Tech Bowl first Round

What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's total)?

• United States

• China

• France

• Russia

What type of current can be stepped-down through transformers to be at a safe level for residential housing?

• Voltage

• Direct Current, DC

• Alternating, AC

• ohms

Kinetic energy depends on these two variables.

• AC

• Mass and velocity

• DC

• thermal energy

Recently, most computers have developed faster USBs. What does USB stand for?

• Type C

• Universal Serial Bus

• HDMi

• DSL

2D CAD drawings can be made into a solid through the technique of _____.

• Extruding

• CGI-Computer Generated Imagery

• Vectors

• Encoding

Who coined the phrase World Wide Web?

• Bill Gates

• Tim Cook

• Jeff Bezos

• Tim Berners-Lee

What alternative fuel, commonly made from corn, can be used to power gasoline engines?

• Natural gas

• Hydrogen

• Ethanol

• Diesel

Paul Berg was the first person to use this technique to develop the first recombinant DNA molecules in 1972.

• Atom

• Gene-splicing

• DNA

• RNA

Developed in 2000, this robotic medical assistant helps surgeons perform surgeries with more accuracy and the elimination of shaking hands.

• ABB

• Da Vinci

• Fanuc

• Mitsubishi

Creating replacements for human body parts is called _____.

• prosthetic

• Bionics

• bioengineered

• implants