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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 922 · 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.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  2. 2.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  3. 3.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) measures the real world (c) carries the data (d) shows data to you
  4. 4.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 1 hour?
  5. 5.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 70 readings take?
  6. 6.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 10 minutes?
  7. 7.What does the microcontroller do? (a) reads values, decides (b) acts on a command (c) measures the real world (d) stores data online
  8. 8.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 20 readings take?
  9. 9.What does the phone app do? (a) carries the data (b) stores data online (c) shows data to you (d) acts on a command
  10. 10.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a battery torch (c) a paper calendar (d) an app-controlled bulb
  11. 11.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi smart plug an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🔍 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
  13. 13.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Things (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Talk
  14. 14.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) Wi-Fi (b) phone app (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a paper calendar (c) a battery torch (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  16. 16.What does the actuator do? (a) measures the real world (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) acts on a command
  17. 17.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) through a candle (b) by shouting (c) by post (d) over Wi-Fi
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a Wi-Fi smart plug
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smart energy meter (b) a wind-up clock (c) a paper calendar (d) a battery torch
  21. 21.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the app shows it (c) the cloud stores it (d) the board reads it
  22. 22.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the sensor measures (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  23. 23.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a candle in a jar (b) a hand fan (c) lights on from an app (d) a printed map
  24. 24.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  25. 25.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 90 readings take?
  26. 26.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) Wi-Fi (b) actuator (c) phone app (d) cloud server
  27. 27.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 30 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the board reads it” or “it is sent by Wi-Fi”? (a) the board reads it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  29. 29.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a fitness band with app (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a wind-up clock
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a pencil sharpener
  31. 31.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 2 hours?
  32. 32.🌐 Is an app-controlled bulb an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  33. 33.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 1 minute?
  34. 34.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) actuator (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) microcontroller
  35. 35.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) acts on a command (c) shows data to you (d) measures the real world
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a wind-up clock (c) a plain table fan (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  38. 38.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a paper calendar (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  39. 39.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a plain table fan (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a pencil sharpener
  40. 40.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. a plain wall switch
  3. measures the real world
  4. 3
  5. 700
  6. 10
  7. reads values, decides
  8. 200
  9. shows data to you
  10. an app-controlled bulb
  11. an IoT device
  12. a wind-up clock
  13. Internet of Things
  14. phone app
  15. a Wi-Fi weather station
  16. acts on a command
  17. over Wi-Fi
  18. a pencil sharpener
  19. a plain wall switch
  20. a smart energy meter
  21. the sensor measures
  22. the cloud stores it
  23. lights on from an app
  24. it is sent by Wi-Fi
  25. 900
  26. cloud server
  27. 10
  28. the board reads it
  29. a wind-up clock
  30. an app-controlled bulb
  31. 8
  32. an IoT device
  33. 1
  34. sensor
  35. carries the data
  36. 48
  37. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  38. a smart energy meter
  39. a Wi-Fi weather station
  40. 28

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