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 current of 10 mA flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) an oil lamp (b) a candle (c) a filament bulb (d) an LED lamp
- 3.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) the push of a cell (b) energy used each second (c) voltage (d) current
- 5.🧮 Resistors of 330 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.True or false: to leave fridge door open wastes electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: on an LED, the leg by the flat edge is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) stay the same (b) smaller (c) bigger (d) zero
- 10.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 11.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 12.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 30 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.What does a fuse do? (a) blows if current is high (b) beeps for an alarm (c) makes a beeping sound (d) boosts a small signal
- 14.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.🧾 A family uses 180 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹8. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 17.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 18.What does a thermistor do? (a) glows using little power (b) beeps for an alarm (c) stores a little charge (d) senses how hot it is
- 19.True or false: a capacitor stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⚡ A 1.2 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 21.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 22 Ω, 68 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.🔺 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
- 23.⚡ A 6 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 24.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 25.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 4600 Ω? =
- 26.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 27.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 28.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the length of a wire (b) the size of a cell (c) energy used each second (d) the colour of light
- 29.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 12 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.🔺 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
- 31.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) motor (b) buzzer (c) diode (d) thermistor
- 32.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 33.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 3.3 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.True or false: the ammeter measures voltage. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 36.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) becomes zero (b) gets smaller (c) gets bigger (d) stays the same
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switch off empty rooms (b) leave the TV on standby (c) use daylight to read (d) set the AC to 24 °C
- 38.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) their sum (c) always zero (d) less than either one
Answer key
- 400
- an LED lamp
- 4
- energy used each second
- 660
- True
- True
- 7800
- bigger
- 18
- cathode (−)
- 15
- blows if current is high
- 10
- 2
- 1440
- True
- senses how hot it is
- True
- 0.2
- 168
- V = I × R
- 2
- 9.4
- 4.6
- 1
- False
- energy used each second
- 6
- I = V ÷ R
- thermistor
- 500
- 330
- False
- 8
- gets smaller
- leave the TV on standby
- 6.6
- False
- less than either one
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