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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 321 · 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: “compare with a limit” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) read the soil sensor
  3. 3.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) nothing at all (b) the final price (c) inputs and outputs (d) the box colour
  4. 4.Which of these is the process? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) a soil moisture reading (c) decide if soil is dry (d) the fan starts
  5. 5.Which of these is the process? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a soil moisture reading (c) check if temp > 30 (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) list inputs and outputs
  7. 7.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  8. 8.🔢 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) build it with an adult
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) compare with a limit (c) a motion sensor signal (d) check if temp > 30
  10. 10.Which of these is the output? (a) an LED lights up (b) decide if soil is dry (c) a soil moisture reading (d) compare with a limit
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a temperature reading (c) a light level reading (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temperature reading (b) an alert on the phone (c) the pump turns on (d) an LED lights up
  13. 13.🗺️ 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
  14. 14.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “test it and fix it”? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an alert on the phone (b) an LED lights up (c) a button press (d) the pump turns on
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the pump turns on (d) a soil moisture reading
  17. 17.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
  18. 18.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “list inputs and outputs”? (a) test it and fix it (b) build it with an adult (c) pick a problem to solve (d) draw the circuit diagram
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) the pump turns on (c) a soil moisture reading (d) a light level reading
  20. 20.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “list inputs and outputs”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) draw the circuit diagram
  21. 21.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a motion sensor signal” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) decide if soil is dry (c) the pump turns on (d) the fan starts
  24. 24.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) check if temp > 30 (c) a button press (d) compare with a limit
  25. 25.Which of these is the input? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) compare with a limit (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a soil moisture reading
  26. 26.True or false: “a button press” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the output (b) the input (c) the process (d) the battery
  28. 28.Which of these is the input? (a) a temperature reading (b) the pump turns on (c) check if temp > 30 (d) the fan starts
  29. 29.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the pump turns on” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a light level reading (c) compare with a limit (d) count button presses
  31. 31.Which of these is the output? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) a temperature reading (c) the fan starts (d) a light level reading
  32. 32.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the input. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temperature reading (b) a motion sensor signal (c) a light level reading (d) count button presses
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off (c) read the soil sensor (d) wait a few seconds
  38. 38.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a buzzer beeps” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  39. 39.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “pick a problem to solve”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) build it with an adult (d) test it and fix it
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a button press (d) a light level reading

Answer key

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

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