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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 704 · 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.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Internet of Things (c) Internet of Talk (d) Inside of Toys
  2. 2.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  3. 3.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) Wi-Fi (b) sensor (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  4. 4.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  5. 5.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain wall switch
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a smart energy meter (d) a plain wall switch
  7. 7.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) sensor (b) cloud server (c) Wi-Fi (d) microcontroller
  8. 8.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  9. 9.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) measures the real world (b) carries the data (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  10. 10.What does the microcontroller do? (a) measures the real world (b) reads values, decides (c) stores data online (d) carries the data
  11. 11.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) sensor (d) cloud server
  12. 12.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  13. 13.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  14. 14.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  15. 15.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the board reads it”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the board reads it
  16. 16.What does the actuator do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  17. 17.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) cloud server (b) Wi-Fi (c) phone app (d) actuator
  18. 18.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  19. 19.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  20. 20.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a paper calendar (c) a smart energy meter (d) a plain table fan
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a battery torch
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) an app-controlled bulb
  23. 23.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a paper calendar
  25. 25.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  26. 26.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain table fan
  27. 27.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  29. 29.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  30. 30.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  31. 31.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) Wi-Fi (b) microcontroller (c) phone app (d) actuator
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a plain wall switch (d) a battery torch
  33. 33.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  36. 36.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  37. 37.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a battery torch
  38. 38.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  39. 39.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  40. 40.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?

Answer key

  1. Internet of Things
  2. sensor
  3. Wi-Fi
  4. 36
  5. a fitness band with app
  6. a smart energy meter
  7. microcontroller
  8. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  9. carries the data
  10. reads values, decides
  11. phone app
  12. 600
  13. 1600
  14. an IoT device
  15. the sensor measures
  16. acts on a command
  17. cloud server
  18. 6000
  19. not an IoT device
  20. a smart energy meter
  21. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  22. a wind-up clock
  23. an IoT device
  24. a paper calendar
  25. a battery torch
  26. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  27. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  28. a plain wall switch
  29. a paper calendar
  30. not an IoT device
  31. actuator
  32. a Wi-Fi weather station
  33. an IoT device
  34. the sensor measures
  35. 4750
  36. 12
  37. a Wi-Fi weather station
  38. 24
  39. not an IoT device
  40. 6

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