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.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.⚡ A 9 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 3.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) current (b) the push of a cell (c) resistance (d) energy used each second
- 4.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to switch off empty rooms? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 5.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.19 A?
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 32000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-red (b) red-orange-orange (c) orange-red-orange (d) orange-red-yellow
- 7.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 8.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 50 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.⚡ A 0.6 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 10.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) close the fridge quickly (b) use old filament bulbs (c) set the AC to 24 °C (d) use LED lamps
- 11.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = V + I (b) R = V × I (c) R = V ÷ I (d) R = I ÷ V
- 12.True or false: voltage is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 13.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 14.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 15.🧮 Five equal 25 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 16.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 17.🔺 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
- 18.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 19.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) the widest gap (c) the one nearest an end (d) any band
- 20.🧮 A 1.5 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 21.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 100 Ω resistor to a 4 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 22.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 3 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🔺 An 8.8 V supply is joined across a 220 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 24.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.True or false: on an LED, the leg by the flat edge is the anode (+). (a) False (b) True
- 27.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 2.56 A?
- 28.🧮 Resistors of 100 Ω, 47 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 25 % (c) 0 % (d) 50 %
- 30.True or false: a potentiometer lets current go one way. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 12 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.⚡ An 18 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 33.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 450 W? =
- 34.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V × I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V + I (d) P = V ÷ I
- 36.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 25 mA. It runs from a 9 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 37.🧩 Which component blows if current is high? (a) LED (b) fuse (c) transistor (d) motor
- 38.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 39.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 1 hour. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 40.True or false: a motor makes things spin. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 21000
- 3
- energy used each second
- saves electricity
- 190
- orange-red-orange
- 25
- 119
- 0.2
- use old filament bulbs
- R = V ÷ I
- True
- 4.5
- 2
- 5
- 345
- I = V ÷ R
- 1150
- the one nearest an end
- 0.25
- 20
- 12
- 40
- 8
- 52
- False
- 2560
- 617
- 5 %
- False
- 3
- 1.5
- 0.45
- 10
- P = V × I
- 280
- fuse
- voltmeter
- 34
- True
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