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 gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 25 % (d) 5 %
- 2.True or false: an LED blows if current is high. (a) False (b) True
- 3.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 3 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 4.True or false: a motor senses how hot it is. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔺 A 10 V supply is joined across a 250 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8400 Ω resistor? (a) grey-yellow-red (b) grey-yellow-brown (c) grey-yellow-orange (d) yellow-grey-red
- 7.⚡ A 1.5 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 8.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows when 20 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 10.🧮 Two equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 11.🔺 A 50 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 12.Which of these is measured in amperes (A)? (a) energy used each second (b) resistance (c) how much a part resists (d) current
- 13.📏 How many amperes (A) is 520 mA? =
- 14.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 15.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 16.True or false: a motor smooths a wobbly supply. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧮 A 16 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the length of a wire (c) energy used each second (d) the colour of light
- 20.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 20 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 21.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 22.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) stays the same (c) gets smaller (d) becomes zero
- 23.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) the flow of water (b) a narrow pipe (c) the pipe colour (d) the water pressure
- 24.🧾 Which lamp gives the same light for the least power? (a) an oil lamp (b) a candle (c) an LED lamp (d) a filament bulb
- 25.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to unplug idle chargers? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) leave fridge door open (d) set the AC to 24 °C
- 27.💡 What does LED stand for? (a) large electric dial (b) light energy dial (c) low energy device (d) light-emitting diode
- 28.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) smaller (c) zero (d) stay the same
- 29.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) fuse (b) resistor (c) LDR (d) potentiometer
- 30.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 12 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 100 Ω resistor? (a) brown-black-black (b) red-brown-brown (c) brown-black-brown (d) brown-black-red
- 32.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 33.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 390 Ω resistor? (a) white-orange-brown (b) orange-white-black (c) orange-white-brown (d) orange-white-red
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use daylight to read (b) switch off empty rooms (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) use LED lamps
- 35.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 1.6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.True or false: a resistor limits the current. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔺 A 9 V supply is joined across a 3 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 38.Which of these saves electricity? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) use old filament bulbs (c) leave fridge door open (d) use LED lamps
- 39.🧮 A 1.6 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 40.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) watt (W) (b) ampere (A) (c) volt (V) (d) ohm (Ω)
Answer key
- 5 %
- False
- 9
- False
- 40
- grey-yellow-red
- 1
- 8
- 23.5
- 25
- 2.5
- current
- 0.52
- 6
- 115
- False
- 1
- 54000
- energy used each second
- 0.2
- 230
- gets smaller
- the flow of water
- an LED lamp
- saves electricity
- set the AC to 24 °C
- light-emitting diode
- bigger
- resistor
- 8
- brown-black-brown
- 3
- orange-white-brown
- run fans in empty rooms
- 8
- True
- 3
- use LED lamps
- 0.1
- ohm (Ω)
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