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  32. 32.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) Wi-Fi (c) phone app (d) actuator
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  34. 34.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) stores data online (c) carries the data (d) reads values, decides
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain wall switch
  37. 37.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain wall switch (d) a paper calendar
  40. 40.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. the cloud stores it
  3. the board reads it
  4. Internet of Things
  5. an IoT device
  6. 14
  7. actuator
  8. a smart energy meter
  9. 60
  10. 18
  11. an app-controlled bulb
  12. an IoT device
  13. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  14. a Wi-Fi weather station
  15. not an IoT device
  16. over Wi-Fi
  17. 12
  18. an IoT device
  19. the app shows it
  20. stores data online
  21. an IoT device
  22. lights on from an app
  23. a pencil sharpener
  24. the cloud stores it
  25. not an IoT device
  26. a battery torch
  27. 12
  28. a fitness band with app
  29. the sensor measures
  30. 6
  31. carries the data
  32. Wi-Fi
  33. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  34. reads values, decides
  35. the sensor measures
  36. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  37. cloud server
  38. a plain table fan
  39. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  40. not an IoT device

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