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 home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 2.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8300 Ω resistor? (a) grey-orange-orange (b) orange-grey-red (c) grey-orange-brown (d) grey-orange-red
- 3.🔺 A 23.5 V supply is joined across a 470 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 4.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) how much a part resists (b) voltage (c) resistance (d) the flow of charge
- 5.True or false: on an LED, the leg by the flat edge is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧩 Which component is a resistance knob? (a) buzzer (b) resistor (c) fuse (d) potentiometer
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 8.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 9 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 9.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6000 Ω resistor? (a) violet-blue-red (b) blue-black-red (c) blue-black-orange (d) blue-black-brown
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 11.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 1000 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
- 12.⚡ A 0.375 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I × R (b) V = I ÷ R (c) V = R ÷ I (d) V = I + R
- 15.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined in series? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 16.🔺 A current of 3 A flows when 9 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 210 Ω resistor? (a) red-brown-brown (b) red-brown-black (c) brown-red-brown (d) red-brown-red
- 18.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 19.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 470 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the + side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) does not light (c) may burn out
- 20.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V × I
- 21.🔺 A 9 V supply is joined across a 3 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 22.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use old filament bulbs? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 23.True or false: to unplug idle chargers wastes electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets smaller (b) gets bigger (c) stays the same (d) becomes zero
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) use LED lamps (c) close the fridge quickly (d) switch off empty rooms
- 28.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (b) 1 ampere (c) 1 watt (d) 1 volt
- 29.🧾 A 1000 W appliance runs for 2 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 30.What does an LDR do? (a) glows using little power (b) makes a beeping sound (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) senses how bright it is
- 31.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 6 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 32.🧾 A 100 W appliance runs for 2 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 33.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 34.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) always zero (d) more than either one
- 35.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) voltage (b) power (c) energy used each second (d) how much a part resists
- 36.True or false: a motor makes things spin. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: a capacitor stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
Answer key
- 920
- grey-orange-red
- 50
- voltage
- False
- potentiometer
- 80
- 459
- blue-black-red
- 61000
- lights up
- 0.25
- 6400
- V = I × R
- ammeter
- 3
- red-brown-brown
- anode (+)
- does not light
- P = V × I
- 3
- wastes electricity
- False
- gets smaller
- 96000
- 400
- iron one shirt at a time
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 2
- senses how bright it is
- 306
- 0.2
- 0.75
- less than either one
- how much a part resists
- True
- True
- voltmeter
- 88000
- 20
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