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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 600 · 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 smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  2. 2.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) measures the real world (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  3. 3.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) the board reads it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the sensor measures (d) the app shows it
  4. 4.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  5. 5.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  6. 6.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  7. 7.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  8. 8.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a plain wall switch
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) sensor (b) Wi-Fi (c) phone app (d) actuator
  10. 10.What does the sensor do? (a) stores data online (b) measures the real world (c) shows data to you (d) reads values, decides
  11. 11.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) an app-controlled bulb
  12. 12.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a battery torch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  14. 14.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  15. 15.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  16. 16.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  17. 17.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) over Wi-Fi (b) by shouting (c) by post (d) through a candle
  18. 18.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  19. 19.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  20. 20.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a wind-up clock (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  21. 21.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  22. 22.What does the microcontroller do? (a) measures the real world (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) shows data to you
  23. 23.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the board reads it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  24. 24.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) actuator
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  26. 26.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) lights on from an app (c) a hand fan (d) a printed map
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the board reads it (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures
  29. 29.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  30. 30.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain wall switch (c) a pencil sharpener (d) an app-controlled bulb
  32. 32.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  34. 34.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Internet of Talk (c) Inside of Toys (d) Input of Tools
  35. 35.What does the phone app do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) reads values, decides
  36. 36.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  37. 37.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a battery torch (d) a plain wall switch
  38. 38.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  39. 39.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug

Answer key

  1. an IoT device
  2. carries the data
  3. the app shows it
  4. 96
  5. an IoT device
  6. not an IoT device
  7. 6
  8. a plain wall switch
  9. phone app
  10. measures the real world
  11. a pencil sharpener
  12. 20
  13. a battery torch
  14. not an IoT device
  15. not an IoT device
  16. 9
  17. over Wi-Fi
  18. 800
  19. an IoT device
  20. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  21. 12
  22. reads values, decides
  23. the board reads it
  24. sensor
  25. 12
  26. lights on from an app
  27. 4
  28. the app shows it
  29. cloud server
  30. an IoT device
  31. an app-controlled bulb
  32. 20
  33. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  34. Internet of Things
  35. shows data to you
  36. 8
  37. an app-controlled bulb
  38. an IoT device
  39. 6
  40. a Wi-Fi smart plug

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