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.🧮 Resistors of 220 Ω, 33 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.🔺 A 16 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 3.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 5200 Ω resistor? (a) green-red-orange (b) red-green-red (c) green-red-brown (d) green-red-red
- 4.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 300 Ω? =
- 5.🧮 Four equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🔺 A 3 V supply is joined across a 300 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 7.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) spin a wheel (b) measure heat (c) store charge briefly (d) make light
- 8.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 6 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 9.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 330 Ω 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
- 10.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) the flow of charge (b) the push of a cell (c) current (d) power
- 11.What does a resistor do? (a) is a resistance knob (b) lets current go one way (c) blows if current is high (d) limits the current
- 12.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 10 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 14.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 15.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a buzzer (b) a capacitor (c) a resistor (d) a diode
- 16.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it does not light (b) it changes colour (c) it makes a sound (d) it lights brighter
- 17.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 18.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 19.🔺 A 25 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 20.⚡ A 24 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 21.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) bigger (c) smaller (d) stay the same
- 22.🧩 Which component turns a fan or wheels? (a) LED (b) motor (c) fuse (d) diode
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.⚡ A 9 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) close the fridge quickly (c) set the AC to 24 °C (d) unplug idle chargers
- 26.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = V × I (d) P = V + I
- 27.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) fuse (b) capacitor (c) motor (d) thermistor
- 28.True or false: power is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) a filament bulb (b) an LED lamp (c) an oil lamp (d) a candle
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.🔺 A current of 1 A flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 33.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 29 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-brown (b) red-white-black (c) orange-white-black (d) white-red-black
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the length of a wire (b) the colour of light (c) energy used each second (d) the size of a cell
- 40.🔺 A 6 V supply is joined across a 3 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
Answer key
- 723
- 40
- green-red-red
- 0.3
- 5
- 10
- store charge briefly
- 306
- lights up
- power
- limits the current
- 100
- 38
- 4.8
- a buzzer
- it does not light
- 11
- 12
- 2.5
- 2
- bigger
- motor
- 2.9
- 3
- leave the TV on standby
- P = V × I
- motor
- False
- an LED lamp
- 900
- 235
- 20
- 20
- voltmeter
- 930
- 99
- red-white-black
- 37
- energy used each second
- 2
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