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 resistor has the colour bands white, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) bigger (c) smaller (d) stay the same
- 3.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.Which of these saves electricity? (a) use LED lamps (b) use old filament bulbs (c) iron one shirt at a time (d) leave fridge door open
- 5.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.🧮 A 330 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 220 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 18 Ω resistor? (a) red-grey-black (b) grey-brown-black (c) brown-grey-brown (d) brown-grey-black
- 8.True or false: voltage is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) buzzer (b) resistor (c) motor (d) LED
- 10.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) LED (b) LDR (c) motor (d) thermistor
- 11.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 13.🔺 A 2.5 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 14.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) less than either one (c) their sum (d) always zero
- 15.True or false: on an LED, the shorter leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) use daylight to read (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 17.🔺 A 12.5 V supply is joined across a 500 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 18.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 watt (b) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (c) 1 volt (d) 1 ampere
- 19.🔺 A 10 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 20.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = I ÷ V (b) R = V × I (c) R = V ÷ I (d) R = V + I
- 21.True or false: a buzzer stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 23.True or false: on an LED, the shorter leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: a buzzer makes a beeping sound. (a) True (b) False
- 25.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the colour of light (b) energy used each second (c) the size of a cell (d) the length of a wire
- 26.What does an LDR do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) lets current go one way (c) makes things spin (d) makes a beeping sound
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 190 Ω resistor? (a) white-brown-brown (b) brown-white-black (c) brown-white-red (d) brown-white-brown
- 28.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 29.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.📏 Which unit measures power? (a) ampere (A) (b) volt (V) (c) watt (W) (d) ohm (Ω)
- 31.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = R ÷ V (b) I = V ÷ R (c) I = V + R (d) I = V × R
- 32.⚡ A device works on 6 V and takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 33.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 1.2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 36.True or false: the ammeter measures current. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 500 W? =
- 38.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) gets smaller (c) becomes zero (d) stays the same
- 39.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V + I (d) P = V × I
- 40.🧾 A 500 W appliance runs for 8 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
Answer key
- 910
- bigger
- 12.5
- use LED lamps
- 10
- 440
- brown-grey-black
- False
- resistor
- thermistor
- 5
- 0.5
- 25
- less than either one
- False
- iron one shirt at a time
- 25
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 25
- R = V ÷ I
- False
- 10
- True
- True
- energy used each second
- senses how bright it is
- brown-white-brown
- anode (+)
- 3
- watt (W)
- I = V ÷ R
- 9
- 165
- 120
- 10
- True
- 0.5
- gets smaller
- P = V × I
- 4
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