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 resistor has the colour bands brown, orange, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 3.What does a diode do? (a) has coloured bands (b) lets current go one way (c) beeps for an alarm (d) glows using little power
- 4.True or false: the voltmeter is joined across a part. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) current (b) resistance (c) voltage (d) the flow of charge
- 7.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 5 % (c) 25 % (d) 0 %
- 8.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 9.🧾 A 50 W appliance runs for 6 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 10.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 11.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 12.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) less than either one (c) their sum (d) always zero
- 13.🔺 A 7.5 V supply is joined across a 300 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 14.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 200 Ω resistor to a 3 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 16.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 17.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the flow of water (b) the water pressure (c) a narrow pipe (d) the pipe colour
- 18.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the length of a wire (c) the colour of light (d) energy used each second
- 19.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) measure heat (b) make light (c) spin a wheel (d) store charge briefly
- 20.📏 Which unit measures the flow of charge? (a) volt (V) (b) ampere (A) (c) ohm (Ω) (d) watt (W)
- 21.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined in series? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 22.True or false: to unplug idle chargers saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) switch off empty rooms (c) use daylight to read (d) leave fridge door open
- 24.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) diode (b) thermistor (c) transistor (d) resistor
- 25.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) low energy device (b) light energy dial (c) large electric dial (d) light-emitting diode
- 26.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) power (b) voltage (c) energy used each second (d) current
- 27.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 2.2 kΩ?
- 28.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets smaller (b) becomes zero (c) stays the same (d) gets bigger
- 29.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 300 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) use LED lamps (d) use daylight to read
- 31.📏 Which unit measures resistance? (a) ohm (Ω) (b) volt (V) (c) ampere (A) (d) watt (W)
- 32.⚡ A 2.4 W device works on 24 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 33.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) voltage (b) the push of a cell (c) energy used each second (d) resistance
- 34.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 35.🔺 A 0.5 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 36.True or false: energy used each second is measured in watts (W). (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧾 A 100 W appliance runs for 10 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 38.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.🔺 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
- 40.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
Answer key
- 13
- 345
- lets current go one way
- True
- 16.5
- voltage
- 5 %
- anode (+)
- 0.3
- 2
- 110
- less than either one
- 25
- 5
- 4
- 2300
- the flow of water
- energy used each second
- store charge briefly
- ampere (A)
- ammeter
- True
- leave fridge door open
- resistor
- light-emitting diode
- current
- 2200
- gets smaller
- 6
- run fans in empty rooms
- ohm (Ω)
- 0.1
- resistance
- 920
- 0.25
- True
- 1
- 4
- R = V ÷ I
- 0.3
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