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.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) current (b) power (c) voltage (d) resistance
- 2.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 250 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 3.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 watt (b) 1 volt (c) 1 ampere (d) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 4.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 5.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) switch off empty rooms (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) use daylight to read (d) use LED lamps
- 7.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 10 mA. It runs from a 9 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 8.🧩 Which component is a resistance knob? (a) buzzer (b) motor (c) LED (d) potentiometer
- 9.🧾 A 75 W filament bulb is swapped for a 12 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 7 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 10.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 11.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the tap handle (b) the water tank lid (c) the water pressure (d) the pipe colour
- 12.📏 How many amperes (A) is 2830 mA? =
- 13.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 14.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) buzzer (b) fuse (c) LDR (d) capacitor
- 15.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = R ÷ V (b) I = V × R (c) I = V ÷ R (d) I = V + R
- 16.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) energy used each second (c) the length of a wire (d) the colour of light
- 17.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 6.25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.⚡ A 0.15 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 19.🧮 Two equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 1024 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 21.What does a capacitor do? (a) senses how hot it is (b) is a resistance knob (c) makes things spin (d) stores a little charge
- 22.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery with no resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 23.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) low energy device (b) large electric dial (c) light energy dial (d) light-emitting diode
- 24.🔺 A 12.5 V supply is joined across a 250 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a diode (b) a buzzer (c) a capacitor (d) a resistor
- 27.🔺 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
- 28.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 29.🔺 A 4.5 V supply is joined across a 3 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 30.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 31.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to make it brighter (b) to limit the current (c) to store charge (d) to change its colour
- 32.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) less than either one (c) always zero (d) their sum
- 33.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) becomes zero (b) gets bigger (c) gets smaller (d) stays the same
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.True or false: the voltmeter measures voltage. (a) False (b) True
- 36.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 37.Which of these saves electricity? (a) run fans in empty rooms (b) use old filament bulbs (c) close the fridge quickly (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 38.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 12 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 40.True or false: to set the AC to 24 °C wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- power
- 2.5
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 9
- 0.4
- run fans in empty rooms
- 700
- potentiometer
- 441
- 16
- the water pressure
- 2.83
- voltmeter
- buzzer
- I = V ÷ R
- energy used each second
- 250
- 0.1
- 25
- 1000
- stores a little charge
- may burn out
- light-emitting diode
- 50
- 21
- a buzzer
- V = I × R
- 0.25
- 1.5
- 1150
- to limit the current
- less than either one
- gets smaller
- 40000
- True
- 115
- close the fridge quickly
- 100
- 1.2
- False
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