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Electronics lesson 29: Project planning: input → process → output · Set 85 · 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 an input → process → output plan, is “a button press” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
  2. 2.Which of these is the process? (a) an alert on the phone (b) a soil moisture reading (c) a button press (d) count button presses
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.True or false: “count button presses” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds (c) switch the pump on/off
  6. 6.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a motion sensor signal” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) count button presses (c) check if temp > 30 (d) decide if soil is dry
  8. 8.True or false: “decide if soil is dry” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “the pump turns on” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “an alert on the phone” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “build it with an adult”? (a) build it with an adult (b) pick a problem to solve
  12. 12.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) nothing at all (b) the box colour (c) inputs and outputs (d) the final price
  13. 13.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
  14. 14.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is the output? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) an LED lights up (c) a button press (d) a light level reading
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) check if temp > 30 (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a motion sensor signal
  17. 17.True or false: “the pump turns on” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it (c) pick a problem to solve (d) build it with an adult
  19. 19.Which of these is the input? (a) a temperature reading (b) check if temp > 30 (c) an alert on the phone (d) the pump turns on
  20. 20.True or false: “a soil moisture reading” is the input. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) test it and fix it (c) build it with an adult (d) list inputs and outputs
  22. 22.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds
  23. 23.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the battery (b) the process (c) the output (d) the input
  24. 24.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a light level reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
  25. 25.Which of these is the input? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a button press (c) the pump turns on (d) an alert on the phone
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) a button press (c) a temperature reading (d) a soil moisture reading
  27. 27.🔢 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) draw the circuit diagram
  28. 28.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
  29. 29.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the output. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
  31. 31.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) wait a few seconds (b) compare with the limit (c) switch the pump on/off (d) read the soil sensor
  32. 32.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the pump turns on” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  33. 33.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the output. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
  35. 35.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
  36. 36.Which of these is the output? (a) a temperature reading (b) a button press (c) a soil moisture reading (d) the pump turns on
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.Which of these is the output? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) a motion sensor signal (c) an alert on the phone (d) a button press
  39. 39.Which of these is the input? (a) an alert on the phone (b) the pump turns on (c) the fan starts (d) a light level reading
  40. 40.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “compare with the limit” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off

Answer key

  1. input
  2. count button presses
  3. switch the pump on/off
  4. False
  5. switch the pump on/off
  6. input
  7. a button press
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. pick a problem to solve
  12. inputs and outputs
  13. output
  14. False
  15. an LED lights up
  16. a motion sensor signal
  17. False
  18. test it and fix it
  19. a temperature reading
  20. True
  21. build it with an adult
  22. read the soil sensor
  23. the process
  24. input
  25. a button press
  26. the pump turns on
  27. pick a problem to solve
  28. process
  29. True
  30. input
  31. read the soil sensor
  32. output
  33. True
  34. output
  35. process
  36. the pump turns on
  37. read the soil sensor
  38. an alert on the phone
  39. a light level reading
  40. compare with the limit

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