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.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) run fans in empty rooms (b) close the fridge quickly (c) use daylight to read (d) use LED lamps
- 4.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 5.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 1000 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the + side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 6.🔺 A 1.6 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 8.🔺 A 4.5 V supply is joined across a 3 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set the AC to 24 °C (b) use daylight to read (c) leave fridge door open (d) switch off empty rooms
- 10.What does a capacitor do? (a) stores a little charge (b) makes a beeping sound (c) is a resistance knob (d) senses how bright it is
- 11.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 12.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V × R (b) I = V + R (c) I = V ÷ R (d) I = R ÷ V
- 13.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V × I (b) P = V + I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V ÷ I
- 14.🔺 A current of 1 A flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.True or false: a motor makes things spin. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 volt (b) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (c) 1 watt (d) 1 ampere
- 17.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 18.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 19.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) capacitor (b) motor (c) resistor (d) fuse
- 20.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a motor (b) a resistor (c) an LED (d) a fuse
- 21.🔺 A 16 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 22.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 4400 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-yellow-orange (b) yellow-yellow-red (c) yellow-yellow-brown (d) yellow-green-red
- 24.⚡ A 2.4 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 25.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 26.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) always zero (b) more than either one (c) their sum (d) less than either one
- 27.Which of these saves electricity? (a) use old filament bulbs (b) leave fridge door open (c) use LED lamps (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 28.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 29.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 31.🔺 A 1 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 32.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 8 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 34.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 8.1 kΩ?
- 36.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) resistor (b) fuse (c) potentiometer (d) buzzer
- 37.⚡ A device works on 5 V and takes 3 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, resistance is like … (a) a bigger tank (b) the water pressure (c) the flow of water (d) a narrow pipe
Answer key
- 10
- True
- run fans in empty rooms
- 4.8
- does not light
- 0.2
- 6
- 1.5
- leave fridge door open
- stores a little charge
- 0.25
- I = V ÷ R
- P = V × I
- 2
- True
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- voltmeter
- 2
- resistor
- a motor
- 40
- 30
- yellow-yellow-red
- 0.2
- voltmeter
- less than either one
- use LED lamps
- 7
- 2
- anode (+)
- 10
- 6
- 272
- 8
- 8100
- resistor
- 15
- 160
- 5
- a narrow pipe
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