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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 65 · 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 an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) a battery torch
  3. 3.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  4. 4.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Things (c) Internet of Talk (d) Input of Tools
  5. 5.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) sensor (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  6. 6.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  7. 7.What does the microcontroller do? (a) stores data online (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) reads values, decides
  8. 8.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  9. 9.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  10. 10.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) actuator (d) Wi-Fi
  11. 11.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures
  12. 12.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a battery torch
  14. 14.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  15. 15.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain table fan (c) a battery torch (d) a pencil sharpener
  16. 16.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) measures the real world (c) shows data to you (d) carries the data
  17. 17.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a battery torch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a paper calendar
  19. 19.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  20. 20.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a pencil sharpener (d) an app-controlled bulb
  21. 21.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  22. 22.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a paper calendar
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the cloud stores it
  25. 25.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan
  26. 26.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it (c) the sensor measures (d) the board reads it
  27. 27.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  28. 28.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  30. 30.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  31. 31.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) Wi-Fi
  32. 32.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a paper calendar
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) an app-controlled bulb
  34. 34.🏠 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
  35. 35.What does the phone app do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) acts on a command
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  37. 37.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures
  38. 38.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain wall switch
  40. 40.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 130 readings take?

Answer key

  1. an IoT device
  2. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  3. a Wi-Fi weather station
  4. Internet of Things
  5. actuator
  6. a wind-up clock
  7. reads values, decides
  8. an IoT device
  9. not an IoT device
  10. phone app
  11. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  12. the app shows it
  13. a Wi-Fi weather station
  14. 24
  15. a fitness band with app
  16. measures the real world
  17. 48
  18. a smart energy meter
  19. an IoT device
  20. a pencil sharpener
  21. not an IoT device
  22. an IoT device
  23. a paper calendar
  24. the board reads it
  25. a plain table fan
  26. the sensor measures
  27. 10000
  28. not an IoT device
  29. 6
  30. 27
  31. Wi-Fi
  32. an app-controlled bulb
  33. an app-controlled bulb
  34. lights on from an app
  35. shows data to you
  36. 60
  37. the sensor measures
  38. an IoT device
  39. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  40. 2600

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