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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 76 · 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 an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  2. 2.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  3. 3.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 9 minutes?
  4. 4.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a pencil sharpener
  5. 5.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a smart energy meter (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a fitness band with app
  7. 7.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  8. 8.What does the sensor do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) measures the real world
  9. 9.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a plain wall switch (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  10. 10.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a battery torch
  13. 13.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  14. 14.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it (c) the sensor measures (d) the app shows it
  15. 15.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a fitness band with app (c) a smart energy meter (d) a paper calendar
  16. 16.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a plain table fan (c) a battery torch (d) an app-controlled bulb
  17. 17.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  18. 18.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a smart energy meter (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a wind-up clock
  19. 19.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) microcontroller (d) phone app
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a plain table fan (d) a wind-up clock
  21. 21.What does the cloud server do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) acts on a command
  22. 22.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  24. 24.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 120 readings take?
  25. 25.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Talk (d) Internet of Things
  26. 26.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  27. 27.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) actuator (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a plain table fan (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  30. 30.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi doorbell camera an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  31. 31.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) actuator
  32. 32.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  33. 33.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a fitness band with app (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  35. 35.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  36. 36.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  37. 37.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 160 readings take?
  40. 40.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain table fan

Answer key

  1. an IoT device
  2. not an IoT device
  3. 54
  4. a pencil sharpener
  5. lights on from an app
  6. a pencil sharpener
  7. sensor
  8. measures the real world
  9. a Wi-Fi weather station
  10. an IoT device
  11. not an IoT device
  12. a battery torch
  13. 16
  14. the app shows it
  15. a paper calendar
  16. an app-controlled bulb
  17. 60
  18. a smart energy meter
  19. Wi-Fi
  20. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  21. stores data online
  22. 8
  23. a paper calendar
  24. 3000
  25. Internet of Things
  26. 36
  27. microcontroller
  28. 36
  29. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  30. an IoT device
  31. actuator
  32. an IoT device
  33. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  34. a plain wall switch
  35. a plain wall switch
  36. an IoT device
  37. 5000
  38. the sensor measures
  39. 4000
  40. a Wi-Fi smart plug

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