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 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?
- 2.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 3.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to change its colour (b) to make it brighter (c) to store charge (d) to limit the current
- 4.📏 How many amperes (A) is 2250 mA? =
- 5.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use LED lamps? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 6.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 7.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) False (b) True
- 8.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 9.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) spin a wheel (b) store charge briefly (c) make light (d) measure heat
- 10.🧮 A 1.3 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 11.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a diode (c) a buzzer (d) a capacitor
- 12.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 250 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 13.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a resistor (b) a motor (c) a fuse (d) an LED
- 14.True or false: energy used each second is measured in watts (W). (a) False (b) True
- 15.⚡ A 3 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 16.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I + R (b) V = R ÷ I (c) V = I ÷ R (d) V = I × R
- 17.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 20.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) potentiometer (b) capacitor (c) thermistor (d) LED
- 21.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) watt (W) (b) volt (V) (c) ampere (A) (d) ohm (Ω)
- 22.🧮 A 0.9 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 23.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 24.True or false: an LDR makes things spin. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 26.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) use daylight to read (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) use LED lamps
- 28.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.⚡ A device works on 6 V and takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 31.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 32.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω, 33 Ω, 10 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 33.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 4.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.📏 Which unit measures current? (a) ampere (A) (b) volt (V) (c) watt (W) (d) ohm (Ω)
- 35.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it lights brighter (b) it changes colour (c) it makes a sound (d) it does not light
- 36.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) stays the same (c) becomes zero (d) gets smaller
- 37.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 38.🔺 A 1 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 39.⚡ A 0.6 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 153
- 3
- to limit the current
- 2.25
- saves electricity
- 460
- False
- cathode (−)
- store charge briefly
- 0.1
- a buzzer
- 5
- a motor
- True
- 0.5
- V = I × R
- 1
- 640
- 0.2
- thermistor
- ohm (Ω)
- 0.1
- 2
- False
- 10
- 50
- run fans in empty rooms
- True
- 78
- 9
- 920
- 523
- 120
- ampere (A)
- it does not light
- gets smaller
- 32
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 140
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