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.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined in series? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 2.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) smaller (c) bigger (d) stay the same
- 3.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 770 Ω resistor? (a) violet-violet-red (b) violet-violet-brown (c) violet-violet-black (d) violet-grey-brown
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 5100 Ω resistor? (a) green-brown-red (b) green-brown-orange (c) green-brown-brown (d) brown-green-red
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 220 Ω resistor? (a) red-red-red (b) red-orange-brown (c) red-red-brown (d) red-red-black
- 6.🧮 A 1 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 7.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 1000 W? =
- 8.🧮 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
- 9.⚡ A 72 W device works on 24 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 10.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 25 % (b) 0 % (c) 5 % (d) 50 %
- 11.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 12.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 9 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 13.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 17.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 470 Ω, 330 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.🧩 Which component stores a little charge? (a) diode (b) motor (c) capacitor (d) thermistor
- 19.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = V × I (d) P = V + I
- 23.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 4.5 kΩ?
- 26.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) transistor (b) diode (c) LDR (d) LED
- 27.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 28.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) fuse (b) LED (c) thermistor (d) buzzer
- 29.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 470 Ω 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
- 30.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 31.🧮 Resistors of 47 Ω and 20 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 9700 Ω? =
- 33.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) the flow of charge (b) power (c) resistance (d) voltage
- 35.⚡ A device works on 5 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🧾 A 2000 W appliance runs for 10 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 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 0.9 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
Answer key
- ammeter
- bigger
- violet-violet-brown
- green-brown-red
- red-red-brown
- 0.1
- 1
- less than either one
- 3
- 5 %
- 20
- 306
- 4
- 10
- 5
- 1.5
- 832
- capacitor
- 300
- 8
- 36000
- P = V × I
- voltmeter
- 52000
- 4500
- diode
- 5
- buzzer
- lights up
- 2
- 67
- 9.7
- 10
- the flow of charge
- 0.5
- 8.5
- 20
- 1.6
- R = V ÷ I
- 0.1
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