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 2 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 2.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) diode (b) LED (c) transistor (d) LDR
- 5.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) resistance (b) how much a part resists (c) current (d) power
- 6.🧮 Resistors of 50 Ω, 33 Ω, 220 Ω and 22 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 64 Ω resistor? (a) blue-yellow-brown (b) yellow-blue-black (c) blue-yellow-black (d) violet-yellow-black
- 8.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the colour of light (b) the length of a wire (c) the size of a cell (d) energy used each second
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 10.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 11.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V × R (b) I = R ÷ V (c) I = V + R (d) I = V ÷ R
- 12.⚡ A 0.9 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 13.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 14.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 15.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) use daylight to read (c) set the AC to 24 °C (d) use old filament bulbs
- 17.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 220 Ω, 10 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.Which of these saves electricity? (a) switch off empty rooms (b) leave fridge door open (c) leave the TV on standby (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 19.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 20.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 15 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.💡 An LED is joined to a 12 V battery with no 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
- 22.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 3300 W? =
- 23.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) light energy dial (b) large electric dial (c) light-emitting diode (d) low energy device
- 24.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 26.🧮 A 22 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)?
- 27.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 2.6 kΩ?
- 28.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 29.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.🧮 Resistors of 330 Ω, 100 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 1800 Ω? =
- 33.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 34.Which of these saves electricity? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) leave fridge door open (c) use LED lamps (d) use old filament bulbs
- 35.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to set the AC to 24 °C? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 14000 Ω resistor? (a) brown-yellow-yellow (b) yellow-brown-orange (c) brown-yellow-red (d) brown-yellow-orange
- 37.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 38.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = V × I (c) P = V + I (d) P = I ÷ V
- 39.True or false: a resistor limits the current. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 1
- 7.5
- 50000
- LDR
- power
- 325
- blue-yellow-black
- energy used each second
- 8
- 345
- I = V ÷ R
- 0.1
- 300
- 3.75
- True
- use old filament bulbs
- 390
- switch off empty rooms
- cathode (−)
- 10
- may burn out
- 3.3
- light-emitting diode
- 492
- 7
- 42
- 2600
- 920
- 20
- 900
- 42000
- 1.8
- cathode (−)
- use LED lamps
- saves electricity
- brown-yellow-orange
- 10
- P = V × I
- True
- False
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