Technology Bowl

What is the unit of electrical resistance?

Another name for a town house is:

What device produces power by means of a chemical reaction?

Which federal organization describes its mission as "protecting the electromagnetic spectrum?"

Which TSA officer acts as a doorkeeper for the organization?

Which sawing tool is designed for metal cutting?

The flow (rate) of electricity is measured in:

In a drawing, all points about an object that can't be indicated on the drawing are given as

What was name of the first camera?

What is the measure of potential difference in electricity?

Most training in industry is done

Originally, many people thought of the car as a

What is the refrigerant frequently used in electric cooling units?

A hand tool used to cut curves in wood or plastic is:

A t-square is used to draw _ lines

What is the typical alternating current voltage from a wall receptacle in the US and Canada?

pouring a fluid into a mold and allowing it to solidify and to take the shape of the mold.

What year was the first space shuttle launched?

An opening with a collection of wedged shaped pieces held together by pressure on one another

Another name for a transportation device is a(n):

TSA officer that presides over meetings

In house construction, which of the following is the normal spacing of studs in a house frame?

In telephone switching equipment, a PBX is a(n):

Wankel engines are also known as _ Engines

What is a linear element used to span a gap between two supports?

In a maglev rail system, there is no physical contact between the train and the guideway (T/F)

Through what nuclear process does an atom bomb work?

What are two ways to form metals?

Drawing used to show location of heating, cooling, and AC units with ductwork and piping?

What type of map shows geographic regions by means of contour lines and symbols?

What is mixed with the gasoline fuel for two-cycle engines?

Who is the person that recommends a possible solution in a labor dispute?

A rough solution used to help move cargo in a pipeline.

What is a process used to harden ceramic materials?

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

A safety air cushion alternative to the seat belt for protection of passengers in a car?

The process of making a latent image on film visible.

MIPS (common speed measurement for computers) stands for

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

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

The first natural magnets were known as:

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

What is the weight of a force exerted on a structure by objects not part of that structure?

The power of eminent domain means that the government can:

Who was the first person to hear a human voice transmitted by the telephone?

Skylab (first US space station) still orbits the Earth today (t/f?)

The ASA number for camera film is the film's:

What is the set of lines in drafting called?

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

Manually operating device for opening and closing an electrical circuit?

The brake system of a car is a(n) _ process.

An aircraft without an engine?

The wheel in a two-gear train has 48 teeth and the pinion has 20 teeth. Ratio of gear train?

1949 Cambridge team developed the first large-scale computer to store its own programs called?

The ___________ of an object is how an object looks.

What device measures the speed of the engine's rotating motion?

The ___ of a line is calculated by the difference in y divided by the difference in x

A common use of _________ is to measure cylindrical objects.

What TSA color represents "the sincerity of CTE in obtaining knowledge of technological world?"

What is the ability of a material to return to its original length known as?

A measure of the amount of matter an object contains is the object's:

Reprinted artwork that is to be cut and pasted-up to complete a mechanical is:

Items that can be traced back to living things.

What does CEO stand for

Metal conducts electricity better as it becomes:

Around 2500 BC, the earliest form of paper was made from the papyrus plant by the:

The resistive force between two surfaces.

TSA Officer that keeps records of all funds and meets financial obligations

_ ask customers questions about products they use.

A ____ system moves people or freight from a point origin to a point of destination.

What publication does TSA reference for Parliamentary Procedure?

The three main sources of oil are tar sands, oil pockets, and oil _

_ costs include buildings, utilities, office supplies, taxes, and advertising.

Determined by # of turns of wire, current in coil, core material, and ratio of diameter:length

A two terminal device which permits current to flow in only one direction?

Vector processing is measured in:

Studs in residential construction are typically placed 16" OR ______" apart

The wearing away of the land through wind, water, glaciers, and the pull of gravity

Which inventor created the first practical calculating machine in 1642?

The light sensitive layer on film is the:

In what year did this student organization change its name to TSA?

The protective shield around the Earth that absorbs ultraviolet radiation is the:

What is a rounded part on a object that makes a smooth transition from one surface to another?

Which instrument measure electrical current

Floating objects won't sink unless force exerted by itself is _ the force exerted by the liquid

An airplane has lift b/c

A wide-flange steel beam is:

A power conditioning and supply system that affords protection against short-term power outages

The rate of oscillation of a wave is referred to as its:

_ supplement graphics, dimensions, and eliminate the necessity of repetitive dimensions.

Another name for bulk cargo is:

Process of controlling friction to reduce wear of surfaces in rubbing contact with each other?

Soldering, welding, and _ are the three ways to join metals together.

Mining operation is done when coal is no deeper than 120 ft.

The manufacture and distribution of goods by society is:

What's a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments at different air pressures?

What is a combination of CAD and CAM systems?

The way a surface looks or feels is its:

Who is often credited as the "founder" of nanotechnology?

A substance which speeds up the curing of a compound when added in quantity is a(n):

A/an _____ drawing shows two or more different views drawn at right angles to one another

Four types of TSA membership

550 ft-lb / sec is equal to

Toothed wheels used to transmit power between components of a machine.

People who buy and use products

What is the lining of a door or window called?

What official TSA color represents the strength and determination of CTE to obtain their goal?

CD Player Problem when jarred suddenly, the optical pickup is thrown out of position

Human speech can be divided into a set of discrete sounds known as

The supports at the ends of bridges are called:

A fine material carried high in the air and deposited far from its place of origin is known as:

Which TSA officer is concerned primarily with membership?

The profit made after expenses is _ profit

In 1979, where was the nuclear power plant near-accident in Pennsylvania?

The three major classifications of water transportation vehicles are:

The number of ____ of freedom for a robot is given by the number of directions of movement.

When a river has a portion that bends too much for large water vessels to pass, a _ is made

How many officers serve on an officer team?

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

A process used to find new ideas and develop them into successful products.

In house design, a(n) _ is a quiet room where a person goes to study, read, write, and relax.

Tool with single steel cutting edge beveled and used to trim material from wood