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 current of 1.5 A flows when 30 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the water tank lid (b) the tap handle (c) the water pressure (d) the pipe colour
- 3.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 4.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) iron one shirt at a time (c) close the fridge quickly (d) set the AC to 24 °C
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 54000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-green-orange (b) green-yellow-yellow (c) green-yellow-red (d) green-yellow-orange
- 6.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 7.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 8.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to change its colour (b) to store charge (c) to limit the current (d) to make it brighter
- 9.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 3 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 11.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use LED lamps? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 12.What does an LED do? (a) limits the current (b) smooths a wobbly supply (c) stores a little charge (d) glows using little power
- 13.🔺 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
- 14.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 17.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) the one nearest an end (c) any band (d) the gold band
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 3.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 20.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) resistor (b) fuse (c) LED (d) motor
- 22.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.True or false: the voltmeter is joined in series. (a) True (b) False
- 24.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 6400 Ω? =
- 25.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 26.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) always zero (b) more than either one (c) their sum (d) less than either one
- 27.🧮 Four equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 28.True or false: an LDR has coloured bands. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧮 A 330 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 50 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 30.Which of these saves electricity? (a) use LED lamps (b) leave the TV on standby (c) leave fridge door open (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 31.🧮 Resistors of 68 Ω, 20 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.Which of these saves electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) leave the TV on standby (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) leave fridge door open
- 33.🔺 An 8 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 34.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.⚡ A device works on 6 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 36.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to unplug idle chargers? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 37.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) the push of a cell (b) the flow of charge (c) power (d) voltage
- 38.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 3 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 260 Ω resistor? (a) blue-red-brown (b) red-blue-black (c) red-blue-red (d) red-blue-brown
Answer key
- 20
- the water pressure
- 3
- iron one shirt at a time
- green-yellow-orange
- 7
- False
- to limit the current
- 120
- 400
- saves electricity
- glows using little power
- V = I × R
- 5
- 400
- 4
- the one nearest an end
- 92
- 10
- 100
- resistor
- 400
- False
- 6.4
- 165
- less than either one
- 25
- False
- 355
- use LED lamps
- 418
- close the fridge quickly
- 40
- 15
- 0.6
- saves electricity
- power
- 4
- 9
- red-blue-brown
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