TSA MS Tech Bowl 26-27

Flashcard set to study for the TSA Middle School Tech Bowl event.

What does TSA stand for?

Technology Student Association

What is the official TSA motto?

Learning to Lead in a Technical World

What TSA color represents the strength and determination of students and teachers?

Scarlet

What TSA color represents sincerity and greater knowledge of our technical world?

Navy Blue

What TSA color represents high standards and a clean path of forward progress?

White

What is the official officer symbol of the TSA President?

Gavel

What is the official officer symbol of the TSA Vice President?

Star

What is the official officer symbol of the TSA Secretary?

Pen

What is the official officer symbol of the TSA Treasurer?

Balanced Budget

What is the official officer symbol of the TSA Reporter?

Beacon Tower

What is the official officer symbol of the TSA Sergeant-at-Arms?

Hearty Handshake

Where is the National TSA Headquarters located?

Reston Virginia

In what year did AIASA change its name to TSA?

1988

What did AIASA originally stand for?

American Industrial Arts Student Association

What parliamentary manual is used to govern TSA business meetings?

Robert's Rules of Order

What membership type is given to full-time student members currently enrolled in technology programs?

Active

What membership type is given to past TSA members who want to support the association?

Alumni

What membership type is given to teachers and advisors who promote TSA goals?

Professional

What special membership type is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to TSA?

Honorary Life

What does CAP stand for in relation to TSA chapter enrollment?

Chapter Affiliation Program

What type of motion brings new business before an assembly?

Main Motion

What is a modification or change made directly to a main motion called?

Primary Amendment

What term describes when a member has formal recognition from the chair to speak?

Have the floor

What is the official term for the written records of a chapter meeting?

Minutes

Which officer is responsible for receiving and administering chapter funds?

Treasurer

Which officer keeps accurate and proper records of all business and correspondence?

Secretary

Which officer works with school and community media to publish chapter news?

Reporter

Which officer presides over meetings and uses the gavel?

President

Which officer is responsible for building a strong membership and work program?

Vice President

Which officer assists in maintaining order and sets up the meeting room?

Sergeant-at-Arms

What Middle School TSA event involves utilizing maps and geographic data to solve problems?

Geospatial Technology

What STEM competition under TSA allows students to apply math and science to everyday engineering challenges?

TEAMS

What summer program funded by the US Army Research Office encourages technology exploration?

UNITE

What is the official publication of TSA that is published three times a year?

School Scene

In what year was AIASA officially established as an independent organization?

1978

What government entity recognized AIASA as the official vocational student organization for industrial arts in 1978?

US Office of Education

What is the standard power source used for competitive model cars in TSA dragster events?

CO2 Cartridge

How many middle school competitions does National TSA offer in the current guide?

37

What is the minimum power plant safety zone thickness for a Metric 500 model car?

3mm

What competition limits its main written essay requirement to 3 pages?

Technical Report Writing

General architectural and mechanical are the primary categories for which drawing competition?

CADD

What type of educational organization is TSA classified as?

Vocational Student Organization

Which association creates environments for past members to develop leadership and network?

National TSA Alumni Association

Which organizational level has the authority to alter event requirements for local conferences?

State Delegation

For which final conference is the eligibility chart in the Competitive Events Guide applicable?

National Conference

Which tool measures electrical current in an active circuit?

Ammeters

What is the standard unit used to measure electrical resistance?

Ohms

What is the measure of potential difference or electrical pressure?

Voltage

What law states that voltage equals current multiplied by resistance (V = I * R)?

Ohm's Law

What is the standard unit of measurement for electrical power?

Watt

What terminal electronic device permits current to flow in only one direction?

Diode

What did Kammerlingh Onnes discover in 1911 that conducts electricity with zero resistance?

Superconductor

What is a continuous flow of electric charge in motion referred to as?

Current

What electrical property is calculated by multiplying resistance by current squared?

Power

What is another name for an intrinsic conductor that has intermediate electrical conductivity?

Semiconductor

Which Italian scientist developed the first chemical battery?

Alessandro Volta

What term describes electrical charges that are collected and at rest?

Electrostatic

What does the electrical acronym DC stand for?

Direct Current

What does the electrical acronym AC stand for?

Alternating Current

P-type semiconductors have an abundance of what specific charge carriers?

Positive

Who discovered that electric currents deflect a compass needle showing the link to magnetism?

Hans Christian Oersted

What is the typical standard AC voltage supplied to a standard US wall receptacle?

110V

What base-2 numbering system uses only bits of zeros and ones to represent computer data?

Binary

What is the smallest unit of data in a computer system?

Bit

How many bits make up a single byte?

Byte

What data unit consists of exactly 1024 bytes?

Kilobyte

What acronym stands for Uniform Resource Locator?

URL

What do the letters WWW stand for in a web address?

World Wide Web

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

Tim Berners-Lee

What computing acronym stands for Millions of Instructions per Second?

MIPS

What computer encoding scheme is designed to support all modern written languages?

Unicode

What is a multi-sector unit storage space on a computer disk called?

Cluster

What is a popular cross-platform graphic file format that stands for Tagged Image File Format?

TIFF

What does DMA stand for when transferring data between memory and devices without a CPU?

Direct Memory Access

What document language do web clients interpret to display hypertext web pages?

HTML

What type of legacy monitor can access 4-bit video when operating at 640x480 resolution?

VGA

What piece of hardware modulates and demodulates signals for telecommunication?

Modem

Name an early proprietary networking protocol suite developed by Apple for Mac computers?

AppleTalk

What is the primary protocol suite used to route data across the global Internet?

TCP/IP

What is the process of inspecting products to ensure they meet standards and requirements?

Quality Control

What is the technical name for vertical framing wall supports in building construction?

Studs

What is the standard spacing distance for studs inside a conventional house frame?

16 inches on center

To what structural board material is outside siding material attached?

Sheathing

What heavy material is most commonly used to surface modern high-speed highways?

Concrete

Generally speaking what is the least expensive transport method to move large volume goods?

Water

What term describes large horizontal steel beams used to reinforce and support wide buildings?

Girders

What engineered triangular framework elements are used to support roofs and bridges?

Trusses

What curved structural form handles high compression load without using a membrane covering?

Archway

In what global city is the tallest building in the world located?

Dubai

What common height characteristic do the five tallest buildings in the US share?

Greater than 1000 feet

What type of drawing looks highly realistic because it fades toward a vanishing point?

Perspective

What is a rounded part on an object that creates a smooth transition between two surfaces?

Fillet

What type of engineering drawing uses flat 2D views to represent a 3D object?

Orthographic Projection

How many distinct views are typically needed to fully describe a cylinder in orthographic projection?

Two

What is the intersection point where parallel lines appear to converge in a perspective drawing?

Vanishing Point

What term describes the ratio of the size of a drawing to the size of the actual object?

Scale

What is the process of adding measurements notes and annotations to a technical drawing?

Dimensioning

What is the total permissible amount that a specific measurement is allowed to vary?

Tolerance

What drawing view reveals internal structural details by showing an object sliced open?

Sectional View

What lines are used on topographic maps to connect points of equal elevation?

Isolines