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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 651 · 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 of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) a wind-up clock
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan
  3. 3.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  4. 4.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a plain table fan (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  5. 5.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  6. 6.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a smart energy meter (c) a wind-up clock (d) a pencil sharpener
  8. 8.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) phone app (b) actuator (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  9. 9.What does the sensor do? (a) carries the data (b) measures the real world (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  10. 10.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  13. 13.What does the actuator do? (a) acts on a command (b) carries the data (c) measures the real world (d) shows data to you
  14. 14.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) stores data online (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  15. 15.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a hand fan (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  16. 16.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  17. 17.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  18. 18.What does the phone app do? (a) shows data to you (b) measures the real world (c) carries the data (d) stores data online
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a fitness band with app
  20. 20.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) by post (c) over Wi-Fi (d) through a candle
  21. 21.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 150 readings take?
  22. 22.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  23. 23.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  24. 24.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) phone app (c) microcontroller (d) Wi-Fi
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  26. 26.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain table fan
  27. 27.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a plain table fan (d) a plain wall switch
  29. 29.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) actuator (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  30. 30.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) an app-controlled bulb
  31. 31.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  32. 32.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a battery torch (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain wall switch
  34. 34.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  35. 35.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  36. 36.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  37. 37.🔢 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) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the sensor measures
  38. 38.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  39. 39.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  40. 40.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device

Answer key

  1. a Wi-Fi weather station
  2. a plain table fan
  3. 1200
  4. an app-controlled bulb
  5. a fitness band with app
  6. 10
  7. a smart energy meter
  8. sensor
  9. measures the real world
  10. not an IoT device
  11. not an IoT device
  12. an IoT device
  13. acts on a command
  14. carries the data
  15. lights on from an app
  16. 28
  17. an IoT device
  18. shows data to you
  19. a plain wall switch
  20. over Wi-Fi
  21. 3750
  22. Wi-Fi
  23. not an IoT device
  24. phone app
  25. 6
  26. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  27. 3000
  28. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  29. microcontroller
  30. a pencil sharpener
  31. an IoT device
  32. 18
  33. a smart energy meter
  34. 24
  35. cloud server
  36. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  37. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  38. 2250
  39. 4
  40. an IoT device

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