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.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to iron one shirt at a time? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 2.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 3.🔺 A 0.4 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 4.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 5.🧮 A 1.2 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 10 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 6.⚡ A 7.5 W device works on 5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 7.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 330 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) does not light (c) may burn out
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 10.🧮 Three equal 15 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 11.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 3 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.🧮 A 0.6 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 13.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 ampere (b) 1 watt (c) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (d) 1 volt
- 15.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a resistor (b) a motor (c) an LED (d) a fuse
- 16.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) large electric dial (b) light-emitting diode (c) light energy dial (d) low energy device
- 17.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 18.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 55000 Ω resistor? (a) green-green-yellow (b) green-green-red (c) green-blue-orange (d) green-green-orange
- 19.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) how much a part resists (b) current (c) energy used each second (d) the flow of charge
- 20.🔺 An 18 V supply is joined across a 12 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 21.True or false: a fuse blows if current is high. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 24.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 7700 Ω? =
- 25.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 1.2 kΩ?
- 26.What does a transistor do? (a) is a resistance knob (b) blows if current is high (c) beeps for an alarm (d) boosts a small signal
- 27.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) set the AC to 24 °C (d) use LED lamps
- 28.💡 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)?
- 29.📏 How many watts (W) is 3 kW?
- 30.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 8 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 31.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V ÷ I (d) P = V × I
- 32.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 200 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 33.🧮 Four equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 38.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 67000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-violet-red (b) violet-blue-orange (c) blue-violet-orange (d) blue-violet-yellow
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 1900 Ω resistor? (a) white-brown-red (b) brown-white-orange (c) brown-white-red (d) brown-white-brown
Answer key
- wastes electricity
- voltmeter
- 0.1
- 345
- 0.1
- 1.5
- lights up
- 21000
- 1.25
- 5
- 0.75
- 0.1
- 6.6
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- a motor
- light-emitting diode
- cathode (−)
- green-green-orange
- energy used each second
- 1.5
- True
- 50
- anode (+)
- 7.7
- 1200
- boosts a small signal
- run fans in empty rooms
- 5
- 3000
- 1840
- P = V × I
- 15
- 10
- 8.8
- 100
- 10
- False
- blue-violet-orange
- 100
- brown-white-red
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