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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 768 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a paper calendar
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a pencil sharpener
  3. 3.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  4. 4.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  5. 5.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a plain wall switch (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain table fan
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain wall switch (c) a paper calendar (d) a wind-up clock
  10. 10.What does the phone app do? (a) shows data to you (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) stores data online
  11. 11.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) cloud server (b) actuator (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  12. 12.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a battery torch
  14. 14.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures
  15. 15.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) phone app (d) sensor
  17. 17.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a smart energy meter (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain wall switch
  18. 18.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures
  19. 19.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  20. 20.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  21. 21.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  22. 22.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  23. 23.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) measures the real world (c) shows data to you (d) reads values, decides
  24. 24.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) phone app (d) sensor
  25. 25.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  26. 26.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  27. 27.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Talk (b) Internet of Things (c) Input of Tools (d) Inside of Toys
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain wall switch
  30. 30.What does the actuator do? (a) carries the data (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) measures the real world
  31. 31.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures
  32. 32.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) carries the data (d) stores data online
  33. 33.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  34. 34.What does the sensor do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) measures the real world (d) acts on a command
  35. 35.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) by post (c) through a candle (d) over Wi-Fi
  36. 36.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  37. 37.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain wall switch (c) a fitness band with app (d) an app-controlled bulb
  38. 38.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  39. 39.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  40. 40.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a hand fan (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar

Answer key

  1. a paper calendar
  2. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  3. an IoT device
  4. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  5. an IoT device
  6. a Wi-Fi weather station
  7. the sensor measures
  8. a plain wall switch
  9. a smart energy meter
  10. shows data to you
  11. Wi-Fi
  12. not an IoT device
  13. a battery torch
  14. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  15. a Wi-Fi weather station
  16. cloud server
  17. a smart energy meter
  18. the sensor measures
  19. 4
  20. not an IoT device
  21. not an IoT device
  22. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  23. reads values, decides
  24. phone app
  25. 72
  26. 24
  27. Internet of Things
  28. the app shows it
  29. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  30. acts on a command
  31. the sensor measures
  32. carries the data
  33. 8
  34. measures the real world
  35. over Wi-Fi
  36. 30
  37. a plain wall switch
  38. 16
  39. 24
  40. lights on from an app

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