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Carpentry Hand Tools
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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. Hand saw with short thin blade held by a bow-shaped frame used to cut irregular shapes in trim.
Coping saw
Toe
Speed square
Whet
2. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.
Crosscut saws
Utility knife
Toe
Combination pliers
3. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.
Screw driver bits
Speed square
Shingling hatchet
Straightedge
4. Wrench with jaws that move to various widths by turning a screw.
Adjustable wrench
Wallboard saw
Pocket tapes
Auger bits
5. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.
Plumb bob
Expansive bit
Pullsaws
Bench plane iron
6. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Nail set
Plumb
Miter joint
Aviation snips
7. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.
Drilling
Boring
Level
Dado
8. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Level
Rip saws
Clamps
Crosscut saws
9. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.
Keyhole saw
Flat bar
Wood chisel
Utility knife
10. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.
Boring
Miter joint
Shark tooth saw
Heel
11. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.
Boring
Chalk line
Dado
Countersink
12. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Screw driver bits
Bench plane iron
Shark tooth saw
Boring
13. A cutout along the edge or end of lumber.
Speed square
Plumb
Rabbet
Straightedge
14. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.
Bit brace
Rabbet
Pocket tapes
Drilling
15. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Block planes
Face nailing
Toe
Speed square
16. Saws designed to cut metal.
Hacksaws
Miter
Expansive bit
Flat bar
17. Measuring devices made of a steel self retracting tape.
Pocket tapes
Carpenter's level
Countersink
Bench plane iron
18. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.
Straight tin snips
Pullsaws
Straightedge
Level
19. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.
Trammel points
Straight tin snips
Toenailing
Speed square
20. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.
Aviation snips
Framing hammer
Compass saw
Screw driver bits
21. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.
Claw hammer
Carpenter's level
Expansive bit
Adjustable wrench
22. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Nail set
Coping saw
Face nailing
Combination square
23. Making a flared depression around the top of a hole to receive the head of a flathead screw; also the tool used to make the depression.
Drilling
Combination square
Countersink
Utility knife
24. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.
Bench plane iron
Aviation snips
Twist drills
Whet
25. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Combination square
Hand scraper
Crosscut saws
Nail claw
26. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.
Utility knife
Straightedge
Nail set
Adjustable wrench
27. Pliers with adjustable jaws.
Plumb
Hacksaws
Wallboard saw
Combination pliers
28. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Bevel
Straightedge
Drilling
Expansive bit
29. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Toe
Plumb bob
Trammel points
Carpenter's level
30. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.
Coping saw
Flat bar
Scribe
Nail claw
31. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.
Crosscut saws
Hand scraper
Clamps
Block planes
32. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Toenailing
Shingling hatchet
Rabbet
Block planes
33. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.
Wood chisel
Keyhole saw
Nail set
Bench plane iron
34. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Crosscut saws
Plumb
Framing hammer
Expansive bit
35. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.
Utility knife
Wrecking bar
Level
Compass saw
36. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.
Wrecking bar
Level
Miter joint
Adjustable wrench
37. A cut - partway through - and running with the grain of lumber.
Shingling hatchet
Groove
Wrecking bar
Shark tooth saw
38. Hand tool used to shave thin layers of wood.
Miter box
Wallboard saw
Bench plane
Utility knife
39. A cut - partway through - and running with the grain of lumber.
Clamps
Groove
Nail claw
Toe
40. Term used to describe long measuring tools that are rewound by hand.
Butt markers
Claw hammer
Combination pliers
Steel tapes
41. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.
Toe
Trammel points
Clamps
Wrecking bar
42. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Plumb bob
Pocket tapes
Wing dividers
Carpenter's level
43. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.
Carpenter's level
Hand scraper
Bench plane
Butt markers
44. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.
Block planes
Butt markers
Framing hammer
Pullsaws
45. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.
Toenailing
Flat bar
Speed square
Hand scraper
46. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.
Rip saws
Face nailing
Carpenter's level
Block planes
47. The sloping edge or side of a piece for which the angle formed by the slope is not a right angle.
Butt markers
Bevel
Claw hammer
Claw hammer
48. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.
Nail set
Block planes
Twist drills
Plumb bob
49. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Wing dividers
Straightedge
Speed square
Twist drills
50. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Shark tooth saw
Toenailing
Compass saw
Straightedge