TSA Tech Bowl Practice Test

Front

What is the term used when more than one transportation system is employed?

Back

Intermodal transportation

Front

How much work is done when a force of 33N pulls a wagon 13 meters?

Back

429 Joules

Front

A stationary electric charge buildup on an insulating material is known as:

Back

Static electricity

Front

A construction worker uses a board and log as a lever to lift a heavy rock. If the input arm is 3 meters long and the output arm is 0.75 meters long, what is the mechanical advantage of the lever?

Back

.25

Front

A printed newspaper is an example of which communication medium? Options: Wave, Graphic, Speaking, Drawing

Back

Graphic

Front

A manufacturing company is producing dowels that have a diameter of 8.5 mm ± 0.1 mm. The hole the dowel must fit into has a diameter of 9.0 mm ± 0.1 mm. What is the greatest clearance that can occur between the two (2) parts?

Back

0.3 mm

Front

A device that transforms the energy from a flowing stream of fluid into rotating mechanical energy.

Back

Turbine

Front

The period of a wave is 30 seconds. What is its approximate frequency?

Back

0.033 Hz

Front

In what year did AISA vote and gain approval to change its name to TSA?

Back

1988

Front

The Manhattan Project was a government-sponsored research project that eventually would provide the foundation for which of the following technologies? Supercomputers, The Internet, Nuclear power, Space flight

Back

Nuclear power