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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 777 · 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.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the app shows it (b) the board reads it (c) the cloud stores it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  2. 2.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  3. 3.What does the cloud server do? (a) reads values, decides (b) stores data online (c) carries the data (d) measures the real world
  4. 4.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  5. 5.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  6. 6.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the board reads it (c) the app shows it (d) the cloud stores it
  7. 7.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  10. 10.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) microcontroller
  11. 11.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a smart energy meter
  12. 12.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  13. 13.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a wind-up clock (c) a battery torch (d) a fitness band with app
  14. 14.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Inside of Toys (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  15. 15.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  16. 16.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) lights on from an app (c) a candle in a jar (d) a hand fan
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a fitness band with app (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) an app-controlled bulb
  19. 19.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the app shows it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it
  20. 20.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) Wi-Fi (d) actuator
  21. 21.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) acts on a command (c) measures the real world (d) shows data to you
  22. 22.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a smart energy meter
  24. 24.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  25. 25.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a paper calendar (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a smart energy meter
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a paper calendar (c) a plain table fan (d) an app-controlled bulb
  27. 27.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a battery torch
  28. 28.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  29. 29.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures (c) the board reads it (d) the cloud stores it
  30. 30.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) microcontroller (b) sensor (c) Wi-Fi (d) cloud server
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a fitness band with app (d) a wind-up clock
  32. 32.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  33. 33.What does the microcontroller do? (a) carries the data (b) shows data to you (c) stores data online (d) reads values, decides
  34. 34.What does the actuator do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) carries the data (d) acts on a command
  35. 35.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  38. 38.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) carries the data
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) microcontroller

Answer key

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

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