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.📏 How many watts (W) is 4.5 kW?
- 2.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V + I (c) P = V × I (d) P = V ÷ I
- 3.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.🧾 A 75 W filament bulb is swapped for a 12 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 1 hour. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 5.🔺 A 22.5 V supply is joined across a 15 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 6.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 volt (b) 1 ampere (c) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (d) 1 watt
- 8.⚡ A device works on 5 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) current (b) how much a part resists (c) energy used each second (d) the push of a cell
- 11.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a diode (b) a resistor (c) a buzzer (d) a capacitor
- 12.🧮 Five equal 25 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 1.25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 25 % (b) 50 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 15.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) an LED lamp (b) an oil lamp (c) a candle (d) a filament bulb
- 16.🧩 Which component glows using little power? (a) thermistor (b) LED (c) buzzer (d) resistor
- 17.True or false: on an LED, the shorter leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.💡 An LED is joined to a 12 V battery with no resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) may burn out (c) lights up
- 20.What does an LDR do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) stores a little charge (c) blows if current is high (d) beeps for an alarm
- 21.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 22.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) always zero (b) less than either one (c) their sum (d) more than either one
- 23.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 24.🔺 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
- 25.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 28.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, resistance is like … (a) a narrow pipe (b) the flow of water (c) a bigger tank (d) the water pressure
- 29.📏 How many amperes (A) is 2680 mA? =
- 30.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to leave the TV on standby? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 31.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) resistor (b) diode (c) buzzer (d) potentiometer
- 32.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 4.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 33.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) becomes zero (c) stays the same (d) gets smaller
- 34.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery with no resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) does not light (c) may burn out
- 35.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.🧾 A 500 W appliance runs for 6 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 37.🧮 Five equal 500 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 38.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 40.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 3 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
Answer key
- 4500
- P = V × I
- 4
- 63
- 1.5
- 10
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 1
- 9400
- how much a part resists
- a buzzer
- 5
- 5
- 5 %
- an LED lamp
- LED
- False
- 8.7
- may burn out
- senses how bright it is
- 8
- less than either one
- 120
- R = V ÷ I
- 3
- 4000
- 0.5
- a narrow pipe
- 2.68
- wastes electricity
- buzzer
- 220
- gets smaller
- may burn out
- 100
- 3
- 100
- 15
- 0.15
- 102
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