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.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a capacitor (b) a buzzer (c) a resistor (d) a diode
- 2.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 3.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 4.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery with no resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) may burn out (c) lights up
- 5.🧮 Three equal 75 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) always zero (b) more than either one (c) less than either one (d) their sum
- 7.🔺 A 3.3 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 8.⚡ A 4.8 W device works on 24 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 9.🧮 Resistors of 100 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) stay the same (c) zero (d) bigger
- 11.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) use LED lamps (c) switch off empty rooms (d) leave fridge door open
- 13.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 250 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the widest gap (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
- 16.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 10 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 17.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 18.⚡ A 4.5 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 19.🔺 A 16.5 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 20.🔺 A 12 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 21.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 22.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 23.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 24.🔺 A 16 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 25.📏 How many watts (W) is 3.3 kW?
- 26.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined in series? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 27.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 28.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to make it brighter (b) to change its colour (c) to limit the current (d) to store charge
- 29.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.08 A?
- 30.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) becomes zero (b) stays the same (c) gets smaller (d) gets bigger
- 31.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 2.41 A?
- 32.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) resistance (b) voltage (c) the push of a cell (d) energy used each second
- 33.⚡ A 36 W device works on 24 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 34.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 3700 Ω? =
- 35.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V + I (d) P = V × I
- 36.True or false: voltage is measured in volts (V). (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use old filament bulbs (b) use daylight to read (c) close the fridge quickly (d) unplug idle chargers
- 38.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 4400 Ω? =
- 39.🧮 Five equal 125 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 4.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
Answer key
- a buzzer
- 0.1
- 5
- may burn out
- 25
- less than either one
- 10
- 0.2
- 168
- bigger
- 2
- leave fridge door open
- 12.5
- 71
- the one nearest an end
- 0.25
- cathode (−)
- 1.5
- 50
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 0.6
- 40
- 3300
- ammeter
- 36
- to limit the current
- 80
- gets smaller
- 2410
- resistance
- 1.5
- 3.7
- P = V × I
- True
- use old filament bulbs
- 4.4
- 25
- 220
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