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 ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 1024 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 10
- 2.⚡ A 12 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 3.True or false: the ammeter measures voltage. (a) True (b) False
- 4.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to change its colour (b) to limit the current (c) to make it brighter (d) to store charge
- 5.🧾 A 500 W appliance runs for 6 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 6.True or false: on an LED, the leg by the flat edge is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 7.⚡ A 24 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 8.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) power (b) resistance (c) the flow of charge (d) voltage
- 9.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 4400 W? =
- 10.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) a narrow pipe (b) the flow of water (c) the pipe colour (d) the water pressure
- 11.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 740 Ω resistor? (a) violet-yellow-black (b) yellow-violet-brown (c) violet-yellow-red (d) violet-yellow-brown
- 12.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a capacitor (b) a resistor (c) a buzzer (d) a diode
- 13.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 14.🧮 A 47 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 100 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) switch off empty rooms (c) leave the TV on standby (d) use LED lamps
- 16.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) more than either one (c) always zero (d) their sum
- 17.🔺 A 1.5 V supply is joined across a 15 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 18.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 20 mA. It runs from a 9 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 19.🧮 Five equal 25 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 360 Ω resistor? (a) orange-blue-black (b) orange-blue-brown (c) orange-blue-red (d) blue-orange-brown
- 21.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 30 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows when 0.2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.True or false: to leave the TV on standby saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) stays the same (c) becomes zero (d) gets smaller
- 25.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 26.🔺 A 16.5 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 27.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I × R (b) V = R ÷ I (c) V = I + R (d) V = I ÷ R
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) use old filament bulbs (c) iron one shirt at a time (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 29.🧮 A 470 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 330 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🧮 A 1.6 V battery is joined to 10 Ω and 6 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 32.📏 How many amperes (A) is 340 mA? =
- 33.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω, 220 Ω, 330 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V × R (b) I = V + R (c) I = R ÷ V (d) I = V ÷ R
- 35.🧩 Which component stores a little charge? (a) LDR (b) thermistor (c) capacitor (d) resistor
- 36.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 6100 Ω? =
- 37.True or false: how much a part resists is measured in watts (W). (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 250 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.🔺 A 12 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 32 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-black (b) yellow-red-black (c) red-orange-black (d) orange-red-brown
Answer key
- 1000
- 2
- False
- to limit the current
- 3
- False
- 2
- voltage
- 4.4
- the flow of water
- violet-yellow-brown
- a buzzer
- 6
- 97
- leave the TV on standby
- less than either one
- 0.1
- 350
- 5
- orange-blue-brown
- 20
- 2
- False
- gets smaller
- 345
- 50
- V = I × R
- unplug idle chargers
- 635
- 180
- 0.1
- 0.34
- 1088
- I = V ÷ R
- capacitor
- 6.1
- False
- 12.5
- 3
- orange-red-black
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