Smart home devices in Intro to Computing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to turn on a smart light using a simple command.

Intro to Computing

smart_light.[1]()

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Aturn_on

Bactivate

Cstart

Denable

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'activate' or 'start' which are not standard method names for lights.

The method turn_on() is commonly used to switch on smart devices like lights.

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medium

Complete the code to check if the smart thermostat is currently active.

Intro to Computing

if thermostat.[1]:
    print('Thermostat is active')

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Astatus

Bis_on

Cactive

Dpower

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Common Mistakes

Using 'status' which might be a string, not a boolean.

The property is_on is a boolean that tells if the device is currently turned on.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to set the smart speaker volume to 5.

Intro to Computing

smart_speaker.volume [1] 5

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A=

B=>

C===

D==

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Common Mistakes

Using '==' which compares values instead of assigning.

The single equals sign = is used to assign a value in programming.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary of smart devices with their status.

Intro to Computing

devices = { 'light': [1], 'thermostat': [2] }

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ATrue

B'on'

CFalse

D'off'

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Common Mistakes

Using strings like 'on' or 'off' instead of boolean values.

Boolean values True and False are used to represent device status as on or off.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary comprehension for devices with volume above 3.

Intro to Computing

loud_devices = { [1]: [2] for [3] in devices if devices[[3]]['volume'] > 3 }

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Adevice_name

Bdevices[device_name]['volume']

Ddevice

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Common Mistakes

Using different variable names inconsistently.

The comprehension uses device_name as the key and volume as the value, iterating over device names.