Technology Bowl Practice

1.What is mixed with the gasoline fuel for two-cycle engines?
Lubricating Oil
2.What is the measure of potential difference in electricity?
Voltage
Originally, many people thought of the car as a:
Horseless Carriage
3.Which instrument measures electrical current?
Ammeter
4.What is a rounded part on an object that makes smooth transition from one surface to another?
Fillet
5.Skylab, the first US space station, still orbits the Earth today. (T/F)
False
6.In house construction, which of the following is the normal spacing of studs in a house frame?
16" on center
7.______________ is a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments containing air at different pressures.
Airlock
8.MIPS, a common speed measurement for computers, stands for:
Millions of Instructions per Second
9.Human speech can be divided into a set of discrete sounds known as:
Phonemes
10.What is the typical alternating current voltage from a wall receptacle in the United States and Canada?
110V
11.In a drawing, all the points about an object that cannot be indicated on the drawing are given as:
Specifications
12.In business jargon, what does CEO stand for?
Chief Executive Officer
13.What is a manually operating device for opening and closing an electrical circuit?
Switch
14.Which federal organization describes its mission as "protecting the electromagnetic spectrum?"
FCC
15.______________ is a process used to find new ideas and develop them into successful products
Research and Development
16.Soldering, welding, and ___________ are the three ways to join metals together.
Brazing
17.Who was the first person to hear a human voice transmitted by the telephone?
Thomas Watson
18.What are two ways to form metals?
Casting and Forging
19.What are the four types of TSA membership?
Active, Alumni, Professional, Honorary/Honorary Life
20.What is the refrigerant frequently used in electric cooling units?
Freon