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 unplug idle chargers saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 2.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to unplug idle chargers? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 3.True or false: the ammeter measures current. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 5.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🔺 A 0.6 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 7.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 8.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω, 50 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.True or false: on an LED, the shorter leg is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 11.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a buzzer (b) a diode (c) a resistor (d) a capacitor
- 12.🔺 A 6.6 V supply is joined across a 330 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 15.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.🧮 Resistors of 47 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 18.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) an LED lamp (b) an oil lamp (c) a filament bulb (d) a candle
- 19.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 4.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 21.True or false: to use old filament bulbs saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 12 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 23.🔺 A 6 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 24.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 25.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) resistance (b) the push of a cell (c) voltage (d) current
- 26.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 27.🔺 A 1.5 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 28.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 29.💡 A blue LED uses 3 V and should get 25 mA. It runs from a 5 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 30.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) how much a part resists (b) energy used each second (c) voltage (d) resistance
- 31.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 4.8 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-orange (b) white-orange-orange (c) white-orange-red (d) white-orange-yellow
- 33.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 34.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = V + I (c) P = I ÷ V (d) P = V × I
- 35.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) how much a part resists (b) energy used each second (c) the push of a cell (d) current
- 36.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 37.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 38.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 39.True or false: power is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 40.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 0.1 kΩ?
Answer key
- True
- saves electricity
- True
- 50
- 3
- 0.1
- anode (+)
- 530
- False
- 40
- a buzzer
- 20
- 120
- 3.3
- 30
- 115
- voltmeter
- an LED lamp
- 3
- 4
- False
- 6
- 1
- 10
- resistance
- 3.75
- 0.25
- 2.4
- 80
- energy used each second
- 120
- white-orange-orange
- 230
- P = V × I
- how much a part resists
- 10
- cathode (−)
- anode (+)
- False
- 100
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