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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 650 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a paper calendar (c) a fitness band with app (d) a wind-up clock
  3. 3.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) through a candle (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by post
  4. 4.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  5. 5.What does the phone app do? (a) measures the real world (b) shows data to you (c) reads values, decides (d) carries the data
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a wind-up clock (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain wall switch
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a smart energy meter (c) a battery torch (d) a plain wall switch
  8. 8.What does the sensor do? (a) measures the real world (b) carries the data (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  9. 9.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  10. 10.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) actuator
  11. 11.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) an app-controlled bulb
  14. 14.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  15. 15.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) sensor
  16. 16.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures
  18. 18.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the board reads it (d) the app shows it
  19. 19.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  20. 20.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) cloud server (b) actuator (c) sensor (d) phone app
  21. 21.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  22. 22.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Talk (d) Inside of Toys
  23. 23.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) Wi-Fi (d) sensor
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a battery torch (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  26. 26.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 160 readings take?
  27. 27.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it
  28. 28.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  29. 29.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  30. 30.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  31. 31.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a candle in a jar (c) a printed map (d) lights on from an app
  32. 32.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a battery torch (d) a smart energy meter
  33. 33.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it (c) the board reads it (d) the app shows it
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  36. 36.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) microcontroller (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  37. 37.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a smart energy meter
  39. 39.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a smart energy meter (c) a fitness band with app (d) an app-controlled bulb
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?

Answer key

  1. a Wi-Fi weather station
  2. a fitness band with app
  3. over Wi-Fi
  4. 200
  5. shows data to you
  6. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  7. a smart energy meter
  8. measures the real world
  9. an IoT device
  10. microcontroller
  11. 2250
  12. an app-controlled bulb
  13. a plain wall switch
  14. 24
  15. actuator
  16. 6
  17. the sensor measures
  18. the app shows it
  19. not an IoT device
  20. phone app
  21. not an IoT device
  22. Internet of Things
  23. Wi-Fi
  24. a plain table fan
  25. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  26. 4000
  27. the sensor measures
  28. 36
  29. an IoT device
  30. 3500
  31. lights on from an app
  32. a smart energy meter
  33. the board reads it
  34. an app-controlled bulb
  35. a pencil sharpener
  36. cloud server
  37. an IoT device
  38. a paper calendar
  39. a plain table fan
  40. 5

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