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.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) smaller (c) zero (d) stay the same
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 7.True or false: a capacitor smooths a wobbly supply. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) switch off empty rooms (d) close the fridge quickly
- 9.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 1024 (d) 1000
- 10.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 12.🔺 A 15 V supply is joined across a 300 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 13.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 14.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 4.25 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 15.⚡ A 0.3 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 16.🧮 Five equal 25 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 18.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I + R (b) V = I ÷ R (c) V = I × R (d) V = R ÷ I
- 19.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) watt (W) (b) ohm (Ω) (c) volt (V) (d) ampere (A)
- 20.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 12.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) spin a wheel (b) store charge briefly (c) make light (d) measure heat
- 22.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 23.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 24.What does a buzzer do? (a) stores a little charge (b) blows if current is high (c) senses how bright it is (d) makes a beeping sound
- 25.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 0 % (d) 5 %
- 26.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 27.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to close the fridge quickly? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 28.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V × R (b) I = V + R (c) I = V ÷ R (d) I = R ÷ V
- 29.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) use daylight to read (d) leave fridge door open
- 30.⚡ An 18 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 31.What does a diode do? (a) limits the current (b) glows using little power (c) has coloured bands (d) lets current go one way
- 32.Which of these saves electricity? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) leave fridge door open (d) close the fridge quickly
- 33.🧾 A 500 W appliance runs for 2 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 35.🧮 A 2 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 36.🔺 A current of 3 A flows when 6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 38.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 39.🧩 Which component makes a beeping sound? (a) buzzer (b) capacitor (c) diode (d) LED
- 40.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
Answer key
- bigger
- 15
- 180
- False
- 5
- 9
- True
- leave the TV on standby
- 1000
- 230
- 2
- 50
- 2
- 15
- 0.2
- 5
- 18.8
- V = I × R
- ohm (Ω)
- 500
- store charge briefly
- 6
- 3
- makes a beeping sound
- 5 %
- 8.25
- saves electricity
- I = V ÷ R
- leave fridge door open
- 3
- lets current go one way
- close the fridge quickly
- 1
- 630
- 0.1
- 2
- 18
- anode (+)
- buzzer
- 0.2
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