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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 862 · 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) Internet of Talk (b) Inside of Toys (c) Internet of Things (d) Input of Tools
  2. 2.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 50 readings take?
  3. 3.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain table fan
  4. 4.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a battery torch (c) a plain wall switch (d) a wind-up clock
  6. 6.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) by shouting (b) through a candle (c) by post (d) over Wi-Fi
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a battery torch
  8. 8.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a battery torch (d) a wind-up clock
  9. 9.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  10. 10.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  11. 11.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  12. 12.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  13. 13.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures
  14. 14.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 180 readings take?
  15. 15.What does the cloud server do? (a) acts on a command (b) reads values, decides (c) measures the real world (d) stores data online
  16. 16.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) microcontroller (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  17. 17.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  18. 18.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  19. 19.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it (c) the cloud stores it (d) the app shows it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a plain wall switch
  21. 21.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  22. 22.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  23. 23.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) a smart energy meter
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a fitness band with app (c) a wind-up clock (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  25. 25.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a plain wall switch (d) an app-controlled bulb
  26. 26.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the app shows it
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  28. 28.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a fitness band with app
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a paper calendar
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  31. 31.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 6 minutes?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a wind-up clock (d) a fitness band with app
  33. 33.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  34. 34.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 25 bytes. How many bytes do 30 readings take?
  35. 35.🏠 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
  36. 36.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) stores data online (d) measures the real world
  37. 37.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) measures the real world (c) shows data to you (d) stores data online
  38. 38.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  39. 39.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) Wi-Fi (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) phone app
  40. 40.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the sensor measures (c) the board reads it (d) the app shows it

Answer key

  1. Internet of Things
  2. 1000
  3. a plain table fan
  4. 12
  5. a smart energy meter
  6. over Wi-Fi
  7. a battery torch
  8. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  9. 6
  10. 3
  11. an IoT device
  12. a paper calendar
  13. the sensor measures
  14. 3600
  15. stores data online
  16. sensor
  17. 4
  18. 3
  19. the app shows it
  20. a plain wall switch
  21. not an IoT device
  22. 72
  23. a smart energy meter
  24. a wind-up clock
  25. a plain wall switch
  26. the board reads it
  27. 15
  28. a fitness band with app
  29. a Wi-Fi weather station
  30. 60
  31. 36
  32. a fitness band with app
  33. the app shows it
  34. 750
  35. lights on from an app
  36. carries the data
  37. measures the real world
  38. not an IoT device
  39. Wi-Fi
  40. the sensor measures

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