50 questions
What official TSA color represents "the strength and determination of the technology education students and teachers to obtain their goal?
Blue
Teal
Indigo
Scarlett
What device produces power by means of a chemical reaction?
Capacitor
Alternator
Battery
Cell
What is the process of controlling friction to reduce the wear of surfaces in rubbing contact with each other?
Lubricating
Boring
Welding
Tearing
What is mixed with the gasoline fuel for two-cycle engines?
Penetrating Oil
Lubricating Oil
Grease
Hydraulic Oil
What is the measure of potential difference in electricity?
Resistance
Amperage
Wattage
Voltage
Originally, many people thought of the car as a:
Magic Carriage
Useless Device
Horseless Carriage
Trick
Which instrument measures electrical current?
Voltmeter
Ammeter
Multimeter
Ohmmeter
What is a rounded part on an object that makes smooth transition from one surface to another?
Fillet
Bevel
Radius
Chamfer
Skylab, the first US space station, still orbits the Earth today. (T/F)
True
False
In house construction, which of the following is the normal spacing of studs in a house frame?
3" center-to-center
Every 8 inches
16" on center
No more than 6 inches apart
______________ is a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments containing air at different pressures.
Vestibule
Airlock
Foyer
Narthex
What is MIPS?
What is the typical alternating current voltage from a wall receptacle in the United States and Canada?
100V
110V
120V
120V
In a drawing, all the points about an object that cannot be indicated on the drawing are given as:
Annonations
Constraints
Requirements
Specifications
What is a manually operating device for opening and closing an electrical circuit?
Switch
Button
Faucet
Hub
Which federal organization describes its mission as "protecting the electromagnetic spectrum?"
FAA
FBI
FCC
FBLA
What is a process used to find new ideas and develop them into successful products called?
Research and Development
Formulation and Experimentation
Engineering and Design
Inquiry and Creation
The __________ of a line can be easily calculated by the difference in y-coordinates divided by the difference in x-coordinates.
Angle
Intercept
Gradient
Slope
Soldering, welding, and ___________ are the three ways to join metals together.
Joining
Brazing
Fusing
Sweating
Who was the first person to hear a human voice transmitted by the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
David Alter
Thomas Watson
Samuel Morse
____________ are people who buy and use products.
Consumers
Customers
Users
Prodcuers
What are two ways to form metals?
Welding and Binding
Melting and Smelting
Molding and Joining
Casting and Forging
What is the refrigerant frequently used in electric cooling units?
Freon
Puron
Antifreeze
Distilled Water
The three main sources of oil are tar sands, oil pockets, and oil _________.
Slate
Shale
Fracking
Mining
Vector processing is measured in:
MIPS
Megabites
Megaflops
Megahertz
A common use of _________ is to measure cylindrical objects.
Micrometers
Rotors
Calipers
Tongs
Who is often credited as the "founder" of nanotechnology?
John Von Neumann
Walter Lewin
Murray Gell-mann
Richard Feynman
What is a combination of CAD and CAM systems?
Spindle Casting
Laser Cutting
3D Printing
CNC
What is CAM?
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Computer Assisted Maintenance
Computer Added Methodology
Control Allocated Mixing
The number of _________ of freedom for a robot is given by the number of directions of movement.
Degrees
Constraints
Limitations
Options
A fine material carried high in the air and deposited far from its place of origin is known as:
Gam
Loess
Spline
Loam
In 1949, a Cambridge University team developed the world's first large-scale computer designed to store its own programs. What was its name?
ENIAC
UNIVAC 1
Mark I
ACE
A substance which speeds up the curing of a compound when added in quantity is a(n):
Incubator
Intensifier
Dryer
Accelerator
A t-square is used to draw ___________ lines.
Diagonal
Vertical
Horizontal
Right
Most training in industry is done:
On your own
On the job
At a university
Virtually
Which of the following drawings is used to show the location of heating, cooling, and air conditioning units with their related ductwork and piping?
HCAC Drawing
HVAC Drawing
What is the weight of a force exerted on a structure by objects not part of that structure?
Dead load
Live Load
Static Load
Imposed Load
Wankel engines are also known as ___________ engines.
Piston
Rotary
Radial
Boxer
The three major classifications of water transportation vehicles are:
Private
Commercial
Leisure
Personal
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):
Plane
Jointer
Sander
Grinder
The _____________ is determined by the number of turns of wire, the current in the wire coil, the core material, and the ratio of the coil diameter to the coil length.
Strength of an electromagnet
Weakness of an electromagnet
Shock absorption
Electrical signal
The ASA number for camera film is the film's:
Available light
Sensitivity to light
Aperture
Aspect Ratio
The profit that a company makes after expenses is _________ profit.
Net
Gross
Taxable
Unrealized
What type of map shows geographic regions by means of contour lines and symbols?
Geologic
Topographic
Physical
Cadastral
550 ft-lb/sec is equal to:
1 Torque
1 Horsepower
1 CC
1 PS
A(n) ___________ is a power conditioning and supply system that affords protection against short-term power outages.
Power Strip
EMS
Surge Protector
Circuit Breaker
What year was the first space shuttle launched?
1969
1972
1979
1981
_______________ is the process of making a latent image on film visible.
Developing
Fixing
Washing
Drying
____________ is pouring a fluid into a mold and allowing it to solidify and to take the shape of the mold.
Printing
Forging
Molding
Casting
__________ is the resistive force between two surfaces.
Traction
Inertia
Friction
Drag