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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 663 · 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.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the app shows it (b) the board reads it (c) the sensor measures (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  2. 2.What does the microcontroller do? (a) reads values, decides (b) carries the data (c) measures the real world (d) acts on a command
  3. 3.What does the phone app do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  4. 4.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 160 readings take?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  6. 6.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  8. 8.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  9. 9.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Things (d) Internet of Talk
  10. 10.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a smart energy meter (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain wall switch
  11. 11.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a pencil sharpener
  13. 13.What does the sensor do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) acts on a command (d) measures the real world
  14. 14.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  15. 15.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a hand fan (c) a printed map (d) lights on from an app
  16. 16.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  17. 17.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  18. 18.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) microcontroller (b) actuator (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  19. 19.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  20. 20.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  21. 21.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  22. 22.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it (c) the sensor measures (d) the board reads it
  23. 23.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by shouting (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by post
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 130 readings take?
  26. 26.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the cloud stores it
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  31. 31.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a paper calendar (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  32. 32.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a plain wall switch
  34. 34.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a pencil sharpener (d) an app-controlled bulb
  35. 35.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  36. 36.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 170 readings take?
  37. 37.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) measures the real world (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) stores data online
  38. 38.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 40 readings take?
  39. 39.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  40. 40.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?

Answer key

  1. the app shows it
  2. reads values, decides
  3. shows data to you
  4. 8000
  5. a wind-up clock
  6. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  7. a plain wall switch
  8. not an IoT device
  9. Internet of Things
  10. a smart energy meter
  11. not an IoT device
  12. a pencil sharpener
  13. measures the real world
  14. 60
  15. lights on from an app
  16. 24
  17. 24
  18. actuator
  19. 1800
  20. 200
  21. 6
  22. the cloud stores it
  23. over Wi-Fi
  24. a paper calendar
  25. 3250
  26. 7
  27. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  28. the sensor measures
  29. 48
  30. 20
  31. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  32. 36
  33. a Wi-Fi weather station
  34. a pencil sharpener
  35. not an IoT device
  36. 1700
  37. carries the data
  38. 2000
  39. not an IoT device
  40. 4500

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