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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 320 · 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 of these is the input? (a) compare with a limit (b) a motion sensor signal (c) an alert on the phone (d) decide if soil is dry
  2. 2.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  3. 3.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) draw the circuit diagram
  4. 4.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “test it and fix it” or “list inputs and outputs”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the input (b) the process (c) the battery (d) the output
  7. 7.Which of these is the input? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a button press
  8. 8.🔢 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) build it with an adult (d) draw the circuit diagram
  9. 9.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  10. 10.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “decide if soil is dry” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) an alert on the phone (c) check if temp > 30 (d) decide if soil is dry
  12. 12.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  13. 13.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) the box colour (b) the final price (c) nothing at all (d) inputs and outputs
  14. 14.Which of these is the process? (a) the fan starts (b) check if temp > 30 (c) an LED lights up (d) an alert on the phone
  15. 15.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) wait a few seconds
  16. 16.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) test it and fix it (b) build it with an adult (c) pick a problem to solve (d) draw the circuit diagram
  17. 17.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds
  18. 18.Which of these is the output? (a) count button presses (b) the fan starts (c) a button press (d) a motion sensor signal
  19. 19.Which of these is the input? (a) the fan starts (b) a soil moisture reading (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a buzzer beeps” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) the pump turns on (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) a button press (c) a temperature reading (d) a soil moisture reading
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a buzzer beeps (c) compare with a limit (d) decide if soil is dry
  26. 26.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  27. 27.Which of these is the output? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) check if temp > 30 (c) an LED lights up (d) a temperature reading
  28. 28.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) pick a problem to solve (c) build it with an adult (d) list inputs and outputs
  29. 29.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “build it with an adult”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) build it with an adult
  30. 30.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) pick a problem to solve
  31. 31.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a button press” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.Which of these is the output? (a) count button presses (b) a light level reading (c) a button press (d) an alert on the phone
  34. 34.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a light level reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  35. 35.🗺️ 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
  36. 36.True or false: “decide if soil is dry” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the input? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) the fan starts (c) an alert on the phone (d) a temperature reading
  39. 39.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  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. a motion sensor signal
  2. process
  3. list inputs and outputs
  4. list inputs and outputs
  5. compare with the limit
  6. the process
  7. a button press
  8. list inputs and outputs
  9. process
  10. process
  11. an alert on the phone
  12. output
  13. inputs and outputs
  14. check if temp > 30
  15. switch the pump on/off
  16. test it and fix it
  17. read the soil sensor
  18. the fan starts
  19. a soil moisture reading
  20. output
  21. switch the pump on/off
  22. a soil moisture reading
  23. wait a few seconds
  24. the pump turns on
  25. a buzzer beeps
  26. input
  27. an LED lights up
  28. pick a problem to solve
  29. draw the circuit diagram
  30. pick a problem to solve
  31. input
  32. read the soil sensor
  33. an alert on the phone
  34. input
  35. output
  36. False
  37. True
  38. a temperature reading
  39. input
  40. pick a problem to solve

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