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 10 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 2.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 60 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 100
- 3.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 4.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 5.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) always zero
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave fridge door open (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) use LED lamps (d) leave the TV on standby
- 7.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) ampere (A) (b) ohm (Ω) (c) volt (V) (d) watt (W)
- 8.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 5 % (c) 0 % (d) 25 %
- 9.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 12.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I ÷ R (b) V = I + R (c) V = R ÷ I (d) V = I × R
- 13.🔺 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
- 14.⚡ A 24 W device works on 24 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 15.True or false: an LDR is a resistance knob. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) spin a wheel (b) store charge briefly (c) measure heat (d) make light
- 17.🧮 A 1.1 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 18.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 3 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 19.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 100 Ω resistor to a 3 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 20.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 300 Ω resistor to a 6.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 21.💡 A blue LED uses 3 V and should get 10 mA. It runs from a 9 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 22.🧮 A 100 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 10 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🧩 Which component boosts a small signal? (a) resistor (b) LDR (c) LED (d) transistor
- 24.🧮 Five equal 500 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 26.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 27.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 28.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a motor (b) an LED (c) a fuse (d) a resistor
- 29.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 30.🔺 A 12 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 31.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.True or false: a diode is a resistance knob. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave fridge door open (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) use daylight to read (d) use old filament bulbs
- 34.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.🧮 A 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 330 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.🔺 A 20 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 37.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.33 A?
- 40.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
Answer key
- 510
- 1000
- 460
- 6
- less than either one
- use LED lamps
- ohm (Ω)
- 5 %
- 2
- anode (+)
- 1
- V = I × R
- I = V ÷ R
- 1
- False
- store charge briefly
- 0.1
- 1.5
- 10
- 15
- 600
- 105
- transistor
- 100
- cathode (−)
- 23.5
- 8
- a motor
- 500
- 1.5
- 10
- False
- use daylight to read
- 200
- 215
- 2
- 2.25
- 9.6
- 330
- 345
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