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Common Hand Tools
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
level
Foot-pounds
striking or slugging wrench
Box-end wrench
2. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
punch
Foot-pounds
tempered
3. Perfectly vertical; the surface is at a right angle (90 degrees) to the horizon or floor and does not bow out at the top or bottom.
Inch-pounds
plumb
torque
miter joint
4. Perfectly vertical; the surface is at a right angle (90 degrees) to the horizon or floor and does not bow out at the top or bottom.
Chisel bar
plumb
ripping bar
Chisel bar
5. A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end - the peen- is used to bend and shape sort metal
Chisel bar
try square
Ball peen hammer
rafter angle square
6. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
ripping bar
plumb
Bell-faced hammer
peening
7. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Bevel
Bevel
round off
miter joint
8. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
tempered
nail puller
strip
Fastener
9. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
punch
Joint
Bevel
level
10. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
peening
round off
striking or slugging wrench
plumb
11. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Foot-pounds
Flats
Kerf
Bevel
12. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
tang
square
Combination wrench
tang
13. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Flats
Foot-pounds
round off
Dowel
14. The turning or twisting force applied to an object - such as a nut - bolt - or screw - using a socket wrench or screwdriver to tighten it. Torque is measured in inch-pounds or foot-pounds.
Inch-pounds
Combination wrench
Ball peen hammer
torque
15. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Bevel
points
square
pipe wrench
16. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
nail puller
strip
tang
Combination square
17. A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end - the peen- is used to bend and shape sort metal
tang
pipe wrench
Ball peen hammer
Claw Hammer
18. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
round off
Combination wrench
pliers
19. To heat or fuse two or more pieces of metal so that the finished pieces of metal so that the finished piece is as strong as the original; a welded joint.
round off
weld
pipe wrench
points
20. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
Claw Hammer
Joint
points
21. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Fastener
strip
Bell-faced hammer
Inch-pounds
22. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
try square
striking or slugging wrench
Claw Hammer
Flats
23. To cut slant at an angle that is not a right angle (90 degrees). The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90 degrees.
Bevel
try square
points
square
24. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
pliers
level
points
Inch-pounds
25. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Kerf
Open-end wrench
miter joint
Combination square
26. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Flat bar
Kerf
pliers
tempered
27. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Bevel
Chisel bar
Fastener
Ball peen hammer
28. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
nail puller
Inch-pounds
Adjustable end wrench
Box-end wrench
29. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
try square
Hex key wrench
tang
plumb
30. A cut or channel made by a saw.
strip
round off
Kerf
Bevel
31. A cut or channel made by a saw.
tenon
try square
striking or slugging wrench
Kerf
32. A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly blow it.
33. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Kerf
Dowel
Combination square
Inch-pounds
34. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
Hex key wrench
level
Dowel
square
35. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Open-end wrench
striking or slugging wrench
Adjustable end wrench
peening
36. A tool used to remove nails.
tempered
nail puller
points
Carpenter's square
37. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Flat bar
pipe wrench
Chisel
Ball peen hammer
38. A tool used to remove nails.
rafter angle square
Cat's paw
Bevel
nail puller
39. A steel too used to indent metal.
punch
strip
peening
Cat's paw
40. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
tempered
Joint
pipe wrench
41. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
torque
miter joint
weld
points
42. A steel too used to indent metal.
striking or slugging wrench
miter joint
round off
punch
43. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
44. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
Bell-faced hammer
striking or slugging wrench
Fastener
weld
45. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bell-faced hammer
Box-end wrench
Ball peen hammer
Open-end wrench
46. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Carpenter's square
pliers
Chisel
round off
47. A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly blow it.
48. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
peening
Combination wrench
Chisel
points
49. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Bell-faced hammer
tang
strip
ripping bar
50. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
Flats
tenon
planed