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.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 2.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 3.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 4.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 60 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 5.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 6.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 7.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) stay the same (c) bigger (d) zero
- 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 25000 Ω resistor? (a) red-green-yellow (b) green-red-orange (c) red-green-orange (d) red-green-red
- 9.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 10.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 11.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = V × I (b) R = V ÷ I (c) R = V + I (d) R = I ÷ V
- 12.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-black (b) white-orange-brown (c) white-orange-black (d) brown-orange-black
- 13.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 14.True or false: a buzzer has coloured bands. (a) True (b) False
- 15.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 300 Ω resistor to a 3.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 16.True or false: on an LED, the leg by the flat edge is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 17.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 18.🔺 A 24 V supply is joined across a 12 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 19.🧩 Which component turns a fan or wheels? (a) capacitor (b) potentiometer (c) LDR (d) motor
- 20.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 1100 W? =
- 21.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 22.🔺 A current of 1 A flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 8.25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 24.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) any band (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
- 26.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V × I
- 27.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧩 Which component boosts a small signal? (a) capacitor (b) transistor (c) buzzer (d) thermistor
- 29.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 3 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.🧮 A 470 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 330 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.🧾 A 75 W filament bulb is swapped for a 12 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 5 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 34.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 10 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.True or false: the push of a cell is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: the ammeter is joined in series. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 38.⚡ Power tells us … (a) energy used each second (b) the colour of light (c) the size of a cell (d) the length of a wire
- 39.🔺 A 60 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 40.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) may burn out (c) lights up
Answer key
- 1
- 250
- 2300
- 1000
- anode (+)
- 0.4
- bigger
- red-green-orange
- 6
- 6
- R = V ÷ I
- white-orange-black
- 400
- False
- 5
- False
- 3
- 2
- motor
- 1.1
- 0.5
- 4
- 330
- 5
- the one nearest an end
- P = V × I
- False
- transistor
- 0.6
- 635
- 3
- 2
- 315
- 38
- True
- True
- 5
- energy used each second
- 3
- lights up
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