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.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) use LED lamps
- 2.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it lights brighter (b) it makes a sound (c) it changes colour (d) it does not light
- 3.🔺 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
- 4.📏 How many amperes (A) is 2330 mA? =
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 6.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 7.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω and 20 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 3 kΩ?
- 10.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to leave the TV on standby? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) zero (c) bigger (d) stay the same
- 13.🧾 A 100 W filament bulb is swapped for a 15 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 1 hour. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 14.🧮 A 10 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 15.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.📏 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
- 17.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 18.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 19.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 1.2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 22.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to close the fridge quickly? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 25.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 1000 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) may burn out (b) does not light (c) lights up
- 26.💡 An LED is joined to a 6 V battery through a 1000 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) lights up (c) may burn out
- 27.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 28.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 29.🧮 A 150 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)?
- 30.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V × I (c) P = V ÷ I (d) P = V + I
- 33.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 3 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 34.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 8 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 35.📏 Which unit measures current? (a) volt (V) (b) ohm (Ω) (c) watt (W) (d) ampere (A)
- 36.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 volt (b) 1 ampere (c) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) (d) 1 watt
- 37.🔺 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
- 38.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across an 8 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 39.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)?
Answer key
- run fans in empty rooms
- it does not light
- I = V ÷ R
- 2.33
- 5600
- cathode (−)
- 363
- 30
- 3000
- wastes electricity
- 37
- bigger
- 85
- 0.5
- 2
- the water pressure
- 6
- 920
- 120
- 5
- 3.75
- saves electricity
- 560
- 0.6
- lights up
- lights up
- 7.5
- 115
- 315
- 230
- 960
- P = V × I
- 102
- 408
- ampere (A)
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- V = I × R
- 0.25
- 15
- 460
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