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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 267 · 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.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the input (b) the battery (c) the process (d) the output
  2. 2.Which of these is the input? (a) the pump turns on (b) count button presses (c) a soil moisture reading (d) an LED lights up
  3. 3.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “compare with the limit”? (a) compare with the limit (b) read the soil sensor
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a button press (c) a motion sensor signal (d) compare with a limit
  5. 5.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the fan starts (c) decide if soil is dry (d) an alert on the phone
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a light level reading (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a button press (d) a temperature reading
  8. 8.Which of these is the process? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) a button press (c) the fan starts (d) a temperature reading
  9. 9.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “build it with an adult” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) build it with an adult (b) pick a problem to solve
  10. 10.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) the fan starts (c) compare with a limit (d) decide if soil is dry
  12. 12.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an alert on the phone” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  13. 13.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it (c) build it with an adult (d) pick a problem to solve
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temperature reading (b) compare with a limit (c) count button presses (d) check if temp > 30
  15. 15.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) build it with an adult (b) list inputs and outputs (c) test it and fix it (d) pick a problem to solve
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the pump turns on (c) the fan starts (d) count button presses
  17. 17.Which of these is the input? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) count button presses (c) a light level reading (d) the pump turns on
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) count button presses (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a light level reading
  19. 19.Which of these is the process? (a) count button presses (b) a motion sensor signal (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a light level reading
  20. 20.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) wait a few seconds (c) read the soil sensor
  21. 21.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  22. 22.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “pick a problem to solve”? (a) build it with an adult (b) list inputs and outputs (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) test it and fix it
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it (c) pick a problem to solve (d) draw the circuit diagram
  25. 25.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “test it and fix it”? (a) test it and fix it (b) draw the circuit diagram
  26. 26.True or false: “a motion sensor signal” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) pick a problem to solve
  28. 28.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) the final price (b) nothing at all (c) inputs and outputs (d) the box colour
  29. 29.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) compare with the limit (c) wait a few seconds (d) read the soil sensor
  30. 30.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  31. 31.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it (c) pick a problem to solve (d) build it with an adult
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a light level reading (c) a soil moisture reading (d) a button press
  33. 33.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “compare with a limit” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  34. 34.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the pump turns on” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  36. 36.True or false: “a soil moisture reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  38. 38.True or false: “the fan starts” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a motion sensor signal” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  40. 40.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) wait a few seconds (b) read the soil sensor (c) switch the pump on/off (d) compare with the limit

Answer key

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

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