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.What does a resistor do? (a) stores a little charge (b) beeps for an alarm (c) makes a beeping sound (d) limits the current
- 2.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) stay the same (b) bigger (c) smaller (d) zero
- 3.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) potentiometer (b) motor (c) fuse (d) resistor
- 4.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 5.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 watt (b) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (c) 1 ampere (d) 1 volt
- 6.📏 Which unit measures the push of a cell? (a) watt (W) (b) volt (V) (c) ohm (Ω) (d) ampere (A)
- 7.⚡ A 0.6 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 8.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) transistor (b) resistor (c) fuse (d) thermistor
- 9.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 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) lights up (c) may burn out
- 10.True or false: a diode beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔺 A 45 V supply is joined across a 15 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 12.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 13.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 200 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 14.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a diode (b) a capacitor (c) a buzzer (d) a resistor
- 15.🧮 Three equal 150 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 16.⚡ A 0.3 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 17.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the water tank lid (b) the water pressure (c) the tap handle (d) the pipe colour
- 18.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) stays the same (b) gets smaller (c) gets bigger (d) becomes zero
- 19.📏 How many watts (W) is 0.3 kW?
- 20.What does a capacitor do? (a) makes things spin (b) has coloured bands (c) beeps for an alarm (d) stores a little charge
- 21.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = R ÷ I (b) V = I ÷ R (c) V = I × R (d) V = I + R
- 22.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V × I (c) P = V ÷ I (d) P = V + I
- 23.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 24.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 50 %
- 25.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) low energy device (b) light energy dial (c) light-emitting diode (d) large electric dial
- 26.🧮 A 20 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)?
- 27.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the − side and its short leg to the + side. What happens? (a) may burn out (b) lights up (c) does not light
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 71 Ω resistor? (a) violet-brown-black (b) grey-brown-black (c) brown-violet-black (d) violet-brown-brown
- 29.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 30.⚡ A 6 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 31.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to switch off empty rooms? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 32.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) resistance (b) the flow of charge (c) energy used each second (d) voltage
- 33.🧮 Four equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.⚡ A 27 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 35.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 36.Which of these saves electricity? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) use old filament bulbs (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 37.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.📏 How many amperes (A) is 1870 mA? =
- 40.🧾 A 100 W appliance runs for 10 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
Answer key
- limits the current
- bigger
- resistor
- 0.25
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- volt (V)
- 0.1
- resistor
- lights up
- False
- 3
- 4
- 15
- a buzzer
- 50
- 0.1
- the water pressure
- gets smaller
- 300
- stores a little charge
- V = I × R
- P = V × I
- 6
- 5 %
- light-emitting diode
- 185
- does not light
- violet-brown-black
- voltmeter
- 1
- saves electricity
- energy used each second
- 25
- 3
- 1
- set the AC to 24 °C
- 10
- 160
- 1.87
- 1
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