TSA Tech Bowl

What value is measured in ohms?

Resistance

"Techne" is a Greek word that means what?

Art

What tool was used to design the first Boeing 707 airplane?

Slide Rule

Which answer best describes the type of decisions engineers make?

How to make things

What is "capital"?

Money, credit, or property

Which car company makes robots?

Honda

What is the benefit of pasteurization?

Safe, wholesome milk

The smallest possible piece of binary code is _____.

Bit

The code of 1's and 0's that computers use is called _____.

Binary

The gear is based on which simple machine?

Wheel and axle

One tiny dot of light on a video image is known as a _____.

Pixel

Engineers who cannot find the reason for a malfunction may turn to _____.

Troubleshooting

A(n) _____ drawing looks realistic and has a vanishing point.

Perspective

_____ are vertical wall supports.

Studs

Where is national TSA's headquarters located?

Reston, VA

The gavel is the symbol of what office?

President

What color represents "strength and determination of the technology education students and teachers to obtain their goals."?

Scarlet

"The sincerity of technology education students and teachers in obtaining a greater knowledge of our technical world," is represented by what color?

Navy

What year did AIASA change its name to TSA?

1988

What does AIASA stand for?

American Industrial Arts Student Association

What is the name of a negatively charged particle?

Electron

What is the name of a positively charged particle?

Proton

What is the name of a particle with no charge?

neutron

What is the shape of the curve in DNA?

Double helix

What type of electrical power is produced by a dam that backs up river water into a lake?

Hydroelectric

______________ is a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments containing air at different pressures.

Airlock

A(n) ____________ is used to transfer a boat from one level of a waterway to another level.

Lock

A graphic means of describing a sequence of steps in a process is a(n):

Flowchart

This type of mining operation is done when the coal is relatively near the surface of the earth (no deeper than 120 feet).

Strip Mining

Artificial limb technology by the interaction of medical science and engineering:

Prosthetics

Studs in residential construction are normally placed how far apart?

16 in on center

What is the set of lines in drafting called?

Alphabet of lines

The main purpose of the ____________ system is to reduce friction.

Lubricating

The wearing away of the land from the actions of wind, water, glaciers, and from the pull of gravity is called:

Erosion

A _____ is a simple, rapidly drawn design of initial ideas.

Thumbnail sketches

The manufacture and distribution of goods by society is:

Trade

A wide-flange steel beam is:

I type

Conduction, convection, and radiation are the three ways that ___________ can be transferred.

Heat

What year was the first space shuttle launched?

1981

Which instrument measures electrical current?

Ammeter

What is the measure of potential difference in electricity?

Voltage

Originally, many people thought of the car as a:

Horseless Carriage

What is the 2017-2018 National TSA theme?

Celebration of Success

Where will the 2018 National conference be held?

Atlanta, GA

What color represents "our high standards morals, and religious beliefs we hold."

White

What is the TSA motto?

Learning to Lead in a Technical World

According to the TSA creed I believe there is need for the development of good attitudes concerning what five things?

Work, tools, materials, experimentation, and processes of industry

Who is the TSA executive director?

Rosanne T. White

Who is the TSA national adviser?

Mary Jo Patterson

What is the name for the trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases?

Greenhouse effect

What is a closed loop through which an electric current can flow?

Circuit

What Kuiper belt object that was once classified as a planet is now classified as a dwarf plant?

Pluto

What is the name of the simple machine consisting of bar resting on a fulcrum?

Lever

What is the resistance to change in motion called?

Inertia

What kind of robot has a body shape designed to somewhat resemble a human body?

Humanoid robot

What is the process of creating resistance in the body by stimulating the production of antibodies?

immunization /

vaccination

What is the name for a material that resists the flow of electricity, such as rubber?

Insulator

What is the name for the art of writing and deciphering secret codes?

Cryptography

What are the two types of static forces?

Tension and compression

As a light beam passes from one medium to another its speed changed causing the path of the light beam to change. What is this phenomenon called?

Refraction

What is the most common type of evidence found at most crime scenes? A) blood, B) hair, C) fiber, D) powder

Fiber

Which TSA chapter officer's duty is to ensure the chapter has a strong membership, a good work program and is alert to the welfare of the chapter?

Vice President

What property of wave is measured in Hertz or the number of cycles per second?

Frequency

In computer science, what does the term RAM stand for?

random access memory

What is the name for one billion watts?

gigawatt

What is the name for force applied through turning or twisting motion?

Torque

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, for her work in radioactivity?

Marie Curie

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

What is the acronym for Radio detection and ranging?

RADAR

When the air moving over an air foil moves faster than the air moving under the airfoil, _what_ occurs?

Lift

What is the most common element on Earth?

Hydrogen

What branch of mathematics was invented independently by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz?

Calculus

What are sections of non-coding DNA called?

junk DNA

What does SCUBA stand for?

Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

The three basic families of materials are metals, polymers and ___?

ceramics

Which TSA office's symbol is the Beacon Tower?

Reporter

What is the filing of a right or title to an invention that gives the owner the sole right to make, use, or sell the invention?

Patent

What is the term for a single particle of light?

Photon

What is the name for the height of an object in relation to a known level, such as sea or ground level?

Altitude

What is the acronym for Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation?

Laser

What are two or more atoms that are linked together by chemical bonds called?

Molecule

What type of technical sketch shows as many as 6 views of an object from different sides?

orthographic or orthographic projection or multiview

Models which are exact representations of the final product in every way are known as ____________.

Prototypes

What is the name of the robot company that manufactures the NAO (pronounced now) and Pepper humanoid robots? It is named after the brightest star in the Taurus constellation.

Aldebaran

What is the shape of the path of a projectile?

Parabola

How many satellites are required for a GPS system to get a position in three dimensions?

4

What is a metal produced by the combination of two or more metals?

Alloy

According to Ohm's Law, what is voltage equal to?

current times resistance or the product of current and resistance or V=IR

What was TSA known as before its name change in 1988?

AIASA (American Industrial Arts Student Association)

"Little Boy" and "Fat man" were code names for what kind of weapons?

Atomic Bombs

What is the term for a system that consists of manufacturer, to wholesaler, to retailer, to consumer?

supply chain

What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?

212 degrees

What is the agency created by congress in 1933 to build dams for flood control and produce power and energy for this area?

TVA/ TN Valley Authority

What does the acronym ANSI stand for?

American National Standards Institute

What is the name for energy sources that were formed over millions of years by heat and pressure being applied to dead plants and animals?

fossil fuels

This best defines a limit on a product's design:

Constraint

Modifying an existing product is called _____.

Innovation

The first step in undertaking a problem is writing a problem _____.

Statement

What kind of drawing should be packed with the contents of a desk that has been purchased and

must be put together?

An assembly drawing

Who would be most likely to use a schematic drawing?

An electrician