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.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a fuse (b) a motor (c) an LED (d) a resistor
- 2.🔺 A current of 1 A flows when 3 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 3.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.What does a capacitor do? (a) makes a beeping sound (b) is a resistance knob (c) glows using little power (d) stores a little charge
- 5.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 6.What does an LDR do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) senses how bright it is (c) stores a little charge (d) limits the current
- 7.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 4 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 10.🧮 A 150 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)?
- 11.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows when 13.2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 12.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 12 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 13.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures current? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 14.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 300 Ω resistor to a 5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 15.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 150 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 16.💡 An LED is joined to a 9 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 17.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets smaller (b) gets bigger (c) becomes zero (d) stays the same
- 18.🧾 A 500 W appliance runs for 10 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 19.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 100 Ω resistor to a 3.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 20.🔺 A current of 3 A flows through a 4 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 21.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the colour of light (c) the length of a wire (d) energy used each second
- 22.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find R? (a) R = I ÷ V (b) R = V + I (c) R = V × I (d) R = V ÷ I
- 23.True or false: the voltmeter measures current. (a) False (b) True
- 24.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 150 Ω resistor to a 4.25 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, violet, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🧮 A 9 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 10 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 28.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to leave the TV on standby? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 29.True or false: a resistor limits the current. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) unplug idle chargers (b) use LED lamps (c) set the AC to 24 °C (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 31.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.True or false: to use LED lamps wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.True or false: a buzzer makes a beeping sound. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) the widest gap (c) any band (d) the one nearest an end
- 37.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 38.True or false: the voltmeter measures voltage. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔺 A current of 0.5 A flows when 6 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- a motor
- 3
- 1.2
- stores a little charge
- voltmeter
- senses how bright it is
- 920
- 7600
- 0.75
- 200
- 330
- 18
- ammeter
- 10
- 3
- lights up
- gets smaller
- 5
- 15
- 12
- energy used each second
- R = V ÷ I
- False
- 15
- 8600
- 2700
- 0.5
- wastes electricity
- True
- iron one shirt at a time
- 4
- False
- 110
- 3
- True
- the one nearest an end
- 1
- True
- 12
- 91
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