Tech Bowl Flashcards

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