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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 190 · 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.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “compare with the limit” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) compare with the limit (b) read the soil sensor
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) decide if soil is dry (c) the fan starts (d) check if temp > 30
  3. 3.Which of these is the process? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a button press
  4. 4.Which of these is the output? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) the fan starts (c) compare with a limit (d) decide if soil is dry
  5. 5.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  6. 6.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds (c) switch the pump on/off
  7. 7.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) pick a problem to solve (c) test it and fix it (d) list inputs and outputs
  8. 8.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “compare with the limit”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) compare with the limit
  9. 9.Which of these is the input? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) compare with a limit (c) a button press (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the output (b) the input (c) the battery (d) the process
  11. 11.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) nothing at all (b) inputs and outputs (c) the box colour (d) the final price
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) a button press (c) a soil moisture reading (d) compare with a limit
  13. 13.True or false: “check if temp > 30” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the process? (a) a temperature reading (b) a buzzer beeps (c) compare with a limit (d) a soil moisture reading
  15. 15.Which of these is the input? (a) a temperature reading (b) a buzzer beeps (c) decide if soil is dry (d) compare with a limit
  16. 16.Which of these is the output? (a) an LED lights up (b) check if temp > 30 (c) a temperature reading (d) a motion sensor signal
  17. 17.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an alert on the phone” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  18. 18.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) read the soil sensor (c) wait a few seconds (d) compare with the limit
  19. 19.Which of these is the input? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) check if temp > 30 (c) an alert on the phone (d) a motion sensor signal
  20. 20.Which of these is the input? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) a soil moisture reading (c) count button presses (d) check if temp > 30
  21. 21.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) read the soil sensor
  22. 22.True or false: “a soil moisture reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “decide if soil is dry” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  24. 24.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a soil moisture reading (c) a motion sensor signal (d) a button press
  26. 26.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “list inputs and outputs”? (a) build it with an adult (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) pick a problem to solve (d) test it and fix it
  27. 27.Which of these is the output? (a) the pump turns on (b) a button press (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a soil moisture reading
  28. 28.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “pick a problem to solve”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) test it and fix it (c) build it with an adult (d) list inputs and outputs
  29. 29.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) test it and fix it (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) list inputs and outputs
  30. 30.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a buzzer beeps” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  31. 31.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  32. 32.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  33. 33.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  34. 34.Which of these is the output? (a) an alert on the phone (b) compare with a limit (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a button press
  35. 35.True or false: “a light level reading” is the process. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a button press” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  37. 37.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “switch the pump on/off”? (a) compare with the limit (b) read the soil sensor (c) wait a few seconds
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

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

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