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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 764 · 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.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) Wi-Fi
  2. 2.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a fitness band with app
  3. 3.What does the sensor do? (a) stores data online (b) measures the real world (c) carries the data (d) reads values, decides
  4. 4.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Input of Tools (c) Internet of Things (d) Internet of Talk
  5. 5.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the board reads it (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  6. 6.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a plain table fan
  7. 7.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  8. 8.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a paper calendar (d) an app-controlled bulb
  9. 9.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a wind-up clock (d) a battery torch
  10. 10.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 130 readings take?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain table fan (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a fitness band with app
  12. 12.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) carries the data (c) reads values, decides (d) shows data to you
  13. 13.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  14. 14.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the board reads it
  15. 15.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) phone app
  16. 16.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  17. 17.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the cloud stores it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the app shows it
  18. 18.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  19. 19.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 170 readings take?
  20. 20.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  21. 21.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a plain wall switch
  23. 23.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  24. 24.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  26. 26.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) microcontroller
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a smart energy meter
  28. 28.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  29. 29.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  30. 30.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the sensor measures
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  33. 33.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the board reads it
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a wind-up clock (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  37. 37.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures
  38. 38.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by post (c) over Wi-Fi (d) by shouting
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 150 readings take?
  40. 40.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 180 readings take?

Answer key

  1. sensor
  2. a pencil sharpener
  3. measures the real world
  4. Internet of Things
  5. the board reads it
  6. a fitness band with app
  7. 5000
  8. a paper calendar
  9. an app-controlled bulb
  10. 1300
  11. a plain table fan
  12. shows data to you
  13. 24
  14. the sensor measures
  15. phone app
  16. not an IoT device
  17. the sensor measures
  18. an IoT device
  19. 4250
  20. 12
  21. 24
  22. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  23. 36
  24. 8
  25. 1600
  26. actuator
  27. a pencil sharpener
  28. not an IoT device
  29. not an IoT device
  30. the app shows it
  31. 6
  32. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  33. the board reads it
  34. a Wi-Fi weather station
  35. 28
  36. 40
  37. the sensor measures
  38. over Wi-Fi
  39. 3750
  40. 4500

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