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 6 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 2.What does an LDR do? (a) lets current go one way (b) senses how bright it is (c) boosts a small signal (d) stores a little charge
- 3.True or false: to leave the TV on standby saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔺 A 1 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 5.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the length of a wire (c) energy used each second (d) the colour of light
- 6.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) becomes zero (c) gets smaller (d) stays the same
- 7.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 8.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 1.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.⚡ A 0.9 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 11.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 8.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 12.What does a buzzer do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) limits the current (c) blows if current is high (d) turns a fan or wheels
- 13.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 14.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 15.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) how much a part resists (b) current (c) the push of a cell (d) the flow of charge
- 16.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery through a 1000 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the − side and its short leg to the + side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 17.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) always zero
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.True or false: to iron one shirt at a time wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 21.True or false: a buzzer beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
- 22.What does a diode do? (a) makes things spin (b) lets current go one way (c) senses how hot it is (d) turns a fan or wheels
- 23.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 5 % (d) 25 %
- 24.📏 How many watts (W) is 0.8 kW?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) use old filament bulbs (c) use LED lamps (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 26.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 60 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 10
- 27.📏 Which unit measures the push of a cell? (a) ampere (A) (b) volt (V) (c) watt (W) (d) ohm (Ω)
- 28.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 29.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 300 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 30.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.🔺 A 20 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 32.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 2 kΩ?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 34.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 800 Ω resistor? (a) grey-black-red (b) grey-black-brown (c) white-grey-brown (d) grey-black-black
- 36.⚡ A 1.8 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 37.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 38.🔺 A 15 V supply is joined across a 5 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 39.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) resistance (b) how much a part resists (c) current (d) voltage
- 40.What does a transistor do? (a) boosts a small signal (b) stores a little charge (c) smooths a wobbly supply (d) has coloured bands
Answer key
- 2
- senses how bright it is
- False
- 0.1
- energy used each second
- gets smaller
- 60
- 101
- 150
- 0.1
- 220
- beeps for an alarm
- 3
- 2.4
- the push of a cell
- does not light
- less than either one
- 31
- True
- voltmeter
- True
- lets current go one way
- 5 %
- 800
- use LED lamps
- 1000
- volt (V)
- 7.5
- 10
- 43
- 1
- 2000
- 870
- 5
- grey-black-brown
- 0.2
- 5
- 3
- voltage
- boosts a small signal
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