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 device works on 6 V and takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 2.⚡ A 2.4 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 3.True or false: voltage is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: resistance is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) True (b) False
- 5.💡 A blue LED uses 3 V and should get 25 mA. It runs from a 6 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 6.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) an LED (b) a resistor (c) a fuse (d) a motor
- 7.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) set the AC to 24 °C (b) use daylight to read (c) iron one shirt at a time (d) switch off empty rooms
- 9.🔺 A current of 1 A flows when 3 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 45000 Ω resistor? (a) green-yellow-orange (b) yellow-green-yellow (c) yellow-green-red (d) yellow-green-orange
- 11.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) motor (b) fuse (c) thermistor (d) LDR
- 12.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = I ÷ V (b) R = V ÷ I (c) R = V × I (d) R = V + I
- 13.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 25 mA. It runs from a 5 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 15.What does an LED do? (a) smooths a wobbly supply (b) is a resistance knob (c) has coloured bands (d) glows using little power
- 16.⚡ A 0.3 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 17.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the water pressure (b) the flow of water (c) a narrow pipe (d) the pipe colour
- 18.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 2400 W? =
- 19.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) resistor (b) motor (c) LED (d) LDR
- 20.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 21.⚡ A 1.2 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 22.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 9 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a capacitor (b) a resistor (c) a diode (d) a buzzer
- 24.📏 How many amperes (A) is 2620 mA? =
- 25.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.What does a buzzer do? (a) limits the current (b) makes a beeping sound (c) lets current go one way (d) senses how bright it is
- 28.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 29.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 1350 W? =
- 30.📏 How many amperes (A) is 2030 mA? =
- 31.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 32.True or false: a buzzer beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 34.🧮 Resistors of 47 Ω, 22 Ω, 150 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 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) lights up (c) does not light
- 36.True or false: a resistor limits the current. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) use old filament bulbs (c) use LED lamps (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 38.🔺 A 12.5 V supply is joined across a 500 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 39.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, resistance is like … (a) a bigger tank (b) the water pressure (c) a narrow pipe (d) the flow of water
- 40.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures current? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
Answer key
- 9
- 0.2
- True
- True
- 120
- a motor
- 170
- iron one shirt at a time
- 3
- yellow-green-orange
- LDR
- R = V ÷ I
- 4
- 120
- glows using little power
- 0.2
- the flow of water
- 2.4
- resistor
- 18.8
- 0.1
- 6
- a buzzer
- 2.62
- False
- 500
- makes a beeping sound
- 2.5
- 1.35
- 2.03
- anode (+)
- True
- 1.25
- 252
- does not light
- True
- use LED lamps
- 25
- a narrow pipe
- ammeter
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