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.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 5 % (d) 25 %
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, orange, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 4.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 5.📏 Which unit measures current? (a) ampere (A) (b) watt (W) (c) volt (V) (d) ohm (Ω)
- 6.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.True or false: on an LED, the shorter leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 10.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.68 A?
- 11.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 1000 (b) 1024 (c) 10 (d) 100
- 12.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) voltage (b) the flow of charge (c) power (d) how much a part resists
- 13.⚡ A 1.5 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 14.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to make it brighter (b) to store charge (c) to limit the current (d) to change its colour
- 15.🔺 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
- 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 5400 Ω resistor? (a) green-yellow-orange (b) green-yellow-brown (c) yellow-green-red (d) green-yellow-red
- 17.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 18.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 4600 W? =
- 19.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I × R (b) V = I + R (c) V = R ÷ I (d) V = I ÷ R
- 20.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a motor (b) a fuse (c) an LED (d) a resistor
- 21.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 3 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 22.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 23.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V × I
- 24.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 18 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 4.7 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 26.🧮 A 4.5 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 27.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 28.📏 How many watts (W) is 1.2 kW?
- 29.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) iron one shirt at a time (c) set the AC to 24 °C (d) switch off empty rooms
- 30.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 31.What does a transistor do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) makes a beeping sound (c) smooths a wobbly supply (d) boosts a small signal
- 32.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 33.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it does not light (b) it makes a sound (c) it lights brighter (d) it changes colour
- 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.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 36.🧮 Three equal 300 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 38.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 2.75 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 39.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) zero (c) stay the same (d) smaller
Answer key
- 45
- 5 %
- 3.3
- True
- ampere (A)
- 15
- 100
- 120
- False
- 680
- 1000
- voltage
- 0.5
- to limit the current
- gets smaller
- green-yellow-red
- 15
- 4.6
- V = I × R
- a motor
- 36
- 1.2
- P = V × I
- 12
- 470
- 0.5
- 2.5
- 1200
- iron one shirt at a time
- 20
- boosts a small signal
- cathode (−)
- it does not light
- I = V ÷ R
- 5
- 100
- anode (+)
- 5
- 400
- bigger
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