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 home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 2.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) always zero
- 3.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 5.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 1.25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = R ÷ I (b) V = I + R (c) V = I × R (d) V = I ÷ R
- 7.🔺 A current of 0.1 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 8.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) current (b) how much a part resists (c) energy used each second (d) voltage
- 9.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to leave fridge door open? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 10.💡 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?
- 11.What does an LED do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) beeps for an alarm (c) has coloured bands (d) glows using little power
- 12.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 13.🧩 Which component stores a little charge? (a) resistor (b) capacitor (c) diode (d) motor
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 15.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 25 % (b) 0 % (c) 5 % (d) 50 %
- 16.🧾 A family uses 50 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹8. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 17.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) gets smaller (c) stays the same (d) becomes zero
- 18.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) thermistor (b) transistor (c) resistor (d) potentiometer
- 19.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 20.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) ohm (Ω) (b) volt (V) (c) ampere (A) (d) watt (W)
- 21.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 22.🧮 Three equal 30 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 23.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 24.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 300 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 25.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: an LDR senses how bright it is. (a) False (b) True
- 27.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 28.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V ÷ R (b) I = V × R (c) I = V + R (d) I = R ÷ V
- 29.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.🧮 A 5 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 31.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) light-emitting diode (b) large electric dial (c) light energy dial (d) low energy device
- 32.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 2.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🧩 Which component blows if current is high? (a) capacitor (b) motor (c) LED (d) fuse
- 35.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) resistor (b) buzzer (c) transistor (d) capacitor
- 36.True or false: the push of a cell is measured in volts (V). (a) True (b) False
- 37.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it changes colour (b) it lights brighter (c) it does not light (d) it makes a sound
- 38.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the water pressure (b) a narrow pipe (c) the flow of water (d) the pipe colour
- 39.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 40.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a capacitor (c) a diode (d) a buzzer
Answer key
- 115
- less than either one
- 1.6
- 10
- 5
- V = I × R
- 0.8
- current
- wastes electricity
- 280
- glows using little power
- 2.5
- capacitor
- 15000
- 5 %
- 400
- gets smaller
- resistor
- 9
- ohm (Ω)
- 3
- 10
- 10
- 3
- False
- True
- anode (+)
- I = V ÷ R
- 5
- 0.5
- light-emitting diode
- 1.2
- 5
- fuse
- resistor
- True
- it does not light
- the flow of water
- 230
- a buzzer
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