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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 800 · 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 of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a fitness band with app (c) a paper calendar (d) a battery torch
  2. 2.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  3. 3.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) sensor (b) microcontroller (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  4. 4.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  5. 5.What does the cloud server do? (a) carries the data (b) reads values, decides (c) stores data online (d) measures the real world
  6. 6.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) cloud server (b) Wi-Fi (c) microcontroller (d) sensor
  7. 7.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  8. 8.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) cloud server (c) phone app (d) sensor
  9. 9.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a wind-up clock (d) a battery torch
  11. 11.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a pencil sharpener
  12. 12.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain table fan (c) a paper calendar (d) a plain wall switch
  14. 14.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) carries the data (c) reads values, decides (d) shows data to you
  15. 15.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) actuator (d) sensor
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a plain table fan (c) a battery torch (d) a pencil sharpener
  17. 17.What does the sensor do? (a) acts on a command (b) carries the data (c) measures the real world (d) stores data online
  18. 18.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  19. 19.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  20. 20.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Internet of Talk (c) Internet of Things (d) Inside of Toys
  21. 21.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  22. 22.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 170 readings take?
  23. 23.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain wall switch (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  24. 24.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 200 readings take?
  25. 25.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the cloud stores it
  26. 26.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 40 readings take?
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 10 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  28. 28.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain table fan (c) a wind-up clock (d) a battery torch
  29. 29.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  30. 30.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a pencil sharpener
  34. 34.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) phone app (b) Wi-Fi (c) actuator (d) sensor
  35. 35.🔢 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 cloud stores it (c) the board reads it (d) the sensor measures
  36. 36.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the sensor measures
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a fitness band with app (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  39. 39.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a hand fan
  40. 40.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures

Answer key

  1. a fitness band with app
  2. 1000
  3. microcontroller
  4. an IoT device
  5. stores data online
  6. sensor
  7. 36
  8. cloud server
  9. 4000
  10. an app-controlled bulb
  11. a pencil sharpener
  12. an IoT device
  13. a fitness band with app
  14. reads values, decides
  15. actuator
  16. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  17. measures the real world
  18. 24
  19. 5
  20. Internet of Things
  21. not an IoT device
  22. 1700
  23. a plain wall switch
  24. 10000
  25. the board reads it
  26. 800
  27. 6
  28. a smart energy meter
  29. 72
  30. not an IoT device
  31. 48
  32. a wind-up clock
  33. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  34. Wi-Fi
  35. the cloud stores it
  36. the sensor measures
  37. 12
  38. a plain table fan
  39. lights on from an app
  40. the app shows it

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