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 current of 2 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 2.📏 How many kilowatts (kW) is 3500 W? =
- 3.🧾 A 40 W filament bulb is swapped for a 6 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 6 hours. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 4.What does a buzzer do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) stores a little charge (c) makes things spin (d) smooths a wobbly supply
- 5.⚡ A device works on 6 V and takes 1.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 6.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = I ÷ V (b) P = V + I (c) P = V × I (d) P = V ÷ I
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93000 Ω resistor? (a) white-orange-yellow (b) white-orange-orange (c) white-orange-red (d) orange-white-orange
- 8.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined in series? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 9.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 10.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) thermistor (b) motor (c) resistor (d) LED
- 11.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 12.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 200 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 13.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.True or false: how much a part resists is measured in ohms (Ω). (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) always zero
- 17.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 18.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, current is like … (a) a narrow pipe (b) the pipe colour (c) the water pressure (d) the flow of water
- 19.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, resistance is like … (a) the water pressure (b) a narrow pipe (c) a bigger tank (d) the flow of water
- 20.True or false: the ammeter is joined across a part. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 22.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 1024 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) 10
- 23.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 2 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 24.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 25.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 90 Ω resistor? (a) brown-black-black (b) brown-white-black (c) white-black-black (d) white-black-brown
- 26.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 27.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 10 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 28.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 20 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 29.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the one nearest an end (c) the widest gap (d) the gold band
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.⚡ Power tells us … (a) energy used each second (b) the size of a cell (c) the length of a wire (d) the colour of light
- 33.💡 An LED is joined to a 6 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) lights up (c) does not light
- 34.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 300 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.⚡ A device works on 9 V and takes 0.25 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 36.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 37.🔺 A 0.6 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 38.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) resistance (b) voltage (c) the flow of charge (d) power
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the anode (+). (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 40
- 3.5
- 204
- beeps for an alarm
- 9
- P = V × I
- white-orange-orange
- ammeter
- 2.4
- resistor
- cathode (−)
- 8
- 1
- 45
- True
- less than either one
- 20
- the flow of water
- a narrow pipe
- False
- 4
- 1000
- 460
- 5
- white-black-black
- 4.5
- 0.2
- 5
- the one nearest an end
- 1.1
- 1.25
- energy used each second
- may burn out
- 15
- 2.25
- 50
- 0.1
- resistance
- 390
- True
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