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 ohms (Ω). (a) False (b) True
- 2.📏 How many watts (W) is 0.4 kW?
- 3.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the colour of light (b) the length of a wire (c) the size of a cell (d) energy used each second
- 4.⚡ A 1.2 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 5.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🔺 A 30 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 7.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the water pressure (b) a narrow pipe (c) the pipe colour (d) the flow of water
- 8.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (b) 1 ampere (c) 1 volt (d) 1 watt
- 9.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) their sum (b) more than either one (c) less than either one (d) always zero
- 10.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
- 11.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 12.🔺 A 3.75 V supply is joined across a 15 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 13.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) any band (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🔺 A 0.8 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 17.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 8.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to iron one shirt at a time? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🔺 A 2.5 V supply is joined across a 250 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 21.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 4 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 22.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, voltage is like … (a) the water tank lid (b) the water pressure (c) the tap handle (d) the pipe colour
- 23.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 24.🧾 A 75 W filament bulb is swapped for a 12 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 3 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 25.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V ÷ R (b) I = V × R (c) I = R ÷ V (d) I = V + R
- 26.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows when 37.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.🔺 A 10 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 28.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 29.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 30.🧾 A 500 W appliance runs for 2 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 31.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 32.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery with no resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) does not light (c) may burn out
- 33.🧮 A 220 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 200 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.True or false: to use LED lamps wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔺 An 8 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 36.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows when 1.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.🔺 An 8 V supply is joined across a 4 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 38.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery through a 1000 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
- 40.🧩 Which component glows using little power? (a) capacitor (b) LED (c) resistor (d) motor
Answer key
- False
- 400
- energy used each second
- 0.1
- 50
- 1.5
- the flow of water
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- less than either one
- True
- 0.3
- 0.25
- 10
- the one nearest an end
- 94
- 0.1
- 220
- wastes electricity
- 98
- 10
- 204
- the water pressure
- cathode (−)
- 189
- I = V ÷ R
- 15
- 0.5
- voltmeter
- anode (+)
- 1
- False
- may burn out
- 320
- False
- 40
- 15
- 2
- 620
- lights up
- LED
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