TSA Quiz Bowl

Barges are pushed by:

A corporation's name and how it will be financed is found in the:

What type of process requires the metal to be heated until it becomes malleable?

What is the height of a wave?

Tape, staples, and thumbtacks are:

In 1779, the first iron bridge was made in what country?

Which of the following is the most powerful internal combustion engine?

The angle of the gblade of a propellor is called its:

The first structure with steel frame was built in Chicago in 1885. What is that structure?

An equal mixture of the primary colors of light yields:

A(n) __________ is a large cargo storage area on a ship.

What are the two principle ways of cooling an internal combustion engine?

What is type of the same style and size called?

What high-level programming language was developed for the US Department of Defense?

An alternator generates ______ by rotating a loop of wire between poles of a permanent magnet.

A simplified picture used to represent an object is a drawing is a(n)?

What is the central voussoir at an arch's apex that locks the arch and makes it strong?

Barges are pushed by:

These are usually used to transport gases and liquids.

What is the basic principle behind rocket propulsion?

The orbit of planet is _________ in shape.

DC and AC Stand for:

In a manufacturing environment, what does CNC stand for?

Beam, arch, and suspension are teh three types of.

The process of adding impurities to a crystal is:

What type of water vehicle has "wings" to produce lift to raise its hull out of the water?

A longitudinal section of a house runs the ____________ of the building.

If an airplane is going three times the speed of sound, it is going:

______________________ is a device for receiving and transmitting radio waves.

A(n) ______ section shows the construction to be used for the wall of a house.

What is the unit of electrical power?

A(n) _____ is an incoming frequency received by a satellite.

What does LCD stand for?

A simplified picture used to represent an object in a drawing is a(n):

What was the first company to broadcast television signals?

What type of process forms materials above their recrystalization point?

What is the unit of measurement by which electric bills are calculated?

A jointer will machine a surface so that it is:

In 1948, the transistor was invented by:

Which of the following is considerd the hardest part to design on a portable computer?

Electronic mail services are commonly called:

When in space, the ________ of an object remains the same.

What are the three freedoms of movement for an aircraft?

The _____ is the  metal strip in a DC motor that picks up the current.

What is a system of two or more devices linked together for the purpose of sharing information?

A(n) _____ is a type of porch that extends into space and often is unsupported from the ground.

Which of the following objects bends light?

On a disk, a multi-sector unit is a(n):

An intrinsic condutor is also known as a(n)?

The information carrying capacity of a communications channel is its:

What is a common way to prevent a beam bridge from bending?

What is the only language a computer understands?

____________ is an array of bits, each corresponding to one dot on the page.

A way of determining the relative spatial location of points on/near the surface of the earth.

Which of the following scientists discovered that lightning is a form of electricity?

What is a charged atom called?

'Big Blue' is a nickname for what computer company?

In the 20th century, R. Buckminiter Fuller invtented the:

At sea level, 761.5 mph is said to be:

Forcing ink through an image stencil is ______ printing.

What are hard substances used for rubbing off material from softer workpieces called?

What type of fonts does not have serifs?

Vegetable, mineral, and oil are types of:

What are the particles of black powder in a photocopying machine?

The orbit of a plant is  ________ in shape?

___is the technology of electronics used in aircraft communications,navigation,and flight mngmt

P-type semiconductors have an abundance of _________ charge carriers.

How many bits are in a byte?

A(n) ____ monitor can access 4 bit video when it operates at a resolutoin of 640x480 or less.

___ is the joining of 2 pieces of metal by melting a third metal into the gap bewteen 1 and 2

An alternator generates ____by rotating a loop of wire between the poles of a permanent magnet.

What are teh number of principal views of an object?

Whats name for two+ electrical coductors, individually insulated, found in a protective sheath.

This scientist is credited for boing the first to conceive the idea of a laser.

Which of the following requires technical illustrations?

What is using a computer to control machines making an object known as?

What form of carbon is used for lubrication?

Which of the following is a 2 terminal device which permits current to flow only one direction?

A steam engine turbine is an example of a(n):

dWhich of the folloiwn gwas one of the Co-creators of Dos, the OS for IBM and PC compatibles.

Who were the first two people to consruct a telephone exchange?

A(n) _____ engine does not require a spark plug to start engine?

A fully dimensioned and graphic description of the layout for one level of a building is a(n):

Who is responsible for running a compnay of business?

Which of the following f-stops has the largest aperture?

_________________ charges are at rest.

If the diameter of a circle is 5.125", what is its radius?

What type of view shows the interior features of an object as object lines?

What order can the federal government use to cause striking workers to return to work?

What company developed the first US communications satellite, Telesar I?

What scientist developed the first long range missle, the V2?

What refracts light and focuses it to a point?

What is generally used to describe an object/assembly, how it goes together, and how it is used

Gauges are important tools for:

A ream of paper is equal to _______ sheets.

The central point of a network that ses a star topology is a(n):

In the following thread specifications, what is the nominal diameter? .75-10UNC-3A-LH

Tiff is a popular cross-platform ____________ file.

_____________ is sound waves traveling through a liquid to detect objects.

AppleTalk, NetBIOS, IPX/SPX, and TCP/IP are examples of: