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.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to iron one shirt at a time? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 2.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) gets smaller (c) becomes zero (d) stays the same
- 3.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 4.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 5.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use old filament bulbs (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) close the fridge quickly (d) switch off empty rooms
- 6.True or false: a potentiometer limits the current. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 9.True or false: a thermistor boosts a small signal. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = V + I (b) R = V ÷ I (c) R = I ÷ V (d) R = V × I
- 11.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a capacitor (c) a diode (d) a buzzer
- 12.🔺 A 3 V supply is joined across a 150 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 13.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 25 % (b) 50 % (c) 0 % (d) 5 %
- 15.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 16.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 17.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) current (b) the flow of charge (c) voltage (d) energy used each second
- 18.📏 How many amperes (A) is 1810 mA? =
- 19.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 20.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use daylight to read? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave fridge door open (b) use old filament bulbs (c) close the fridge quickly (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 22.🧮 Three equal 60 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.What does a potentiometer do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) is a resistance knob (c) blows if current is high (d) lets current go one way
- 25.🧩 Which component blows if current is high? (a) buzzer (b) potentiometer (c) fuse (d) motor
- 26.True or false: a thermistor stores a little charge. (a) True (b) False
- 27.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 1000 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) lights up (c) may burn out
- 28.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = V + I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V × I
- 29.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.True or false: energy used each second is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 20 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.🧮 A 1.1 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 6 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 33.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) unplug idle chargers (c) switch off empty rooms (d) leave the TV on standby
- 34.What does a transistor do? (a) boosts a small signal (b) lets current go one way (c) makes things spin (d) has coloured bands
- 35.🔺 A 3 V supply is joined across a 300 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 36.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the pipe colour (b) the flow of water (c) a narrow pipe (d) the water pressure
- 37.🔺 A 24 V supply is joined across a 12 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 38.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) use LED lamps (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) unplug idle chargers
- 39.💡 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)?
- 40.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) voltage (b) power (c) energy used each second (d) the flow of charge
Answer key
- wastes electricity
- gets smaller
- 400
- 25
- use old filament bulbs
- False
- 20
- 1.5
- False
- R = V ÷ I
- a buzzer
- 20
- False
- 5 %
- 20
- 2300
- voltage
- 1.81
- 5
- saves electricity
- close the fridge quickly
- 20
- 52
- is a resistance knob
- fuse
- False
- lights up
- P = V × I
- 5
- False
- 43
- 0.1
- leave the TV on standby
- boosts a small signal
- 10
- the flow of water
- 2
- run fans in empty rooms
- 15
- the flow of charge
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