TSA History
Engineering
Technology and Media Arts
Math
Science
100

What year was TSA founded?

1978

100

What process is used to design something to solve an engineering problem?

Engineering Design Process

100

What does increasing exposure on a camera do?

It widens the camera's aperture and keeps it open longer, making the photo brighter.

100

0.5 times 0.25 =

0.125

100

What are the three main types of subatomic particles?

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

200

What type of student organization is TSA?

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

200

Name the four forces of flight.

Thrust

Lift

Drag

Weight

200

Which coding language is primarily used to code websites?

HTML

200

What is the tens digit of this sum?

12,345 + 56,789

4

200

Who is credited with creating the Theory of Evolution?

Charles Darwin and/or Alfred Russel Wallace

300

What was TSA originally named when it was created?

American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA)

300

What type of bridge is held up using wires that connect from a few central towers?

Suspension Bridge

300

What is temporal order in Motion Graphic Design?

The chronological/time-based sequence of different events in the design.

300

If two standard, fair 6-sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the product of the two numbers rolled is a perfect square? Express your answer as a common fraction. 

2/9
300

What is the atomic mass of a water molecule to the nearest AMU?

60

400

Name the past 3 TSA National Conference Themes from first to last.

Evolution of Excellence

Tune into Technology

Unity through Community

400

What is the power in watts of a simple lamp with a current of 0.5 amps and a resistance of 160 ohms?

40
400

What is the name for a data structure that stores values and definitions for these values in an editable, ordered manner?

Dictionary

400

What is the area of the region in the first quadrant that lies between the lines x + 3y = 12 and x + 3y = 18?

30

400

Name the three main steps of cellular respiration (Scientific Names only).

Glycolysis

Tricarboxylic Cycle

Oxidative Phosphorylation

500

How many years ago was the COTSA Delegation founded?

40 or 41

500

Name the 6 Characteristics of a satellite orbit.

Inclination (angle of the orbital plane)

Eccentricity (How elliptical the orbit is)

Semi-major axis (furthest distance from center)

Right Ascension of the Ascending Node (Where the orbit points towards)

Argument of Periapsis (angle between Semi-Major Axis and Ascending Node)

True Anomaly (location on orbit)

500

What does CAPTCHA stand for?

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.

500

What value of x yields the minimum value of  the sum | x − 20 | + | x − 21| + | x − 22 | + | x − 23 | + ⋯ + | x − 210 |?

32

500

Name the 5 Dwarf Planets in our Solar System in increasing order of size.

Ceres

Makemake

Haumea

Eris

Pluto

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