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: to switch off empty rooms saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: a motor beeps for an alarm. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧮 A 47 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 220 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 4.🧩 Which component glows using little power? (a) motor (b) potentiometer (c) buzzer (d) LED
- 5.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 6.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = R ÷ V (b) I = V + R (c) I = V × R (d) I = V ÷ R
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 1200 Ω resistor? (a) brown-red-red (b) red-brown-red (c) brown-red-orange (d) brown-red-brown
- 8.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 0 % (d) 5 %
- 10.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 11.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) always zero (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) less than either one
- 12.💡 An LED is joined to a 12 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
- 13.🧩 Which component makes a beeping sound? (a) buzzer (b) potentiometer (c) thermistor (d) motor
- 14.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 20 mA. It runs from a 12 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 15.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 16.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 1.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) resistor (b) capacitor (c) thermistor (d) buzzer
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 55 Ω resistor? (a) green-green-brown (b) green-blue-black (c) green-green-black (d) blue-green-black
- 20.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 21.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) thermistor (b) diode (c) LDR (d) buzzer
- 22.📏 How many amperes (A) is 1050 mA? =
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 5100 Ω resistor? (a) green-brown-brown (b) green-brown-orange (c) brown-green-red (d) green-brown-red
- 24.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) light energy dial (b) light-emitting diode (c) low energy device (d) large electric dial
- 25.⚡ A 6 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 26.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 1024 (b) 1000 (c) 10 (d) 100
- 27.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 28.⚡ A 1.2 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.🔍 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
- 32.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 65000 Ω resistor? (a) green-blue-orange (b) blue-green-yellow (c) blue-green-orange (d) blue-green-red
- 34.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) buzzer (b) resistor (c) diode (d) capacitor
- 35.🧮 A 68 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)?
- 36.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) the flow of charge (b) voltage (c) how much a part resists (d) energy used each second
- 37.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it makes a sound (b) it lights brighter (c) it does not light (d) it changes colour
- 38.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 39.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) power (b) how much a part resists (c) voltage (d) resistance
- 40.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
Answer key
- True
- False
- 157
- LED
- 13.5
- I = V ÷ R
- brown-red-red
- 110
- 5 %
- 12
- less than either one
- may burn out
- buzzer
- 500
- voltmeter
- 3
- thermistor
- 1
- green-green-black
- 4
- LDR
- 1.05
- green-brown-red
- light-emitting diode
- 2
- 1000
- 8
- 0.2
- 910
- 100
- use LED lamps
- 2.2
- blue-green-orange
- diode
- 78
- the flow of charge
- it does not light
- 460
- power
- 7
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