TSA Technology Bowl

What type of air transportation is usually seen providing aerial views of popular sports games, such as football, golf, and baseball?

Blimp

What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's total)?

United States

William Kamkwamba utilized what energy source that brought electricity and running water to his neighborhood?

Wind

The most powerful hydroelectric project in the world is:

China's Three Gorges Dam

A space shuttle's control surfaces are used to control what three movements?

Roll, Pitch, and Yaw

What agency creates and enforces safety and performance standards for vehicles and related equipment?

NHTSA -National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Applying the brakes in a car is an example of what vehicle subsystem?

Control

What type of current can be stepped-down through transformers to be at a safe level for residential housing?

Alternating, AC

Energy produced from the pedals on a bicycle is moved via this process to the rear wheel.

Mechanical Transmission

A helicopter has how many degrees of freedom?

Three

Batteries are identified as what type of energy converter?

Chemical

List the steps of a four-step engine operation.

Intake, Compression, Power, Exhaust

In 1919, the American scientist Robert H. Goddard designed the first _____.

Liquid-fuelled rocket

Road signs and warning signs are an example of which vehicular system?

Guidance

A type of nuclear reaction, which naturally occurs on the Sun is called _____.

Nuclear fusion

A wind turbine converts this type of energy into electrical energy.

Mechanical

Kinetic energy depends on these two variables.

Mass and velocity

This German aerospace engineer developed the design for delta wing aircraft.

Alexander Lippisch

The law of Conservation of Energy states that _____.

Energy can never be created nor destroyed.

What three countries have launched humans into space?

U.S., Russia, China

The first commercial fluorescent lamp was introduced by which company?

General Electric

This is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train that moves under a car that drives under an airplane.

Boston University Bridge

Which American President championed the formation of the interstate highway system?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Guinness World Records has declared this city's metro system as the world's longest fully automated metro network -- spanning at 75 kilometres (47 mi).

Dubai Metro

Geocaching uses what device to send and receive signals with satellites?

GPS-Global Positioning System

Maverick, along with Snow Leopard and Lion are examples of_____.

Operating systems

Recently, most computers have developed faster USBs. What does USB stand for?

Universal Serial Bus

What is the method of printing that involves the use of a negative, photographic coating, and light to expose the image?

Offset lithography

The Apple iPhone 5s utilizes what new security feature on its home button?

Fingerprint recognition

Used in movies, video games, and commercials, this is the application of static or dynamic graphics to contribute to images or scenes.

CGI-Computer Generated Imagery

2D CAD drawings can be made into a solid through the technique of _____.

Extruding

You open a line drawing and zoom in very close to one area, but the image does not become pixilated. What was used to draw this image?

Vectors

The balance between which two functions of a camera will produce a perfectly exposed photo?

Shutter speed and Aperture

What is the first step in the communication process?

Encoding

Which type of sketch is the most realistic and represents what the eye actually sees?

Perspective, pictorial

12. What does Yahoo stand for?

Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

Making a product that will soon become outdated in order for consumers to buy more is called _____.

planned obsolescence

What do Hewlett Packard, Google, and Apple have in common?

They were all started in garages.

What domain name was registered on February 14, 2005?

Youtube.com

The first mouse - a wooden shell with two metal wheels - was invented by whom in 1963?

Douglas Engelbart

Originally a printed book seller company, now this company sells more e-books than printed books.

Amazon

Who coined the phrase World Wide Web?

Tim Berners-Lee

Which single word, representing a letter in the old phonetic alphabet, as well as a man's name, is frequently used by military members to mean "I hear you"?

Roger

In military communication, despite their frequent misuse in movies and on TV, which two procedure words (prowords) are NEVER to be said together, since they have conflicting meanings?

Over and out

According to TVGuide.com, this show was the most-watched show of the 2012-13 TV season?

NCIS

The world is home to over seven billion people, one-third of whom use the Internet. What percentage of the world's Internet users are under 25?

45%

What type of radiation do mobile phones use?

Electromagnetic

What is the process for making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many successive thin layers of a material?

3D Printing

The beginning of agriculture started around 3500 BC, when humans learned about planting and harvesting. This marked the period of the _____ Age.

Bronze

The three main goals of medical technology are to _____, _____, _____.

Prevent, diagnose and treat

What alternative fuel, commonly made from corn, can be used to power gasoline engines?

Ethanol

Invented in 1819, this device allows doctors to detect bodily sounds, such as a heartbeat.

Stethoscope

Jane Poynter and seven other people lived in a 3-acre terrarium for two years to see if selfsustaining colonies could be possible in outer space. This terrarium is an example of what kind of ecosystem?

Artificial

A series of phases used to determine if a new drug is effective and safe for the general public is known as a _____.

Clinical test

Paul Berg was the first person to use this technique to develop the first recombinant DNA molecules in 1972.

Gene-splicing

Sawmills depend on this special type of agriculture for their products.

Forestry

This technology is used to produce a visual record of the heart's electrical activity.

Electrocardiograph or EKG

What is the process developed in Egypt and Mesopotamia that involved redirecting water from the Nile to crops?

Irrigation

What part of a combine removes the grain from the crop?

Thresher

Developed in 2000, this robotic medical assistant helps surgeons perform surgeries with more accuracy and the elimination of shaking hands.

Da Vinci

Two desirable parts of DNA can be combined by _____.

Gene splicing

Heat treatment used to destroy pathogens in food is known as a(n) _____.

Pasteurization

Creating replacements for human body parts is called _____.

Bionics

Human exposure to radiation is measured in a unit called _____.

REM, or Roentgen Equivalent Man

Covering over 3,400 square miles, this was the world's first ever national park.

Yellowstone National Park

Identify three of the top five countries that planted biotech crops in 2012:

U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and India

Who invented both the ion microscope and the field-emission microscope?

Erwin W. Muller

What percentage of water does the body contain?

Approximately 70%

What percentage of the United States workforce is employed in agriculture?

17%

What agricultural product is used in the production of crayons?

Soybeans

Every _____, 15 million blood cells are destroyed in the human body.

Second

Heart valves from what animals are used to replace damaged or diseased human heart valves?

Hogs/pigs

Used on many milling machines and calipers, the DRO is a precise measuring tool. What does DRO stand for?

Digital Read Out

What is a polishing tool made from materials like garnet, aluminum oxide, and silicon carbide?

Abrasive, sandpaper

If a general contractor accepts a stipulated-sum contract with an owner, he has agreed to what type of constraint?

Financial

This product, developed in the early 2000's, was designed to save a machine operator's hand if the hand were to come in contact with a blade.

SawStop

Neoprene, a material used in the development of a dry suit, can be stretched to twice its length and then return to its original shape. Neoprene is classified as a _____.

Elastomer

Developing and building cabinets to fit existing conditions of a business is an example of what type of manufacturing?

Custom

To become suitable for framing, lumber goes through a kiln-drying process that reduces the moisture in the wood to 19%. This process of manufacturing is called _____.

Conditioning

Secondary processing is a type of manufacturing that changes the form of materials into useable products. Name three of the six secondary processes.

Casting and molding, forming, separating, conditioning, assembling, finishing

In building a home to take advantage of passive solar energy, which direction should the majority of the home's windows be facing?

South

When measuring the width of a 2x4 for wall framing, what is the actual dimension?

3 1/2

What type of law restricts the building of a fast food restaurant near a house?

Zoning

IKEA is known for exploded view, step-by-step instructions of products. What kind of a drawing does this involve?

Assembly

In construction, what structural component stretches from one wall to another in order to support floors and ceilings?

Joists

What type of manufacturing system requires the greatest division of labor?

Continuous, or mass production

In construction, the material that is used to help prevent heat passage is _____.

Insulation

What architect is known for using the phrase "form follows function"?

Louis Sullivan

What company controls over 20% of the market share for 3D printers and is based in Brooklyn, New York?

Makerbot

At .8 of a mile, this bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the United States.

Verrazano- Narrows Bridge - NYC

This construction project, considered an engineering icon, was the world's largest privately funded construction project when it was built in the 1970s, at a cost of $8 billion.

Trans Alaska Pipeline System

This building is the tallest building in the western hemisphere.

The Willis Tower in Chicago

What country overtook the U.S. as the world's largest manufacturing nation in 2010, even though the production margin between the two countries is razor-thin?

China

This term is used to define a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources - for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer - to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination.

Lean manufacturing, lean enterprise, or lean production, often simply, "lean"

Stopping a line automatically when a defective part is detected is referred to as _____.

Autonomation

What is the term that describes the area between insulation facing and the interior of exterior wall coverings? Normally, the area is a 1" gap.

Air space

Scrap, waste, and pollution from a technological system reflect what type of output?

Undesirable

Scrap, waste, and pollution from a technological system reflect what type of output?

Undesirable

The USPS requires people to drive trucks and assist people, using packing materials and funding from the government to run effectively. These requirements are referred to as _____.

System inputs

Baseball players use bats to play their sport. What class of simple machines does this involve?

Third class lever