Category 1: Electrical Safety & Circuit Protection
You are mid-way through building your circuit and realize you need to swap out a yellow wire for a blue one. What must you do before touching or moving the wire?
Unplug the USB cable from the Arduino board to cut the power
You are trying to push a tactile button into the breadboard, but it is resisting and won't go into the holes. What should you do?
Stop, remove it, and check if the metal pins are bent before straightening them gently
Where is the only acceptable place for your water bottle or iced coffee to be located during a robotics lab?
Inside your backpack
What happens if you run a jumper wire directly from the 5V (positive) pin to a GND (negative) pin without putting a component like a resistor or an LED in between?
You create a short circuit because the electrical current faces zero resistance
What is the maximum number of component legs or wires that can force their way into a single individual socket hole?
Exactly 1
What is the proper way to disconnect your Arduino from the school laptop when you are finished?
Grip the hard plastic USB connector housing firmly and pull it straight out
You plug your Arduino into your laptop and immediately notice a faint, sweet/burnt odor, and the main microchip feels boiling hot to the touch. What is your immediate next step?
Unplug the USB cable immediately and notify the teacher
At the end of a period, what constitutes a "100% complete" kit cleanup?
Every single resistor, wire, LED, and button is accounted for and returned to its exact compartment.
Your laptop battery suddenly dies right before the bell rings, and your computer shuts down. Why should you not panic about losing your daily coding progress?
Because you followed the workflow of saving your code regularly to your Arduino Editor account.
Before you plug a brand-new, complex circuit design into your expensive laptop for the first time, what safety protocol must you complete?
A "Buddy Check" where a partner or the teacher verifies your wiring against the schematic.
Why should you avoid touching the main Arduino Uno microchip?
To prevent a static electricity discharge from your body frying the board's brain
A student wants to change the administrative network settings on the school laptop while waiting for their circuit check. Is this allowed?
No, school laptops are strictly for curriculum code; manipulating system profiles or installing unauthorized files is prohibited