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.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I ÷ R (b) V = R ÷ I (c) V = I + R (d) V = I × R
- 2.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 3.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.Which of these saves electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) iron one shirt at a time (c) leave fridge door open (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 6.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 10 mA. It runs from a 12 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 7.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 9.True or false: how much a part resists is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) False (b) True
- 10.⚡ A device works on 5 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 11.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to iron one shirt at a time? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 12.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 13.Which of these saves electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) use old filament bulbs (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) leave the TV on standby
- 14.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 3.75 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 33 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 18.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) zero (c) bigger (d) stay the same
- 19.⚡ A 12 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 22.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 60
- 23.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 24.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery with no 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
- 25.What does a potentiometer do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) is a resistance knob (c) glows using little power (d) stores a little charge
- 26.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) voltage (b) power (c) the flow of charge (d) resistance
- 27.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V × I (d) P = V ÷ I
- 28.🔺 An 8 V supply is joined across a 400 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 29.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 35 Ω resistor? (a) orange-green-black (b) green-orange-black (c) orange-green-brown (d) yellow-green-black
- 30.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.💡 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) does not light (b) lights up (c) may burn out
- 32.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 34.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V ÷ R (b) I = R ÷ V (c) I = V + R (d) I = V × R
- 35.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 36.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) unplug idle chargers (c) use LED lamps (d) close the fridge quickly
- 38.📏 How many amperes (A) is 580 mA? =
- 39.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 25 % (d) 5 %
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 120 Ω resistor? (a) brown-red-red (b) brown-red-brown (c) brown-red-black (d) red-brown-brown
Answer key
- V = I × R
- 1.5
- 1
- unplug idle chargers
- 100
- 1000
- cathode (−)
- 79
- True
- 2.5
- wastes electricity
- 3
- use daylight to read
- 15
- 2
- 385
- anode (+)
- bigger
- 1
- 5000
- 345
- 1000
- 300
- may burn out
- is a resistance knob
- power
- P = V × I
- 20
- orange-green-black
- 235
- may burn out
- 22.5
- 920
- I = V ÷ R
- cathode (−)
- 1.5
- iron one shirt at a time
- 0.58
- 5 %
- brown-red-brown
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