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.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 3.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 4.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use daylight to read? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 5.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.🧩 Which component turns a fan or wheels? (a) potentiometer (b) LED (c) fuse (d) motor
- 7.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 8.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 9.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) power (b) the push of a cell (c) resistance (d) current
- 10.🧩 Which component glows using little power? (a) resistor (b) diode (c) LED (d) thermistor
- 11.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 12.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 13.🔺 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
- 14.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🧾 A 1000 W appliance runs for 10 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 16.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery with no resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 17.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 18.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) becomes zero (c) gets smaller (d) stays the same
- 19.⚡ A 0.3 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 20.🧾 A 1500 W appliance runs for 2 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 21.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 1.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use LED lamps (b) use daylight to read (c) leave fridge door open (d) close the fridge quickly
- 23.🔺 A 1 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 24.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 25.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 26.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) large electric dial (b) low energy device (c) light energy dial (d) light-emitting diode
- 27.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 28.📏 How many watts (W) is 5 kW?
- 29.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) make light (b) spin a wheel (c) store charge briefly (d) measure heat
- 30.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 31.🧮 A 10 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 32.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) stay the same (b) zero (c) bigger (d) smaller
- 33.What does a fuse do? (a) blows if current is high (b) makes a beeping sound (c) glows using little power (d) beeps for an alarm
- 34.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 4.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.🔺 A 10 V supply is joined across a 5 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3900 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-red (b) white-orange-red (c) orange-white-brown (d) orange-white-orange
- 37.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 38.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the pipe colour (b) the water pressure (c) a narrow pipe (d) the flow of water
- 39.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 40.🧮 Four equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
Answer key
- anode (+)
- 97
- 165
- saves electricity
- 1.2
- motor
- 115
- 920
- the push of a cell
- LED
- 2300
- 0.75
- I = V ÷ R
- 100
- 10
- may burn out
- 20
- gets smaller
- 0.1
- 3
- 3
- leave fridge door open
- 0.5
- cathode (−)
- 160
- light-emitting diode
- 5 %
- 5000
- store charge briefly
- voltmeter
- 1
- bigger
- blows if current is high
- 120
- 2
- orange-white-red
- 11.75
- the flow of water
- 8.25
- 50
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