TECH BOWL with Verified Solutions 2024/2025

TECH BOWL with Verified Solutions 2024 What official TSA color represents "the strength and determination of the technology education students and teachers to obtain their goal? - Answer -Scarlet What device produces power by means of a chemical reaction? - Answer -Battery 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 What is the measure of potential difference in electricity? - Answer -Voltage Originally, many people thought of the car as a: - Answer -Horseless Carriage Which instrument measures electrical current? - Answer -Ammeter 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 What is the typical alternating current voltage from a wall receptacle in the United States and Canada? - Answer -110V In a drawing, all the points about an object that cannot be indicated on the drawing are given as: - Answer -Specifications In business jargon, what does CEO stand for? - Answer -Chief Executive Officer What is a manually operating device for opening and closing an electrical circuit? - Answer -SwitchWhich 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 What is the refrigerant frequently used in electric cooling units? - Answer -Freon The three main sources of oil are tar sands, oil pockets, and oil _________. - Answer -Shale Vector processing is measured in: - Answer -Megaflops A common use of _________ is to measure cylindrical objects. - Answer -Calipers Who is often credited as the "founder" of nanotechnology? - Answer -Richard Feynman What is a combination of CAD and CAM systems? - Answer -CNC The number of _________ of freedom for a robot is given by the number of directions of movement. - Answer -Degrees A fine material carried high in the air and deposited far from its place of origin is known as: - Answer - Loess How many officers serve on an officer team? - Answer -6 A(n) ___________ system moves people or freight from a point origin to a point of destination. - Answer -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? - Answer -Mark IA substance which speeds up the curing of a compound when added in quantity is a(n): - Answer - Accelerator A t-square is used to draw ___________ lines. - Answer -Horizontal Most training in industry is done: - Answer -On the job What publication does TSA reference for Parliamentary Procedure? - Answer -Roberts Rules of Order Which of the following