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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 870 · 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 is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) lights on from an app (c) a printed map (d) a candle in a jar
  2. 2.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a plain wall switch (c) a plain table fan (d) a battery torch
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a pencil sharpener
  4. 4.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Inside of Toys (c) Internet of Things (d) Internet of Talk
  5. 5.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  6. 6.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a fitness band with app (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain table fan
  7. 7.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) microcontroller (c) Wi-Fi (d) cloud server
  8. 8.What does the phone app do? (a) carries the data (b) shows data to you (c) reads values, decides (d) stores data online
  9. 9.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a battery torch
  10. 10.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  12. 12.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  13. 13.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  14. 14.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain table fan (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a battery torch
  15. 15.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it
  16. 16.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  17. 17.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a plain table fan (c) a smart energy meter (d) a plain wall switch
  18. 18.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  19. 19.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) cloud server (c) phone app (d) microcontroller
  20. 20.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  21. 21.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  22. 22.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) microcontroller (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) phone app
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a plain table fan
  24. 24.What does the microcontroller do? (a) measures the real world (b) acts on a command (c) shows data to you (d) reads values, decides
  25. 25.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) over Wi-Fi (c) by shouting (d) by post
  26. 26.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  27. 27.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 50 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  28. 28.🔢 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
  29. 29.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a wind-up clock (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a smart energy meter
  31. 31.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the app shows it”? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  32. 32.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) phone app (b) sensor (c) microcontroller (d) cloud server
  33. 33.What does the actuator do? (a) reads values, decides (b) measures the real world (c) carries the data (d) acts on a command
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a plain wall switch (d) a plain table fan
  35. 35.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 3 minutes?
  36. 36.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  37. 37.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) measures the real world (b) reads values, decides (c) carries the data (d) acts on a command
  38. 38.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) it is sent by Wi-Fi (b) the board reads it
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a plain wall switch (c) a paper calendar (d) a fitness band with app
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?

Answer key

  1. lights on from an app
  2. an app-controlled bulb
  3. a pencil sharpener
  4. Internet of Things
  5. 8
  6. a fitness band with app
  7. microcontroller
  8. shows data to you
  9. a battery torch
  10. an IoT device
  11. 6
  12. 8
  13. an IoT device
  14. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  15. the sensor measures
  16. not an IoT device
  17. a smart energy meter
  18. 4
  19. cloud server
  20. 96
  21. 5
  22. sensor
  23. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  24. reads values, decides
  25. over Wi-Fi
  26. not an IoT device
  27. 3500
  28. the board reads it
  29. 700
  30. a wind-up clock
  31. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  32. phone app
  33. acts on a command
  34. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  35. 3
  36. a wind-up clock
  37. carries the data
  38. the board reads it
  39. a fitness band with app
  40. 1

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