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Electronics Worksheet: What Is IoT

Electronics lesson 27: What is IoT? · Set 965 · 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.🌐 In an IoT system, which part reads values, decides? (a) phone app (b) Wi-Fi (c) sensor (d) microcontroller
  2. 2.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “it is sent by Wi-Fi” or “the sensor measures”? (a) the sensor measures (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi
  3. 3.🌐 In an IoT system, which part shows data to you? (a) cloud server (b) sensor (c) actuator (d) phone app
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) a Wi-Fi weather station (d) a battery torch
  5. 5.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 5 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  6. 6.🌐 What does IoT stand for? (a) Input of Tools (b) Internet of Talk (c) Inside of Toys (d) Internet of Things
  7. 7.What does the sensor do? (a) reads values, decides (b) carries the data (c) measures the real world (d) shows data to you
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a battery torch (b) a pencil sharpener (c) an app-controlled bulb (d) a plain wall switch
  9. 9.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the cloud stores it” or “the board reads it”? (a) the board reads it (b) the cloud stores it
  10. 10.🌐 Is a wind-up clock an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  11. 11.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 15 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  12. 12.🌐 Is a plain wall switch an IoT device? (a) not an IoT device (b) an IoT device
  13. 13.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the app shows it” or “the cloud stores it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the cloud stores it
  14. 14.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the LAST step? (a) the sensor measures (b) the cloud stores it (c) the app shows it (d) the board reads it
  15. 15.What does the Wi-Fi link do? (a) carries the data (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world
  16. 16.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi weather station (c) a plain wall switch (d) a paper calendar
  17. 17.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 10 seconds. How many readings does it send in 5 minutes?
  18. 18.What does the microcontroller do? (a) shows data to you (b) acts on a command (c) reads values, decides (d) stores data online
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi weather station (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a Wi-Fi smart plug (d) a battery torch
  20. 20.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 30 minutes. How many readings arrive in 3 hours?
  21. 21.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 20 seconds. How many readings does it send in 2 minutes?
  22. 22.🌐 In an IoT system, which part measures the real world? (a) phone app (b) cloud server (c) sensor (d) microcontroller
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain table fan (b) a battery torch (c) a fitness band with app (d) a wind-up clock
  24. 24.What does the actuator do? (a) carries the data (b) reads values, decides (c) acts on a command (d) measures the real world
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a Wi-Fi smart plug (b) an app-controlled bulb (c) a smart energy meter (d) a wind-up clock
  26. 26.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a wind-up clock (b) a paper calendar (c) a pencil sharpener (d) an app-controlled bulb
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil sharpener (b) a Wi-Fi smart plug (c) a battery torch (d) a wind-up clock
  28. 28.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, what comes right after “the cloud stores it”? (a) the sensor measures (b) the board reads it (c) it is sent by Wi-Fi (d) the app shows it
  29. 29.🏠 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
  30. 30.🌐 A soil sensor sends a reading to an app every 15 minutes. How many readings arrive in 5 hours?
  31. 31.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which comes first: “the sensor measures” or “the app shows it”? (a) the app shows it (b) the sensor measures
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper calendar (b) a plain wall switch (c) a smart energy meter (d) a battery torch
  33. 33.Which of these is an IoT device? (a) a battery torch (b) a plain wall switch (c) a paper calendar (d) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  34. 34.🔢 To get a sensor reading onto a phone, which is the FIRST step? (a) the app shows it (b) it is sent by Wi-Fi (c) the cloud stores it (d) the sensor measures
  35. 35.🌐 In an IoT system, which part acts on a command? (a) microcontroller (b) phone app (c) Wi-Fi (d) actuator
  36. 36.🌐 A weather station sends one reading every 5 seconds. How many readings does it send in 7 minutes?
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain wall switch (b) a Wi-Fi doorbell camera (c) a pencil sharpener (d) a battery torch
  38. 38.🌐 Each reading a sensor sends is 20 bytes. How many bytes do 40 readings take?
  39. 39.🌐 Is a battery torch an IoT device? (a) an IoT device (b) not an IoT device
  40. 40.What does the cloud server do? (a) acts on a command (b) stores data online (c) reads values, decides (d) measures the real world

Answer key

  1. microcontroller
  2. the sensor measures
  3. phone app
  4. a Wi-Fi weather station
  5. 60
  6. Internet of Things
  7. measures the real world
  8. an app-controlled bulb
  9. the board reads it
  10. not an IoT device
  11. 20
  12. not an IoT device
  13. the cloud stores it
  14. the app shows it
  15. carries the data
  16. a Wi-Fi weather station
  17. 30
  18. reads values, decides
  19. a battery torch
  20. 6
  21. 6
  22. sensor
  23. a fitness band with app
  24. acts on a command
  25. a wind-up clock
  26. an app-controlled bulb
  27. a Wi-Fi smart plug
  28. the app shows it
  29. lights on from an app
  30. 20
  31. the sensor measures
  32. a smart energy meter
  33. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  34. the sensor measures
  35. actuator
  36. 84
  37. a Wi-Fi doorbell camera
  38. 800
  39. not an IoT device
  40. stores data online

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