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What official TSA color represents "the strength and determination of the technology education students and teachers to obtain their goal?
Scarlet
What device produces power by means of a chemical reaction?
Battery
What is the process of controlling friction to reduce the wear of surfaces in rubbing contact with each other?
Lubricating
What is mixed with the gasoline fuel for two-cycle engines?
Lubricating Oil
What is the measure of potential difference in electricity?
Voltage
Originally, many people thought of the car as a:
Horseless Carriage
Which instrument measures electrical current?
Ammeter
What is a rounded part on an object that makes smooth transition from one surface to another?
Fillet
Skylab, the first US space station, still orbits the Earth today. (T/F)
False
In house construction, which of the following is the normal spacing of studs in a house frame?
16" on center
______________ is a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments containing air at different pressures.
Airlock
MIPS, a common speed measurement for computers, stands for:
Millions of Instructions per Second
Human speech can be divided into a set of discrete sounds known as:
Phonemes
What is the typical alternating current voltage from a wall receptacle in the United States and Canada?
110V
In a drawing, all the points about an object that cannot be indicated on the drawing are given as:
Specifications
In business jargon, what does CEO stand for?
Chief Executive Officer
What is a manually operating device for opening and closing an electrical circuit?
Switch
Which federal organization describes its mission as "protecting the electromagnetic spectrum?"
FCC
______________ is a process used to find new ideas and develop them into successful products.
Research and Development
The __________ of a line can be easily calculated by the difference in y-coordinates divided by the difference in x-coordinates.
Slope
Soldering, welding, and ___________ are the three ways to join metals together.
Brazing
Who was the first person to hear a human voice transmitted by the telephone?
Thomas Watson
____________ are people who buy and use products.
Consumers
What are two ways to form metals?
Casting and Forging
What are the four types of TSA membership?
Active, Alumni, Professional, Honorary/Honorary Life
What is the refrigerant frequently used in electric cooling units?
Freon
The three main sources of oil are tar sands, oil pockets, and oil _________.
Shale
Vector processing is measured in:
Megaflops
A common use of _________ is to measure cylindrical objects.
Calipers
Who is often credited as the "founder" of nanotechnology?
Richard Feynman
What is a combination of CAD and CAM systems?
CNC
The number of _________ of freedom for a robot is given by the number of directions of movement.
Degrees
A fine material carried high in the air and deposited far from its place of origin is known as:
Loess
How many officers serve on an officer team?
6
A(n) ___________ system moves people or freight from a point origin to a point of destination.
Transportation
In 1949, a Cambridge University team developed the world's first large-scale computer designed to store its own programs. What was its name?
Mark I
A substance which speeds up the curing of a compound when added in quantity is a(n):
Accelerator
A t-square is used to draw ___________ lines.
Horizontal
Most training in industry is done:
On the job
What publication does TSA reference for Parliamentary Procedure?
Roberts Rules of Order
Which of the following drawings is used to show the location of heating, cooling, and air conditioning units with their related ductwork and piping?
HVAC Drawing
What is the weight of a force exerted on a structure by objects not part of that structure?
Dead load
Wankel engines are also known as ___________ engines.
Rotary
The three major classifications of water transportation vehicles are:
Private, commercial, and leisure
A tool that has a single steel cutting edge beveled on one or both sides and is used to trim small pieces of material from wood is a(n):
Plane
The _____________ is determined by the number of turns of wire, the current in the wire coil, the core material, and the ratio of the coil diameter to the coil length.
Strength of an electromagnet
The ASA number for camera film is the film's:
Sensitivity to light
The profit that a company makes after expenses is _________ profit.
Net
What type of map shows geographic regions by means of contour lines and symbols?
Topographic
In telephone switching equipment, a PBX is a(n):
Public Branch Exchange
550 ft-lb/sec is equal to:
1 Horsepower
What official TSA color represents "the sincerity of the technology education students and teachers in obtaining a greater knowledge of our technological world?"
Navy
A(n) ___________ is a power conditioning and supply system that affords protection against short-term power outages.
Surge Protector
In house design, a(n) ___________ is a quiet room where a person goes to study, read, write, and relax.
Den
What year was the first space shuttle launched?
1981
_______________ is the process of making a latent image on film visible.
Developing
____________ is pouring a fluid into a mold and allowing it to solidify and to take the shape of the mold.
Casting
Who is the person that recommends a possible solution in a labor dispute?
Mediator
A wide-flange steel beam is:
I type
Conduction, convection, and radiation are the three ways that ___________ can be transferred.
Heat
The manufacture and distribution of goods by society is:
Trade
A _____ is a simple, rapidly drawn design of initial ideas.
Thumbnail sketch
What is another name for a safety air cushion developed as an alternative to the seat belt for protection of passengers in a car?
Airbag
__________ is the resistive force between two surfaces.
Friction
The wearing away of the land from the actions of wind, water, glaciers, and from the pull of gravity is called:
Erosion
What is a process used to harden ceramic materials?
Firing
The total profit made by a business is its:
Net profit
Reprinted artwork that is to be cut and pasted-up to complete a mechanical is:
Clip art
The first natural magnets were known as:
Lodestones
Which TSA officer is charged with keeping accurate records of all funds and seeing that all financial obligations are met promptly?
Treasurer
Which of the following is an aircraft without an engine?
Glider
Another name for a transportation device is a(n):
Vehicle
____________ are items that can be traced back to living things.
Organic Materials
Which TSA officer is charged with presiding over all regular and special meetings of the organization?
President
_____________ ask customers questions about products they use.
Consumer surveys
The light sensitive layer on film is the:
Emulsion
Which of the following is a two terminal device which permits current to flow in only one direction?
Diode
What is the lining of a door or window called?
Sill
The brake system of a car is a(n) __________ process.
Pneumatic
The main purpose of the ____________ system is to reduce friction.
Lubricating
A measure of the amount of matter an object contains is the object's:
Mass
__________ are used to supplement graphic information, dimensions, and to eliminate the necessity of repetitive dimensions.
Notes
The ___________ of an object is how an object looks.
Aesthetics
Which TSA officer acts as a doorkeeper for the organization?
Sergeant at Arms
The way a surface looks or feels is its:
Texture
An object floating in a liquid will not sink until the force exerted by the object ___________ the force exerted by the liquid.
Is greater than
A hand tool used to cut curves in wood or plastic is:
Coping saw
___________ is a rough solution used to help move cargo in a pipeline.
SLURRY
Through what nuclear process does an atom bomb work?
Nuclear fission
What was name of the first camera?
Camera obscura
Which TSA officer is concerned primarily with membership?
Vice President
What is the ability of a material to return to its original length known as?
Elasticity
The rate of oscillation of a wave is referred to as its:
Frequency
Metal conducts electricity better as it becomes:
Colder
What is a linear element used to span a gap between two supports?
Beam
A(n) ____________ is used to transfer a boat from one level of a waterway to another level.
Lock
In 1979, where was the nuclear power plant accident in Pennsylvania?
Three Mile Island
One problem with portable CD players is that when jarred suddenly, the optical pickup is thrown out of position. This problem is called:
Seeking
_________ include buildings, utilities, office supplies, taxes, and advertising.
Overhead costs
Around 2500 BC, the earliest form of paper was made from the papyrus plant by the:
Egyptians
