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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 278 · 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.True or false: “check if temp > 30” is the process. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is the input? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) decide if soil is dry (c) the fan starts (d) a soil moisture reading
  3. 3.Which of these is the process? (a) an LED lights up (b) an alert on the phone (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a light level reading
  4. 4.Which of these is the output? (a) a button press (b) compare with a limit (c) a temperature reading (d) an LED lights up
  5. 5.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “compare with a limit” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
  6. 6.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off (c) wait a few seconds (d) read the soil sensor
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) a light level reading (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a soil moisture reading
  9. 9.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) count button presses (d) a light level reading
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a light level reading (b) the fan starts (c) a button press (d) a temperature reading
  11. 11.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) list inputs and outputs (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) test it and fix it
  12. 12.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) the box colour (b) inputs and outputs (c) nothing at all (d) the final price
  13. 13.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a button press (c) a motion sensor signal (d) a light level reading
  15. 15.Which of these is the input? (a) the fan starts (b) decide if soil is dry (c) a button press (d) an LED lights up
  16. 16.Which of these is the process? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) the pump turns on (c) count button presses (d) a soil moisture reading
  17. 17.Which of these is the process? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the pump turns on (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a motion sensor signal
  18. 18.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the process (b) the output (c) the battery (d) the input
  19. 19.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) read the soil sensor
  20. 20.True or false: “an alert on the phone” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) the pump turns on (c) an LED lights up (d) the fan starts
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) the fan starts (c) an alert on the phone (d) a soil moisture reading
  23. 23.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  24. 24.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) an alert on the phone (c) the pump turns on (d) a motion sensor signal
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a button press (c) a light level reading (d) check if temp > 30
  27. 27.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  28. 28.Which of these is the output? (a) the fan starts (b) a light level reading (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a temperature reading
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “switch the pump on/off”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) compare with the limit (c) wait a few seconds
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) count button presses (d) an alert on the phone
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the process. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  35. 35.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) switch the pump on/off
  37. 37.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a motion sensor signal” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  38. 38.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a light level reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  39. 39.Which of these is the process? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) compare with a limit (c) an alert on the phone (d) a button press
  40. 40.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a motion sensor signal

Answer key

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

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