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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 178 · 40 questions
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Remember (Input, process, output): Input = what is sensed (a reading, a button press). Process = what the program decides (compare with a limit, count). Output = what happens (pump on, buzzer, LED, phone alert). Plan → draw → build with an adult → test.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) count button presses (c) compare with a limit (d) check if temp > 30
  2. 2.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) the final price (b) the box colour (c) nothing at all (d) inputs and outputs
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) check if temp > 30 (c) compare with a limit (d) a buzzer beeps
  4. 4.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) build it with an adult (b) test it and fix it (c) pick a problem to solve (d) list inputs and outputs
  5. 5.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) test it and fix it (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) pick a problem to solve (d) build it with an adult
  7. 7.True or false: “a button press” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a motion sensor signal” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the fan starts (b) a buzzer beeps (c) compare with a limit (d) an LED lights up
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) the pump turns on (c) count button presses (d) decide if soil is dry
  12. 12.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a motion sensor signal” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  13. 13.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “read the soil sensor”? (a) compare with the limit (b) wait a few seconds (c) switch the pump on/off
  14. 14.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) switch the pump on/off (c) wait a few seconds
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) the fan starts (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the pump turns on
  16. 16.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “compare with the limit”? (a) compare with the limit (b) wait a few seconds
  17. 17.Which of these is the input? (a) the pump turns on (b) count button presses (c) an LED lights up (d) a soil moisture reading
  18. 18.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) list inputs and outputs
  19. 19.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the process. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) wait a few seconds (c) compare with the limit (d) read the soil sensor
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) decide if soil is dry (c) a soil moisture reading (d) compare with a limit
  22. 22.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) read the soil sensor (b) compare with the limit (c) wait a few seconds (d) switch the pump on/off
  23. 23.Which of these is the output? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) an LED lights up (c) count button presses (d) a motion sensor signal
  24. 24.True or false: “a light level reading” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the input? (a) count button presses (b) decide if soil is dry (c) a button press (d) an LED lights up
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temperature reading (b) compare with a limit (c) decide if soil is dry (d) check if temp > 30
  27. 27.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the output (b) the battery (c) the process (d) the input
  28. 28.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) test it and fix it (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) list inputs and outputs (d) pick a problem to solve
  29. 29.True or false: “a button press” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an alert on the phone (b) compare with a limit (c) decide if soil is dry (d) check if temp > 30
  32. 32.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an alert on the phone” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
  33. 33.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “the fan starts” is the process. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a soil moisture reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  37. 37.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “list inputs and outputs”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) pick a problem to solve
  38. 38.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) the pump turns on (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “compare with the limit” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) compare with the limit (b) wait a few seconds

Answer key

  1. an LED lights up
  2. inputs and outputs
  3. a buzzer beeps
  4. pick a problem to solve
  5. False
  6. test it and fix it
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. compare with a limit
  11. the pump turns on
  12. input
  13. compare with the limit
  14. switch the pump on/off
  15. count button presses
  16. compare with the limit
  17. a soil moisture reading
  18. pick a problem to solve
  19. True
  20. wait a few seconds
  21. a soil moisture reading
  22. read the soil sensor
  23. an LED lights up
  24. True
  25. a button press
  26. a temperature reading
  27. the process
  28. test it and fix it
  29. False
  30. False
  31. an alert on the phone
  32. output
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. output
  37. pick a problem to solve
  38. output
  39. check if temp > 30
  40. compare with the limit

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