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 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 50 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.💡 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) may burn out (b) does not light (c) lights up
- 3.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 5 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 4.🔺 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
- 5.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 1.69 A?
- 6.🔺 A 50 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 7.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = V ÷ I (b) R = I ÷ V (c) R = V × I (d) R = V + I
- 8.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 12.🧮 Four equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) a candle (b) a filament bulb (c) an oil lamp (d) an LED lamp
- 14.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) motor (b) resistor (c) thermistor (d) buzzer
- 15.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 16.🔺 A 13.2 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 17.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 30 Ω resistor? (a) orange-black-black (b) yellow-black-black (c) yellow-orange-black (d) orange-black-brown
- 18.🧾 A 1000 W appliance runs for 6 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 19.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 3 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 20.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 21.📏 Which unit measures the flow of charge? (a) volt (V) (b) watt (W) (c) ohm (Ω) (d) ampere (A)
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 9200 Ω? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 26.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω, 10 Ω, 10 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 28.🧮 A 6 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 29.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) low energy device (b) large electric dial (c) light-emitting diode (d) light energy dial
- 30.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 1 hour. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 31.💡 A blue LED uses 3 V and should get 25 mA. It runs from a 9 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 32.⚡ Power tells us … (a) energy used each second (b) the length of a wire (c) the colour of light (d) the size of a cell
- 33.📏 How many amperes (A) is 1100 mA? =
- 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 40 mA flows when 8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) stay the same (c) smaller (d) zero
- 37.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the water tank lid (b) the water pressure (c) the tap handle (d) the pipe colour
- 38.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a diode (c) a buzzer (d) a capacitor
- 39.🧮 Three equal 300 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 250 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
Answer key
- 75
- does not light
- 255
- I = V ÷ R
- 1690
- 2.5
- R = V ÷ I
- 920
- 2
- 4.1
- 9
- 5
- an LED lamp
- buzzer
- 230
- 40
- orange-black-black
- 6
- 1.5
- 25
- ampere (A)
- 450
- 9.2
- 15000
- 0.15
- 960
- 30
- 1
- light-emitting diode
- 51
- 240
- energy used each second
- 1.1
- V = I × R
- 200
- bigger
- the water pressure
- a buzzer
- 100
- 20
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