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, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) stay the same (b) bigger (c) zero (d) smaller
- 3.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) power (b) resistance (c) the push of a cell (d) current
- 4.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 5.📏 Which unit measures the push of a cell? (a) watt (W) (b) ohm (Ω) (c) volt (V) (d) ampere (A)
- 6.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω, 68 Ω, 50 Ω and 220 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 8.🧮 A 2 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 9.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) close the fridge quickly (c) leave fridge door open (d) use LED lamps
- 12.🔺 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
- 13.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = V × I (b) R = V + I (c) R = I ÷ V (d) R = V ÷ I
- 14.🧾 A 60 W filament bulb is swapped for a 9 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 8 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows when 0.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the gold band (c) the widest gap (d) the one nearest an end
- 18.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 1850 W? =
- 19.True or false: to leave fridge door open wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 20.What does a capacitor do? (a) makes things spin (b) smooths a wobbly supply (c) is a resistance knob (d) blows if current is high
- 21.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 22.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) how much a part resists (b) power (c) the push of a cell (d) voltage
- 23.🧮 A 12 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 24.🔺 A 1.5 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 25.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows when 12 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 26.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 27.🧾 A 1500 W appliance runs for 5 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets bigger (b) becomes zero (c) stays the same (d) gets smaller
- 30.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) motor (b) thermistor (c) resistor (d) transistor
- 31.What does a capacitor do? (a) stores a little charge (b) limits the current (c) has coloured bands (d) lets current go one way
- 32.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) LED (b) diode (c) buzzer (d) LDR
- 33.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) the flow of charge (b) the push of a cell (c) current (d) energy used each second
- 34.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 35.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the length of a wire (c) the colour of light (d) energy used each second
- 36.🧮 Resistors of 68 Ω, 220 Ω, 20 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.True or false: a buzzer stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📏 Which unit measures power? (a) ampere (A) (b) volt (V) (c) ohm (Ω) (d) watt (W)
- 39.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 11 Ω resistor? (a) red-brown-black (b) brown-brown-brown (c) brown-red-black (d) brown-brown-black
- 40.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a fuse (b) an LED (c) a resistor (d) a motor
Answer key
- 12
- bigger
- the push of a cell
- 2
- volt (V)
- 371
- 6
- 0.2
- 100
- False
- leave fridge door open
- I = V ÷ R
- R = V ÷ I
- 408
- 29000
- 2
- the one nearest an end
- 1.85
- True
- smooths a wobbly supply
- 2.2
- how much a part resists
- 1
- 0.25
- 8
- 3
- 7.5
- 50
- gets smaller
- motor
- stores a little charge
- LDR
- energy used each second
- cathode (−)
- energy used each second
- 358
- False
- watt (W)
- brown-brown-black
- a motor
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