TSA TECH BOWL PRACTICE Questions and Correct Solutions 2024/2025

TSA TECH BOWL PRACTICE Questions and Correct Solutions 2024 What does SST stand for? - Answer -Super Sonic Transport If you are flying at Mach 1, you are travelling at the speed of - Answer -sound Mach 2 is - Answer -twice the speed of sound In a V-8 engine, the number "8" refers to - Answer -the number of cylinders In the metric system, grams (and kilograms) are the unit of measure for - Answer -mass In the metric system, Newtons are the unit of measure for - Answer -force (and weight) Techne is a Greek word meaning - Answer -art (or craft) Prior to the invention of cheap calculators, people used __________ to make quick calculations. - Answer -slide rules Giving up one thing in order to gain something else is called a(n) _____. - Answer -Trade-off The smallest possible piece of binary code (a one or a zero) is a - Answer -bit How many bits in a byte? - Answer -8 In a digital system, what is the basic unit of information storage (one of these can store one letter)? - Answer -byte Exactly how many bytes are in a kilobyte? - Answer -1024 The prefix kilo means - Answer -thousand The prefix mega means - Answer -million The prefix giga means - Answer -billion The prefix tera means - Answer -trillion The systematic search for the source of a malfunction in order to fix it is called - Answer -troubleshooting Size measurements, such as length and width, are called - Answer -dimensions work divided by time equals - Answer -power What is the standard unit of power? - Answer -WattWhat type of power uses pressurized or compressed air to accomplish work? - Answer -Pneumatic Power What type of power uses pressurized liquid to accomplish work? - Answer -Hydraulic Power Adding components to an electrical circuit increases the amount of __________. - Answer -resistance An electrical circuit that has more than one path is a - Answer -parallel circuit An electrical circuit that has only one path is a - Answer -series circuit What kind of orbit allows a satellite to always be above a particular spot on Earth? - Answer - geostationary orbit What kind of orbit allows a satellite to orbit the Earth one time in the same amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate one time? - Answer -geosynchronous orbit What type of computer code is all ones and zeros? - Answer -binary code The tiny dots of colored light that collectively form images on televisions or computer monitors are called - Answer -pixels The web address you see at the top of your browser is also known as a URL. What does URL stand for? - Answer -Uniform Resource Locator In a web address, what does WWW stand for? - Answer -World Wide Web