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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 282 · 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: “decide if soil is dry” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is the output? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) compare with a limit (c) an LED lights up (d) a light level reading
  3. 3.Which of these is the input? (a) count button presses (b) the fan starts (c) a soil moisture reading (d) compare with a limit
  4. 4.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) read the soil sensor (b) compare with the limit (c) switch the pump on/off (d) wait a few seconds
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) a soil moisture reading (c) a button press (d) a temperature reading
  6. 6.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a button press” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  7. 7.True or false: “decide if soil is dry” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “test it and fix it” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve
  9. 9.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “list inputs and outputs”? (a) test it and fix it (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) pick a problem to solve (d) build it with an adult
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) a motion sensor signal (c) a soil moisture reading (d) a temperature reading
  11. 11.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) switch the pump on/off
  12. 12.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “test it and fix it” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) test it and fix it
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) a temperature reading (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the fan starts
  14. 14.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “compare with a limit” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  15. 15.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the output (b) the battery (c) the input (d) the process
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) check if temp > 30 (c) count button presses (d) compare with a limit
  17. 17.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) list inputs and outputs (d) test it and fix it
  18. 18.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “decide if soil is dry” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  19. 19.Which of these is the process? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) the fan starts (c) decide if soil is dry (d) an alert on the phone
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a light level reading (c) an LED lights up (d) an alert on the phone
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) the fan starts (c) a light level reading (d) a soil moisture reading
  22. 22.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) wait a few seconds (c) compare with the limit (d) read the soil sensor
  23. 23.True or false: “a light level reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗺️ 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
  25. 25.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) the fan starts (c) the pump turns on (d) an alert on the phone
  27. 27.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “read the soil sensor”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) compare with the limit (c) switch the pump on/off
  28. 28.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) build it with an adult (b) pick a problem to solve (c) list inputs and outputs (d) test it and fix it
  29. 29.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “pick a problem to solve”? (a) test it and fix it (b) list inputs and outputs (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) build it with an adult
  30. 30.Which of these is the process? (a) an LED lights up (b) a button press (c) a temperature reading (d) count button presses
  31. 31.True or false: “a light level reading” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) a soil moisture reading (c) check if temp > 30 (d) decide if soil is dry
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temperature reading (b) a soil moisture reading (c) a motion sensor signal (d) check if temp > 30
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  36. 36.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) build it with an adult (b) pick a problem to solve (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) test it and fix it
  37. 37.Which of these is the output? (a) a temperature reading (b) compare with a limit (c) a light level reading (d) the fan starts
  38. 38.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a buzzer beeps” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  39. 39.True or false: “a motion sensor signal” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “check if temp > 30” is the output. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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