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TSA TECH BOWL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhat is the range over which a picture is focused? - answer- Depth of Field
What is the unit of electrical power? - answer- Watt
What is a terminal device which permits current to flow in only one direction? - answer-
Diode
What is a charge in motion referred to as? - answer- Current
What electrical item is calculated by the product of the resistance times the current
squared. - answer- Power
Which Italian scientist developed the battery? - answer- Alessandro Volta
What charges are at rest? - answer- Electrostatic
DC and AC stand for what? - answer- Direct current and Alternating Current
Who forst discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism by deflecting a
compass point with an electric current? - answer- Hans Christian Oersted
What is a charged atom called? - answer- Ion
An alternator generates what by rotating a loop of wire between the poles of a
permanent magnet? - answer- Current
What is the unit of measurement by which electrical bills are calculated? - answer-
Kilowatt-Hour
What is the process of adding impurities to a crystal? - answer- Doping
What is the storage of electrical charge? - answer- Capacitance
Which scientists discovered that lighting is a form of electricity? - answer- Benjamin
Franklin
What is a positively charged ion? - answer- Cation
What is the unit of capacitance? - answer- Farad
What electrical component us responsible for the miniaturization of electronic
equipment? - answer- Integrated Circuits
,Which federal organization describes its mission as protecting the electromagnetic
spectrum? - answer- FCC
Who is often credited as the "founder" of nanotechnology? - answer- Richard Feynman
What is a combination of CAD and CAM systems? - answer- CNC
What is a quantitive measure of an electric charge? - answer- Coulombs
What causes static electricity? - answer- Friction
What is the main part of an electric amplifier? - answer- Transistor
What is an alternate path in a circuit? - answer- Shunt
What is a solution of acid and water? - answer- Electrolyte
What is the property of a circuit that opposes a change in voltage? - answer-
Capacitance
What is converting from one form of energy, to another? - answer- Transducing
In house design, a(n) is a quiet room where a person goes to study, read, write, and
relax. - answer- Den
Who invented the first machine that used punched cards to control the machine? -
answer- Joseph Jaquard
Who are the "Big Three" United States car companies? - answer- Ford, GM, Chrysler
What technology enables computers to output sounds similar to human voice? -
answer- Speech Synthesis
What is a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy? -
answer- Dynamo
What is a free movement of electrons in an electrical field? - answer- Conduction
What are low wattage resistors generally labeled by? - answer- Color Codes
What is replaced by a vacuum tube in electrical and electronic devices? - answer-
Transistor
What is the measure of resistance that relates purely to the properties of the material? -
answer- Resistivity
,What is determined by the number of turns of wire, the current of wire coil, and the ratio
of the coil diameter to the coil length? - answer- Strength Of An Electromagnet
What is equal to 6.24 x 10e18 electrons? - answer- 1 Coulomb
What is an electrical switch that can be operated either magnetically or electricity? -
answer- Relay
What is something that uses electric current in a circuit? - answer- Load
What are ROM that can be erased and programmed as needed? - answer- EPROM
The ____ is a horizontal board on which rafters of a roof rest on their upper ends. -
answer- Ridgeboard
In business jargon, what does CEO stand for? - answer- Chief Executive Officer
Bearings and bushings are used to decrease what between two parts? - answer-
Friction
The magnetophon was invented in 1935 by two German companies. What is the
magnetophon's more common name today? - answer- Tape recorder
What does BOM stand for? - answer- Bills of Materials
____ is a body shaped to produce lift as it travels through air. - answer- Airfoil
What type of printing is done from a sunken surface? - answer- Gravure
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)? - answer- Chisel
Human speech can be divided into a set of discrete sounds known as? - answer-
Phonemes.
What are vehicles which when in motion are supported by a layer of air between the
vehicle and the surface? - answer- Air cushion vehicle
What official TSA color represents "the strength and determination of the technology
education students and teachers to obtain their goal? - answer- Scarlet
What is the process of controlling friction to reduce the wear of surfaces in rubbing
contact with each other? - answer- Lubricating
What is mixed with the gasoline fuel for two-cycle engines? - answer- Lubricating Oil
, Originally, many people thought of the car as a: - answer- Horseless Carriage
What is a rounded part on an object that makes smooth transition from one surface to
another? - answer- Fillet
Skylab, the first US space station, still orbits the Earth today. (T/F) - answer- False
In house construction, which of the following is the normal spacing of studs in a house
frame? - answer- 16" on center
______________ is a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments
containing air at different pressures. - answer- Airlock
MIPS, a common speed measurement for computers, stands for: - answer- Millions of
Instructions per Second
Human speech can be divided into a set of discrete sounds known as: - answer-
Phonemes
In a drawing, all the points about an object that cannot be indicated on the drawing are
given as: - answer- Specifications
Which federal organization describes its mission as "protecting the electromagnetic
spectrum?" - answer- FCC
______________ is a process used to find new ideas and develop them into successful
products. - answer- Research and Development
The __________ of a line can be easily calculated by the difference in y-coordinates
divided by the difference in x-coordinates. - answer- Slope
Soldering, welding, and ___________ are the three ways to join metals together. -
answer- Brazing
Who was the first person to hear a human voice transmitted by the telephone? -
answer- Thomas Watson
____________ are people who buy and use products. - answer- Consumers
What are two ways to form metals? - answer- Casting and Forging
What are the four types of TSA membership? - answer- Active, Alumni, Professional,
Honorary/Honorary Life
The three main sources of oil are ______, oil pockets, and oil shale - answer- Tar sands
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