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 is the odd one out? (a) use old filament bulbs (b) use LED lamps (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 2.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 5300 Ω? =
- 3.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) stay the same (b) zero (c) bigger (d) smaller
- 4.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 5.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.True or false: the voltmeter measures voltage. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 3 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 9.🧮 A 0.7 V battery is joined to 3 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 10.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 11.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 12.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 16 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.What does a potentiometer do? (a) is a resistance knob (b) glows using little power (c) blows if current is high (d) turns a fan or wheels
- 14.🧾 A family uses 60 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹6. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 15.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 43000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-yellow-orange (b) yellow-orange-orange (c) yellow-orange-yellow (d) yellow-orange-red
- 17.⚡ A 10 W device works on 5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 18.⚡ Power tells us … (a) energy used each second (b) the colour of light (c) the length of a wire (d) the size of a cell
- 19.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 20.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 2000 W? =
- 21.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it lights brighter (b) it changes colour (c) it makes a sound (d) it does not light
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 1 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 3 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🧮 Resistors of 50 Ω and 220 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.🧮 A 100 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 40 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 28.🔺 A 16.5 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 29.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 31.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 33000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-yellow-orange (b) orange-orange-yellow (c) orange-orange-red (d) orange-orange-orange
- 33.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 34.Which of these saves electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) use old filament bulbs (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 35.🔺 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
- 36.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) switch off empty rooms (b) close the fridge quickly (c) use LED lamps (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 37.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 5.2 kΩ?
- 38.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.True or false: current is measured in watts (W). (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) becomes zero (b) stays the same (c) gets bigger (d) gets smaller
Answer key
- use LED lamps
- 5.3
- bigger
- 2.4
- 2.5
- True
- 20
- 72
- 0.1
- 18.8
- 20
- 8
- is a resistance knob
- 360
- 0.6
- yellow-orange-orange
- 2
- energy used each second
- 45
- 2
- it does not light
- 5
- 92
- 153
- 66000
- 270
- 120
- 50
- False
- 2
- 4
- orange-orange-orange
- 2300
- unplug idle chargers
- I = V ÷ R
- iron one shirt at a time
- 5200
- 2
- False
- gets smaller
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