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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 958 · 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 of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a plain wall switch (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a Wi-Fi weather station
  2. 2.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) actuator (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) phone app
  3. 3.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a wind-up clock (d) a fitness band with app
  4. 4.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) actuator (d) Wi-Fi
  5. 5.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a smart energy meter (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  6. 6.What does the actuator do? (a) reads values, decides (b) stores data online (c) acts on a command (d) measures the real world
  7. 7.🌐 How does a home IoT device usually send its data to the app? (a) over Wi-Fi (b) through a candle (c) by shouting (d) by post
  8. 8.🌐 In an IoT system, which part stores data online? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) actuator
  9. 9.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a smart energy meter (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  10. 10.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  11. 11.🌐 Is a fitness band with app an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  12. 12.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the sensor measures”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  13. 13.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 6 hours?
  14. 14.What does the microcontroller do? (a) acts on a command (b) shows data to you (c) reads values, decides (d) stores data online
  15. 15.🌐 In an IoT system, which part carries the data? (a) microcontroller (b) Wi-Fi (c) cloud server (d) actuator
  16. 16.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  17. 17.🏠 Which is a smart-home example? (a) a printed map (b) a candle in a jar (c) lights on from an app (d) a hand fan
  18. 18.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) Wi-Fi (b) microcontroller (c) cloud server (d) sensor
  19. 19.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) sensor (b) Wi-Fi (c) microcontroller (d) actuator
  20. 20.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  21. 21.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 4 hours?
  22. 22.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the cloud stores it (b) the app shows it
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a fitness band with app (d) a pencil sharpener
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a fitness band with app (c) a plain table fan (d) a battery torch
  25. 25.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 8 minutes?
  26. 26.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 20 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  27. 27.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  28. 28.🌐 Is a paper calendar an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  29. 29.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Inside of Toys (b) Internet of Talk (c) Input of Tools (d) Internet of Things
  30. 30.🌐 Is a Wi-Fi weather station an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  31. 31.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a fitness band with app (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a paper calendar
  32. 32.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a plain table fan
  33. 33.🌐 Is a plain table fan an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) a wind-up clock (c) a battery torch (d) a plain wall switch
  35. 35.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 10 bytes. How many bytes do 100 readings take?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an app-controlled bulb (b) a smart energy meter (c) a fitness band with app (d) a plain wall switch
  37. 37.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 60 seconds. How many readings does it send in 4 minutes?
  38. 38.Which of these is not an IoT device? (a) a fitness band with app (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a plain table fan
  39. 39.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 80 readings take?
  40. 40.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?

Answer key

  1. a plain wall switch
  2. phone app
  3. a wind-up clock
  4. actuator
  5. a battery torch
  6. acts on a command
  7. over Wi-Fi
  8. cloud server
  9. a smart energy meter
  10. 10
  11. an IoT device
  12. the board reads it
  13. 18
  14. reads values, decides
  15. Wi-Fi
  16. not an IoT device
  17. lights on from an app
  18. microcontroller
  19. sensor
  20. 2000
  21. 16
  22. the cloud stores it
  23. a pencil sharpener
  24. a fitness band with app
  25. 48
  26. 15
  27. not an IoT device
  28. not an IoT device
  29. Internet of Things
  30. an IoT device
  31. a paper calendar
  32. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  33. not an IoT device
  34. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  35. 1000
  36. a plain wall switch
  37. 4
  38. a plain table fan
  39. 1600
  40. 6

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