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: how much a part resists is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) make light (b) measure heat (c) spin a wheel (d) store charge briefly
- 3.🔺 A 6 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 7400 Ω resistor? (a) violet-yellow-orange (b) yellow-violet-red (c) violet-yellow-brown (d) violet-yellow-red
- 5.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 6.🧮 A 470 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 220 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) current (b) resistance (c) voltage (d) energy used each second
- 8.🧮 Five equal 250 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 10.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 11.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 25 mA. It runs from a 12 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 12.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 11 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V × R (b) I = R ÷ V (c) I = V + R (d) I = V ÷ R
- 14.What does an LDR do? (a) has coloured bands (b) makes a beeping sound (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) senses how bright it is
- 15.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V + I (d) P = V × I
- 17.🧮 A 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 100 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 19.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 15 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.True or false: the ammeter is joined across a part. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) smaller (c) bigger (d) stay the same
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 24.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 25.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the water tank lid (b) the tap handle (c) the water pressure (d) the pipe colour
- 26.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 2500 Ω? =
- 27.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 100 Ω resistor to a 3.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 28.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 29.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🧮 A 14 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 32.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) current (b) power (c) voltage (d) energy used each second
- 34.What does a capacitor do? (a) makes things spin (b) turns a fan or wheels (c) limits the current (d) smooths a wobbly supply
- 35.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 25 % (c) 50 % (d) 0 %
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 38.⚡ A 0.9 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 39.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) watt (W) (b) ohm (Ω) (c) volt (V) (d) ampere (A)
- 40.🧮 Two equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
Answer key
- False
- store charge briefly
- 1
- violet-yellow-red
- 1150
- 580
- current
- 50
- 3.75
- 20
- 400
- 220
- I = V ÷ R
- senses how bright it is
- 18.8
- P = V × I
- 100
- 4
- 10
- False
- bigger
- 4
- 10
- 23.5
- the water pressure
- 2.5
- 15
- 2300
- 0.6
- 360
- 1
- False
- voltage
- smooths a wobbly supply
- 5 %
- 32000
- 3
- 0.1
- ohm (Ω)
- 25
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