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.What does a fuse do? (a) makes things spin (b) turns a fan or wheels (c) blows if current is high (d) makes a beeping sound
- 2.💡 A red LED uses 2 V and should get 10 mA. It runs from a 6 V supply. What resistor (in ohms) is needed in series?
- 3.What does an LDR do? (a) has coloured bands (b) senses how hot it is (c) senses how bright it is (d) glows using little power
- 4.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows when 30 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 5.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 7.🔺 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
- 8.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.⚡ A 4.8 W device works on 24 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 10.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 11.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 80000 Ω resistor? (a) white-grey-orange (b) grey-black-yellow (c) grey-black-orange (d) grey-black-red
- 12.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 13.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) True (b) False
- 14.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 3 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 15.🔺 A current of 2 A flows when 6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 16.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) transistor (b) LDR (c) fuse (d) diode
- 17.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 50 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 19.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 20.True or false: a buzzer has coloured bands. (a) False (b) True
- 21.What does a diode do? (a) smooths a wobbly supply (b) glows using little power (c) lets current go one way (d) boosts a small signal
- 22.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 5 % (c) 0 % (d) 25 %
- 23.⚡ A 27 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 24.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) motor (b) resistor (c) fuse (d) thermistor
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave fridge door open (b) use LED lamps (c) switch off empty rooms (d) use daylight to read
- 26.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 27.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to iron one shirt at a time? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 30.True or false: the voltmeter is joined across a part. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚡ A 12 W device works on 6 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 32.🧮 A 20 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 220 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 33.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 7.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) an oil lamp (b) an LED lamp (c) a filament bulb (d) a candle
- 35.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 36.True or false: the ammeter measures voltage. (a) False (b) True
- 37.⚡ A 3 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 38.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 88 Ω resistor? (a) grey-white-black (b) grey-grey-brown (c) white-grey-black (d) grey-grey-black
- 40.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) is 1.31 A?
Answer key
- blows if current is high
- 400
- senses how bright it is
- 12
- 2300
- 81
- I = V ÷ R
- 2
- 0.2
- 4
- grey-black-orange
- anode (+)
- False
- 9
- 3
- diode
- 58
- 3.75
- 1.5
- False
- lets current go one way
- 5 %
- 3
- resistor
- leave fridge door open
- 5
- wastes electricity
- 49000
- 1000
- True
- 2
- 130
- 5
- an LED lamp
- 230
- False
- 0.25
- 3
- grey-grey-black
- 1310
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