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 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 50 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.True or false: a resistor blows if current is high. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📏 Which unit measures resistance? (a) ohm (Ω) (b) volt (V) (c) watt (W) (d) ampere (A)
- 4.🧮 Three equal 300 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 5.🧮 Two equal 1000 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 65 Ω resistor? (a) green-blue-black (b) blue-green-black (c) violet-green-black (d) blue-green-brown
- 7.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 8.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) transistor (b) diode (c) potentiometer (d) motor
- 9.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = V × I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V + I
- 10.What does a thermistor do? (a) senses how hot it is (b) limits the current (c) blows if current is high (d) lets current go one way
- 11.🔺 A 3.75 V supply is joined across a 150 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 12.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 8 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 13.🔺 A 12 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 14.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) may burn out (c) lights up
- 15.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 24000 Ω resistor? (a) red-yellow-yellow (b) yellow-red-orange (c) red-yellow-red (d) red-yellow-orange
- 16.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) bigger (c) zero (d) stay the same
- 17.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 18.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 20 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 19.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows when 1.2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 12 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 200 Ω resistor to a 3 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows when 1.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.What does an LED do? (a) glows using little power (b) turns a fan or wheels (c) makes a beeping sound (d) limits the current
- 24.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 25.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a resistor (b) an LED (c) a fuse (d) a motor
- 26.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 25 % (b) 0 % (c) 5 % (d) 50 %
- 27.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use old filament bulbs? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 28.True or false: power is measured in volts (V). (a) False (b) True
- 29.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 630 Ω resistor? (a) blue-orange-brown (b) blue-orange-red (c) blue-orange-black (d) orange-blue-brown
- 30.🧮 A 20 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 20 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.What does a motor do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) stores a little charge (c) senses how bright it is (d) makes things spin
- 33.🧮 Four equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 12.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 3.75 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) energy used each second (b) voltage (c) how much a part resists (d) the flow of charge
- 37.🔺 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
- 38.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.🔺 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
- 40.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
Answer key
- 75
- False
- ohm (Ω)
- 100
- 500
- blue-green-black
- 2300
- diode
- P = V × I
- senses how hot it is
- 25
- 408
- 3
- lights up
- red-yellow-orange
- bigger
- anode (+)
- 92
- 12
- 8
- 5
- 15
- glows using little power
- 460
- a motor
- 5 %
- wastes electricity
- False
- blue-orange-brown
- 30
- 20
- makes things spin
- 25
- 250
- 15
- voltage
- V = I × R
- 8.25
- I = V ÷ R
- 4.8
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