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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 918 · 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 the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a plain table fan (d) an app-controlled bulb
  2. 2.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a hand fan (b) a printed map (c) lights on from an app (d) a candle in a jar
  3. 3.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Internet of Things (b) Internet of Talk (c) Input of Tools (d) Inside of Toys
  4. 4.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  5. 5.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.What does the cloud server do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  8. 8.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  9. 9.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) actuator
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a wind-up clock (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a fitness band with app
  12. 12.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) actuator (d) Wi-Fi
  13. 13.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) Wi-Fi (b) microcontroller (c) actuator (d) phone app
  14. 14.What does the microcontroller do? (a) shows data to you (b) carries the data (c) acts on a command (d) reads values, decides
  15. 15.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a smart energy meter (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  16. 16.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a plain table fan (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a paper calendar
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  18. 18.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the app shows it (d) the sensor measures
  19. 19.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  20. 20.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 60 readings take?
  21. 21.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  22. 22.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  23. 23.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  26. 26.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  27. 27.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  28. 28.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  29. 29.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a paper calendar (d) a battery torch
  31. 31.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  32. 32.🌐 Is a smart energy meter an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a paper calendar (b) a smart energy meter (c) a battery torch (d) a plain table fan
  34. 34.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  35. 35.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) actuator (b) sensor (c) Wi-Fi (d) phone app
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) an app-controlled bulb
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the board reads it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) it is sent by Wi-Fi

Answer key

  1. an app-controlled bulb
  2. lights on from an app
  3. Internet of Things
  4. 60
  5. not an IoT device
  6. the board reads it
  7. stores data online
  8. 32
  9. cloud server
  10. a battery torch
  11. a wind-up clock
  12. Wi-Fi
  13. phone app
  14. reads values, decides
  15. a pencil sharpener
  16. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  17. a Wi-Fi weather station
  18. the sensor measures
  19. a Wi-Fi weather station
  20. 600
  21. 4
  22. a battery torch
  23. 24
  24. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  25. not an IoT device
  26. the app shows it
  27. 16
  28. 6
  29. a wind-up clock
  30. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  31. 1800
  32. an IoT device
  33. a smart energy meter
  34. an IoT device
  35. actuator
  36. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  37. 60
  38. a plain wall switch
  39. the sensor measures
  40. it is sent by Wi-Fi

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