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 brown, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery with no resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) may burn out (b) does not light (c) lights up
- 3.True or false: a resistor has coloured bands. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: the flow of charge is measured in volts (V). (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 6.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a capacitor (b) a resistor (c) a diode (d) a buzzer
- 7.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 8.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 0.62 A?
- 9.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it makes a sound (b) it lights brighter (c) it changes colour (d) it does not light
- 10.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) any band (c) the one nearest an end (d) the widest gap
- 11.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the water pressure (b) the pipe colour (c) the flow of water (d) a narrow pipe
- 12.🧮 A 22 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 100 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 15.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to switch off empty rooms? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 16.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 17.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, resistance is like … (a) the flow of water (b) a narrow pipe (c) a bigger tank (d) the water pressure
- 18.🔺 A 20 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 19.True or false: a buzzer makes a beeping sound. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔺 A 0.4 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 21.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 2800 Ω? =
- 22.⚡ Power tells us … (a) energy used each second (b) the colour of light (c) the length of a wire (d) the size of a cell
- 23.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 24.🧮 Resistors of 68 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 26.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 2.6 kΩ?
- 27.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to close the fridge quickly? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 28.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 5 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 29.🧮 A 220 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 10 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.📏 Which unit measures voltage? (a) watt (W) (b) ampere (A) (c) ohm (Ω) (d) volt (V)
- 32.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 330 Ω resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 33.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 34.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows when 25 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 35.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 5.3 kΩ?
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6900 Ω resistor? (a) blue-white-red (b) blue-white-brown (c) white-blue-red (d) blue-white-orange
- 37.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧮 A 22 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 200 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.🧩 Which component stores a little charge? (a) capacitor (b) diode (c) transistor (d) motor
- 40.📏 How many ohms (Ω) is 6.5 kΩ?
Answer key
- 16
- may burn out
- True
- False
- 1
- a buzzer
- 4
- 620
- it does not light
- the one nearest an end
- the flow of water
- 72
- 1.2
- 15
- saves electricity
- 22.5
- a narrow pipe
- 1
- True
- 0.2
- 2.8
- energy used each second
- 250
- 115
- 7.5
- 2600
- saves electricity
- 1
- 225
- 84
- volt (V)
- lights up
- 8
- 10
- 5300
- blue-white-red
- False
- 122
- capacitor
- 6500
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