TSA Tech Bowl Practice Exam With A+ Graded
Solution Version 2026/2027
1. In what year did the AIASA change its name to the Technology Student Association (TSA)?
Correct Answer: 1988.
2. What is the name of the legislative body of the Technology Student Association?
Correct Answer: The TSA House of Delegates.
3. In structural engineering, what do you call a force that squeezes or crushes a material?
Correct Answer: Compression.
4. What is the term for the study of the properties and behavior of matter?
Correct Answer: Chemistry.
5. What does the acronym "CAD" stand for?
Correct Answer: Computer-Aided Design.
6. Which TSA officer station is represented by the "Gavel"?
Correct Answer: President.
7. What is the process of making a product from raw materials by using machinery?
Correct Answer: Manufacturing.
8. In a standard set of orthographic drawings, which three views are most commonly shown?
Correct Answer: Top, Front, and Right Side.
9. What is the name of the device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?
Correct Answer: Motor.
10. What is the term for a material that is neither a good conductor nor a good insulator?
Correct Answer: Semiconductor.
11. What is the official TSA tie color?
Correct Answer: Navy Blue.
12. What is the term for a 3D drawing where all vertical lines are vertical and horizontal lines are
at 30 degrees?
Correct Answer: Isometric.
13. Which TSA officer is responsible for chapter publicity?
Correct Answer: Reporter.
14. What is the name of the force that resists the motion of an object through a fluid?
Correct Answer: Drag.
15. What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?
Correct Answer: Elastic Potential Energy.
16. What is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element?
Correct Answer: Atom.
17. What does the acronym "BIM" stand for in the construction industry?
Correct Answer: Building Information Modeling.
, 18. What is the process of joining two pieces of metal by melting a filler metal with a lower
melting point?
Correct Answer: Soldering (or Brazing).
19. Which TSA officer station is represented by the "Beacon"?
Correct Answer: Sergeant-at-Arms.
20. What is the name of the instrument used to measure electrical potential difference?
Correct Answer: Voltmeter.
21. What is the term for the ability of a material to be drawn into a wire?
Correct Answer: Ductility.
22. In a four-stroke internal combustion engine, what is the fourth stroke called?
Correct Answer: Exhaust.
23. What is the name of the force that keeps an object moving in a circle?
Correct Answer: Centripetal Force.
24. What is the name of the official National TSA magazine for members?
Correct Answer: School Scene.
25. What is the term for a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do?
Correct Answer: Software (or Program).
26. Which simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped around a pole?
Correct Answer: Screw.
27. What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight into food?
Correct Answer: Photosynthesis.
28. What is the primary purpose of a "Check Valve"?
Correct Answer: To allow fluid to flow in only one direction.
29. What is the first line of the TSA Creed?
Correct Answer: I believe that Technology Education holds an important place in my life in
the technical world.
30. What is the name of the point about which a lever rotates?
Correct Answer: Fulcrum.
31. What is the unit of measure for frequency?
Correct Answer: Hertz (Hz).
32. What type of drawing shows an object as if it were cut apart to see the inside?
Correct Answer: Sectional View.
33. What is the term for a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily?
Correct Answer: Conductor.
34. Which TSA officer is responsible for maintaining the minutes of each meeting?
Correct Answer: Secretary.
35. What is the name of the gear that is used to change the direction of rotation by 90 degrees?
Correct Answer: Bevel Gear.
Solution Version 2026/2027
1. In what year did the AIASA change its name to the Technology Student Association (TSA)?
Correct Answer: 1988.
2. What is the name of the legislative body of the Technology Student Association?
Correct Answer: The TSA House of Delegates.
3. In structural engineering, what do you call a force that squeezes or crushes a material?
Correct Answer: Compression.
4. What is the term for the study of the properties and behavior of matter?
Correct Answer: Chemistry.
5. What does the acronym "CAD" stand for?
Correct Answer: Computer-Aided Design.
6. Which TSA officer station is represented by the "Gavel"?
Correct Answer: President.
7. What is the process of making a product from raw materials by using machinery?
Correct Answer: Manufacturing.
8. In a standard set of orthographic drawings, which three views are most commonly shown?
Correct Answer: Top, Front, and Right Side.
9. What is the name of the device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?
Correct Answer: Motor.
10. What is the term for a material that is neither a good conductor nor a good insulator?
Correct Answer: Semiconductor.
11. What is the official TSA tie color?
Correct Answer: Navy Blue.
12. What is the term for a 3D drawing where all vertical lines are vertical and horizontal lines are
at 30 degrees?
Correct Answer: Isometric.
13. Which TSA officer is responsible for chapter publicity?
Correct Answer: Reporter.
14. What is the name of the force that resists the motion of an object through a fluid?
Correct Answer: Drag.
15. What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?
Correct Answer: Elastic Potential Energy.
16. What is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element?
Correct Answer: Atom.
17. What does the acronym "BIM" stand for in the construction industry?
Correct Answer: Building Information Modeling.
, 18. What is the process of joining two pieces of metal by melting a filler metal with a lower
melting point?
Correct Answer: Soldering (or Brazing).
19. Which TSA officer station is represented by the "Beacon"?
Correct Answer: Sergeant-at-Arms.
20. What is the name of the instrument used to measure electrical potential difference?
Correct Answer: Voltmeter.
21. What is the term for the ability of a material to be drawn into a wire?
Correct Answer: Ductility.
22. In a four-stroke internal combustion engine, what is the fourth stroke called?
Correct Answer: Exhaust.
23. What is the name of the force that keeps an object moving in a circle?
Correct Answer: Centripetal Force.
24. What is the name of the official National TSA magazine for members?
Correct Answer: School Scene.
25. What is the term for a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do?
Correct Answer: Software (or Program).
26. Which simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped around a pole?
Correct Answer: Screw.
27. What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight into food?
Correct Answer: Photosynthesis.
28. What is the primary purpose of a "Check Valve"?
Correct Answer: To allow fluid to flow in only one direction.
29. What is the first line of the TSA Creed?
Correct Answer: I believe that Technology Education holds an important place in my life in
the technical world.
30. What is the name of the point about which a lever rotates?
Correct Answer: Fulcrum.
31. What is the unit of measure for frequency?
Correct Answer: Hertz (Hz).
32. What type of drawing shows an object as if it were cut apart to see the inside?
Correct Answer: Sectional View.
33. What is the term for a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily?
Correct Answer: Conductor.
34. Which TSA officer is responsible for maintaining the minutes of each meeting?
Correct Answer: Secretary.
35. What is the name of the gear that is used to change the direction of rotation by 90 degrees?
Correct Answer: Bevel Gear.
