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.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 2.🧾 A 100 W appliance runs for 8 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 3.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 250 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) capacitor (b) resistor (c) LDR (d) motor
- 5.🔺 A current of 1 A flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery through a 470 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the + side. What happens? (a) may burn out (b) lights up (c) does not light
- 7.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 3.75 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.What does a resistor do? (a) makes a beeping sound (b) has coloured bands (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) is a resistance knob
- 9.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 8.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 11.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) buzzer (b) thermistor (c) resistor (d) LED
- 12.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V × I (c) P = V ÷ I (d) P = V + I
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use daylight to read (b) leave the TV on standby (c) leave fridge door open (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 18000 Ω resistor? (a) brown-grey-red (b) brown-grey-orange (c) grey-brown-orange (d) brown-grey-yellow
- 15.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.83 A?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a diode (c) a buzzer (d) a capacitor
- 18.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 19.True or false: the ammeter is joined in series. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.🧮 Two equal 10 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 24.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) stays the same (b) gets smaller (c) gets bigger (d) becomes zero
- 26.Which of these saves electricity? (a) leave fridge door open (b) iron one shirt at a time (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) set the AC to 24 °C
- 27.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 28.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 29.🧾 A 200 W appliance runs for 4 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 30.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 200 Ω resistor to a 6 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 31.True or false: a thermistor senses how bright it is. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 3 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 33.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) low energy device (b) light energy dial (c) large electric dial (d) light-emitting diode
- 34.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 37.🔺 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
- 38.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) the gold band (c) any band (d) the widest gap
- 39.⚡ An 18 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 40.🧮 A 17 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
Answer key
- 5
- 0.8
- 10
- resistor
- 4
- does not light
- 150
- has coloured bands
- 220
- 50
- buzzer
- P = V × I
- use daylight to read
- brown-grey-orange
- 830
- 330
- a buzzer
- 2300
- True
- 100
- 5
- 21
- 1
- False
- gets smaller
- set the AC to 24 °C
- 0.375
- 0.1
- 0.8
- 20
- False
- 153
- light-emitting diode
- 3
- 200
- voltmeter
- I = V ÷ R
- the one nearest an end
- 2
- 1
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