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.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 2.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 250 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 3.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 4.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 5.True or false: energy used each second is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: the ammeter is joined across a part. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 ampere (b) 1 volt (c) 1 watt (d) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 9.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 20 mA. It runs from a 5 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 10.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) motor (b) potentiometer (c) buzzer (d) LED
- 11.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 12.⚡ A 0.75 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 13.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 25 % (c) 50 % (d) 5 %
- 14.🧮 Two equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 2300 Ω? =
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 17.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 18.🧾 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
- 19.True or false: the ammeter measures voltage. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the flow of water (b) the pipe colour (c) a narrow pipe (d) the water pressure
- 21.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows when 25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.🧮 Four equal 80 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🧩 Which component smooths a wobbly supply? (a) buzzer (b) capacitor (c) diode (d) transistor
- 24.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 140 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-brown-brown (b) brown-yellow-black (c) brown-yellow-brown (d) brown-yellow-red
- 25.🧮 A 1.6 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 26.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) an LED (b) a resistor (c) a fuse (d) a motor
- 27.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) current (b) energy used each second (c) voltage (d) how much a part resists
- 28.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 29.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use old filament bulbs? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 30.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = V × I (b) R = V + I (c) R = V ÷ I (d) R = I ÷ V
- 31.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) large electric dial (b) low energy device (c) light-emitting diode (d) light energy dial
- 32.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.📏 How many watts (W) is 3.8 kW?
- 35.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 36.💡 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)?
- 37.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 38.True or false: to use daylight to read saves electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets smaller (b) becomes zero (c) stays the same (d) gets bigger
- 40.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) always zero (c) more than either one (d) their sum
Answer key
- anode (+)
- 5
- 0.375
- 2300
- False
- True
- False
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 150
- motor
- 0.3
- 0.25
- 5 %
- 20
- 2.3
- 4
- 0.4
- an LED lamp
- False
- the flow of water
- 10
- 20
- capacitor
- brown-yellow-brown
- 0.1
- a motor
- energy used each second
- 11.75
- wastes electricity
- R = V ÷ I
- light-emitting diode
- 1.5
- 400
- 3800
- 8.8
- 5
- 4.5
- True
- gets smaller
- less than either one
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