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 20 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 2.⚡ A device works on 6 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 3.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.🔺 An 8.25 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 5.🧮 A 470 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 10 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 7.💡 An LED is joined to a 6 V battery through a 470 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the − side and its short leg to the + side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) lights up (c) may burn out
- 8.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to leave fridge door open? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 9.True or false: the ammeter is joined in series. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 60 (b) 1000 (c) 10 (d) 100
- 11.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a motor (b) an LED (c) a fuse (d) a resistor
- 12.⚡ A 0.75 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 13.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) energy used each second (b) the push of a cell (c) the flow of charge (d) power
- 14.🧮 A 10 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 470 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.🔺 A 22.5 V supply is joined across a 15 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 17.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 18.🔺 A 1 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 19.🧮 Four equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 21.True or false: voltage is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) False (b) True
- 22.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) any band (c) the widest gap (d) the gold band
- 23.📏 Which unit measures power? (a) watt (W) (b) ampere (A) (c) volt (V) (d) ohm (Ω)
- 24.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to switch off empty rooms? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 25.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 26.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) ohm (Ω) (b) volt (V) (c) watt (W) (d) ampere (A)
- 27.⚡ An 18 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 28.True or false: to iron one shirt at a time saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧾 A 75 W filament bulb is swapped for a 12 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 2 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 30.What does a buzzer do? (a) glows using little power (b) turns a fan or wheels (c) beeps for an alarm (d) stores a little charge
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a buzzer (c) a diode (d) a capacitor
- 33.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔺 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
- 35.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 36.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the colour of light (b) the length of a wire (c) energy used each second (d) the size of a cell
- 38.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 40.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
Answer key
- 9.4
- 1.5
- 5
- 25
- 475
- 2300
- does not light
- wastes electricity
- True
- 1000
- a motor
- 0.25
- the flow of charge
- 245
- 2.4
- 1.5
- 230
- 0.5
- 10
- 0.5
- False
- the one nearest an end
- watt (W)
- saves electricity
- 200
- ohm (Ω)
- 2
- False
- 126
- beeps for an alarm
- 6.1
- a buzzer
- True
- V = I × R
- 30
- 165
- energy used each second
- 235
- voltmeter
- cathode (−)
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