Electronics Worksheet: Components and Ohm’s Law Test
Remember (Find the topic, use the formula): Find the topic and the formula: V = I × R, I = V ÷ R, R = V ÷ I, P = V × I, units = W × h ÷ 1000. Change mA to A and kΩ to Ω before using a formula. Check: put your answer back into the formula.
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- 1.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 2.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V × I (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = V + I (d) P = I ÷ V
- 3.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 1000 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the + side. What happens? (a) may burn out (b) lights up (c) does not light
- 4.🔺 An 8 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 5.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V × R (b) I = V + R (c) I = R ÷ V (d) I = V ÷ R
- 6.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 100 Ω resistor to a 4 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 7.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) use old filament bulbs (c) use LED lamps (d) set the AC to 24 °C
- 8.What does an LED do? (a) has coloured bands (b) limits the current (c) smooths a wobbly supply (d) glows using little power
- 9.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 11.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the colour of light (b) the length of a wire (c) the size of a cell (d) energy used each second
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) leave the TV on standby (c) use old filament bulbs (d) close the fridge quickly
- 14.⚡ A 0.75 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 15.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 300 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.11 A?
- 17.True or false: voltage is measured in volts (V). (a) False (b) True
- 18.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures current? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 19.🔺 A 0.4 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 20.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 5.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 1024 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) 10
- 22.True or false: voltage is measured in amperes (A). (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧾 A 100 W filament bulb is swapped for a 15 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 1 hour. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 24.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 2600 Ω? =
- 26.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I + R (b) V = R ÷ I (c) V = I × R (d) V = I ÷ R
- 28.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) an LED (b) a resistor (c) a fuse (d) a motor
- 29.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use LED lamps? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 30.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) power (b) the push of a cell (c) how much a part resists (d) energy used each second
- 31.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) LDR (b) potentiometer (c) fuse (d) motor
- 32.📏 How many watts (W) is 1.4 kW?
- 33.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the water pressure (b) the tap handle (c) the pipe colour (d) the water tank lid
- 34.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) spin a wheel (b) make light (c) store charge briefly (d) measure heat
- 35.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 36.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 37.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 38.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) always zero (c) less than either one (d) their sum
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 12.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 2300
- P = V × I
- does not light
- 40
- I = V ÷ R
- 20
- use old filament bulbs
- glows using little power
- 200
- 20
- 8.25
- energy used each second
- close the fridge quickly
- 0.25
- 3
- 110
- True
- ammeter
- 0.1
- 220
- 1000
- False
- 85
- 100
- 2.6
- 235
- V = I × R
- a motor
- saves electricity
- how much a part resists
- motor
- 1400
- the water pressure
- store charge briefly
- anode (+)
- 230
- 1
- less than either one
- 47
- 250
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