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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 822 · 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.🌐 Is a pencil sharpener an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  2. 2.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it (c) the board reads it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  3. 3.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a battery torch (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain table fan
  4. 4.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Talk (b) Inside of Toys (c) Internet of Things (d) Input of Tools
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) a paper calendar (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a wind-up clock
  7. 7.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a plain wall switch (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a fitness band with app
  8. 8.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) over Wi-Fi (b) by post (c) by shouting (d) through a candle
  9. 9.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a wind-up clock (d) a plain wall switch
  10. 10.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the board reads it
  11. 11.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  12. 12.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 180 readings take?
  13. 13.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a smart energy meter (d) a battery torch
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a fitness band with app (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  15. 15.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  16. 16.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a hand fan (c) a printed map (d) lights on from an app
  17. 17.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  18. 18.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  19. 19.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) sensor (b) phone app (c) microcontroller (d) Wi-Fi
  20. 20.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  23. 23.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) microcontroller (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) phone app
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the cloud stores it
  25. 25.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  26. 26.What does the sensor do? (a) measures the real world (b) carries the data (c) stores data online (d) shows data to you
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a battery torch
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the sensor measures (d) the cloud stores it
  29. 29.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a battery torch (d) an app-controlled bulb
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a plain wall switch (d) a paper calendar
  31. 31.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) reads values, decides (b) shows data to you (c) measures the real world (d) carries the data
  32. 32.🔢 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 cloud stores it (d) the sensor measures
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the board reads it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the sensor measures
  35. 35.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  36. 36.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  37. 37.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a smart energy meter (d) a battery torch
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 190 readings take?
  40. 40.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a paper calendar (d) a pencil sharpener

Answer key

  1. not an IoT device
  2. the board reads it
  3. a fitness band with app
  4. Internet of Things
  5. 3
  6. a Wi-Fi weather station
  7. a plain wall switch
  8. over Wi-Fi
  9. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  10. the board reads it
  11. a plain table fan
  12. 1800
  13. a battery torch
  14. a pencil sharpener
  15. not an IoT device
  16. lights on from an app
  17. 2000
  18. 16
  19. sensor
  20. an IoT device
  21. the app shows it
  22. 6
  23. cloud server
  24. the board reads it
  25. 6
  26. measures the real world
  27. a battery torch
  28. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  29. an app-controlled bulb
  30. an app-controlled bulb
  31. carries the data
  32. the app shows it
  33. the sensor measures
  34. the sensor measures
  35. not an IoT device
  36. a Wi-Fi weather station
  37. a paper calendar
  38. a smart energy meter
  39. 1900
  40. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera

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