C.L Test 76-100 Flashcards
- What is a nano second?
A billionth of a second
76.What term is nanosecond used for?
A very short time
- What is nano technology?
A branch of technology
- What would a typical nano technology device be as wide as?
A few atoms in width
78.What is a computer system designed to mimic the human brain?
Neural networks.
- What does the brain do well with?
Problems like pattern recognition.
- What operation is offshore drilling?
Wells on the continental shelf.
- What is the main debate on off shore drilling?
Oil spills
- A machine that can run forever?
Perpetual motion machine
- What does the 2nd law of thermodynamics state?
That such a machine is impossible
- Radar; A method of what?
Finding the position / velocity of an object.
- What does radar stand for?
Radio detection and ranging
- Left over after a lab?
Low level
- Left over that is nuclear?
High level
- Instructs computers?
Software
- Runs a computer?
Software
- Specialty designed plane?
The spirit of saint Louis
- Who flew it?
Charles Lindbergh
- Commercial aircraft
SST
- What does sst stand for
Supersonic transport
- What is a serious of satellites?
Sputniks
- Released by who?
Usa
- Use of advanced design to make what?
Airplanes
- When was stealth aircrafts first used?
Persian gulf war
- What were the 2 names of the inventor?
Wilber and Orville wright
- What did they do?
Invented the heavier than air machine
89.what is a tendon?
Connects bones
- Where did the name Achilles come from?
A Greek god
- Where did acupuncture originate?
China
90.what do they use?
Needles
- What does aids stand for?
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- What does aids do?
Fights white blood cells making it to where you can’t fight off diseases
- Where did aids originate?
Africa
- Who is it affecting?
25 million world wide
- Can alcohol kill someone?
Yes
- What do they do?
Have a habitual to drink alcohols
- What disorder is this?
A psychopathic disorder
- What do they do?
Don’t eat and make themselves throw up
- What is this infection caused by
Bacteria
- What is this involved with?
Typhoid fever ect..
- What presents no danger to life?
Benign
- What is this the opposite of
Malignant
- What is systolic pressure?
Pressure when left ventricle of the heart contracts to bush blood through the body
- What is diastolic pressure?
When ventricle relaxes and fills with blood
- What are the different blood types?
A ab b o
- What is this based on?
Presence absence of certain antigens
- Flexible what? (Blood vessels)
Tubular canals
100.what a kinds are there?
Arteries, veins, and capillaries