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.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) set the AC to 24 °C (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) unplug idle chargers (d) switch off empty rooms
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use LED lamps (b) leave fridge door open (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 4.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 5.🔺 A 2.5 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 6.True or false: how much a part resists is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔺 A 12 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 8.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 9.True or false: to unplug idle chargers wastes electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔺 A 3 V supply is joined across a 300 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 11.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 13.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) iron one shirt at a time (c) unplug idle chargers (d) use LED lamps
- 14.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 15.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it lights brighter (b) it changes colour (c) it does not light (d) it makes a sound
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use daylight to read (b) switch off empty rooms (c) leave fridge door open (d) set the AC to 24 °C
- 17.🧮 Two equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 1000 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 19.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the widest gap (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
- 20.What does an LED do? (a) smooths a wobbly supply (b) glows using little power (c) senses how bright it is (d) makes a beeping sound
- 21.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) make light (b) store charge briefly (c) measure heat (d) spin a wheel
- 22.🧮 A 33 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)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 30 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 26.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 27.🔺 A 24 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 28.True or false: a potentiometer limits the current. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📏 How many amperes (A) is 40 mA? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🔺 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
- 32.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 33.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.85 A?
- 34.🧮 A 220 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 20 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = V × I (c) P = V ÷ I (d) P = I ÷ V
- 36.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 2.47 A?
- 37.🧮 A 68 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)?
- 38.🔺 A 20 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 39.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) zero (c) bigger (d) stay the same
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- run fans in empty rooms
- 910
- use LED lamps
- 6
- 25
- True
- 3
- 0.3
- False
- 10
- 10
- 2300
- iron one shirt at a time
- 920
- it does not light
- leave fridge door open
- 25
- 533
- the one nearest an end
- glows using little power
- store charge briefly
- 198
- 47
- 20
- 20
- voltmeter
- 3
- False
- 0.04
- 1200
- I = V ÷ R
- 0.5
- 850
- 230
- P = V × I
- 2470
- 178
- 2.5
- bigger
- 37
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