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.🧮 Three equal 300 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) use old filament bulbs (c) unplug idle chargers (d) use LED lamps
- 3.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 4.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 5.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = I ÷ V (b) R = V ÷ I (c) R = V × I (d) R = V + I
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 270 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-black (b) red-violet-brown (c) violet-red-brown (d) red-violet-red
- 8.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 3000 Ω? =
- 9.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 5 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %
- 10.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) any band (c) the one nearest an end (d) the widest gap
- 11.🧮 A 10 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 100 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 12.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 20 mA. It runs from a 6 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 13.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 14.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 16.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.True or false: to iron one shirt at a time wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 19.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 300 Ω resistor to a 3.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 20.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to leave fridge door open? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 21.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 9.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.What does a motor do? (a) makes things spin (b) lets current go one way (c) has coloured bands (d) limits the current
- 23.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) close the fridge quickly (c) switch off empty rooms (d) use LED lamps
- 24.💡 A blue LED uses 3 V and should get 20 mA. It runs from a 12 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 25.🔺 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
- 26.🧮 Resistors of 220 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set the AC to 24 °C (b) use daylight to read (c) use LED lamps (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 28.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave fridge door open (b) leave the TV on standby (c) switch off empty rooms (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 30.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) how much a part resists (b) voltage (c) the flow of charge (d) current
- 31.What does a thermistor do? (a) senses how hot it is (b) stores a little charge (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) has coloured bands
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 1000 Ω resistor? (a) brown-black-brown (b) brown-black-orange (c) red-brown-red (d) brown-black-red
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to store charge (b) to change its colour (c) to limit the current (d) to make it brighter
- 35.🧮 A 2.2 V battery is joined to 3 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 36.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.⚡ A 3 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 38.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) resistor (b) thermistor (c) diode (d) capacitor
- 39.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = V + I (c) P = V × I (d) P = I ÷ V
- 40.🧮 Three equal 30 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 100
- use old filament bulbs
- 10
- 24
- 4
- R = V ÷ I
- red-violet-brown
- 3
- 5 %
- the one nearest an end
- 60
- 200
- 0.25
- 100
- 0
- 15
- True
- False
- 5
- wastes electricity
- 470
- makes things spin
- leave the TV on standby
- 450
- V = I × R
- 230
- run fans in empty rooms
- 0.5
- switch off empty rooms
- how much a part resists
- senses how hot it is
- brown-black-red
- 2900
- to limit the current
- 0.2
- 500
- 2
- resistor
- P = V × I
- 10
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