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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 703 · 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) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  2. 2.What does the actuator do? (a) carries the data (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  3. 3.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a fitness band with app (d) a paper calendar
  4. 4.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  5. 5.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) Wi-Fi (b) actuator (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  6. 6.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  7. 7.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  8. 8.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures (c) the cloud stores it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) phone app
  10. 10.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  11. 11.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a battery torch (c) a plain wall switch (d) a pencil sharpener
  13. 13.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain table fan (d) a plain wall switch
  15. 15.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  16. 16.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Things (d) Internet of Talk
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures
  18. 18.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 110 readings take?
  19. 19.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain table fan
  22. 22.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) microcontroller (d) actuator
  23. 23.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) a smart energy meter
  25. 25.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) cloud server (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) microcontroller
  26. 26.🏠 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
  27. 27.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the sensor measures”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures
  28. 28.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) sensor (b) cloud server (c) actuator (d) microcontroller
  29. 29.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) over Wi-Fi (c) by shouting (d) by post
  30. 30.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the cloud stores it
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain wall switch (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain table fan
  32. 32.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  33. 33.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  34. 34.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  36. 36.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain table fan
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  38. 38.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) carries the data
  39. 39.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  40. 40.What does the sensor do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) measures the real world

Answer key

  1. an IoT device
  2. acts on a command
  3. a fitness band with app
  4. not an IoT device
  5. microcontroller
  6. an IoT device
  7. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  8. the sensor measures
  9. Wi-Fi
  10. 6
  11. a paper calendar
  12. a fitness band with app
  13. not an IoT device
  14. an app-controlled bulb
  15. not an IoT device
  16. Internet of Things
  17. the app shows it
  18. 5500
  19. a wind-up clock
  20. a paper calendar
  21. a Wi-Fi weather station
  22. actuator
  23. 5000
  24. a smart energy meter
  25. phone app
  26. lights on from an app
  27. the sensor measures
  28. cloud server
  29. over Wi-Fi
  30. the cloud stores it
  31. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  32. 800
  33. an IoT device
  34. reads values, decides
  35. a plain wall switch
  36. a Wi-Fi weather station
  37. a wind-up clock
  38. carries the data
  39. 18
  40. measures the real world

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