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.True or false: power is measured in amperes (A). (a) False (b) True
- 2.⚡ A 6 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 3.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 4.🧾 A family uses 20 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹9. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 5.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 6.🧮 Resistors of 100 Ω, 50 Ω, 150 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🧮 Four equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 3 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 9.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.True or false: power is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) True (b) False
- 11.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 12.True or false: to set the AC to 24 °C wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🧮 A 1 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 3 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 15.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 16.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures current? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 17.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) may burn out (c) lights up
- 18.🧮 Resistors of 100 Ω, 20 Ω, 220 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 19.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use LED lamps? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 21.⚡ A device works on 5 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 23.🧮 A 68 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)?
- 24.🔺 A 12.5 V supply is joined across a 500 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 25.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 10 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 26.💡 A blue LED uses 3 V and should get 20 mA. It runs from a 6 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 27.🔺 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
- 28.True or false: a motor is a resistance knob. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 50 % (c) 25 % (d) 5 %
- 30.True or false: resistance is measured in watts (W). (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V × I (c) P = V ÷ I (d) P = V + I
- 33.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 220 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
- 34.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) voltage (b) resistance (c) power (d) current
- 35.🔺 A 10 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 36.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) store charge briefly (b) make light (c) measure heat (d) spin a wheel
- 37.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6800 Ω resistor? (a) grey-blue-red (b) blue-grey-brown (c) blue-grey-orange (d) blue-grey-red
- 38.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 39.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 2.75 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 40.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the colour of light (c) energy used each second (d) the length of a wire
Answer key
- False
- 1
- 0.2
- 180
- 2.4
- 310
- 10
- 0.6
- 500
- False
- cathode (−)
- False
- 3.75
- 0.2
- 4
- ammeter
- lights up
- 387
- 500
- saves electricity
- 1.25
- 1.5
- 303
- 25
- 340
- 150
- gets smaller
- False
- 5 %
- False
- 3
- P = V × I
- does not light
- voltage
- 25
- store charge briefly
- blue-grey-red
- False
- 5
- energy used each second
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