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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 78 · 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) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Talk (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Things
  2. 2.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  3. 3.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a plain wall switch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a paper calendar
  4. 4.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) microcontroller (c) sensor (d) Wi-Fi
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain wall switch (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener
  6. 6.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a plain wall switch
  7. 7.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) an app-controlled bulb
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) Wi-Fi
  10. 10.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a wind-up clock
  11. 11.What does the phone app do? (a) stores data online (b) reads values, decides (c) shows data to you (d) measures the real world
  12. 12.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) lights on from an app (c) a printed map (d) a hand fan
  13. 13.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  14. 14.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  15. 15.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain wall switch (c) a wind-up clock (d) a battery torch
  16. 16.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) reads values, decides (d) stores data online
  17. 17.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 40 readings take?
  18. 18.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) microcontroller (b) actuator (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  19. 19.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the board reads it (b) the app shows it (c) the sensor measures (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  20. 20.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  21. 21.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  22. 22.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  23. 23.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain table fan (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the app shows it (c) the board reads it (d) the sensor measures
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  26. 26.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the cloud stores it
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a smart energy meter (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  30. 30.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by post (b) by shouting (c) through a candle (d) over Wi-Fi
  31. 31.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 110 readings take?
  32. 32.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. 33.What does the sensor do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) carries the data
  34. 34.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  36. 36.What does the cloud server do? (a) shows data to you (b) stores data online (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  37. 37.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 180 readings take?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) an app-controlled bulb
  39. 39.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the cloud stores it (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  40. 40.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the board reads it (d) the app shows it

Answer key

  1. Internet of Things
  2. an IoT device
  3. an app-controlled bulb
  4. microcontroller
  5. a fitness band with app
  6. a plain wall switch
  7. an IoT device
  8. an app-controlled bulb
  9. sensor
  10. a wind-up clock
  11. shows data to you
  12. lights on from an app
  13. 6
  14. not an IoT device
  15. a smart energy meter
  16. reads values, decides
  17. 1000
  18. cloud server
  19. the app shows it
  20. 60
  21. not an IoT device
  22. an IoT device
  23. a plain table fan
  24. the sensor measures
  25. 1000
  26. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  27. 30
  28. 60
  29. a plain wall switch
  30. over Wi-Fi
  31. 2750
  32. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  33. measures the real world
  34. an IoT device
  35. 20
  36. stores data online
  37. 3600
  38. a pencil sharpener
  39. the board reads it
  40. the cloud stores it

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