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Carpentry Hand Tools
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industries
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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. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.
Rip saws
Straightedge
Dado
Shingling hatchet
2. String in a box with colored powder used to establish straight lines.
Shingling hatchet
Chalk line
Combination square
Twist drills
3. A cut - partway through - and running with the grain of lumber.
Combination square
Straightedge
Adjustable wrench
Groove
4. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.
Dado
Trammel points
Straight tin snips
Plumb bob
5. Two foot long tool with spirit vials used to determine level and plumb.
6. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.
Scribe
Adjustable wrench
Nail claw
Nail set
7. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.
Trammel points
Bit brace
Toe
Plumb
8. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.
Straight tin snips
Miter joint
Auger bits
Wallboard saw
9. A fixed or adjustable tool for guiding handsaws in cutting miter joints or in making cross cuts.
Crosscut saws
Wrecking bar
Straight tin snips
Miter box
10. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.
Chalk line
Whet
Level
Expansive bit
11. Cutting portion of a bench plane.
Bench plane iron
Utility knife
Toe
Toenailing
12. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.
Combination pliers
Speed square
Clamps
Straight tin snips
13. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.
Framing hammer
Speed square
Trammel points
Drilling
14. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Nail claw
Plumb bob
Boring
Butt markers
15. Measuring devices made of a steel self retracting tape.
Plumb
Pocket tapes
Clamps
Carpenter's level
16. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.
Trammel points
Twist drills
Whet
Bevel
17. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.
Claw hammer
Wood chisel
Pullsaws
Adjustable wrench
18. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.
Utility knife
Pocket tapes
Rip saws
Block planes
19. The sloping edge or side of a piece for which the angle formed by the slope is not a right angle.
Hacksaws
Bevel
Utility knife
Bit brace
20. Cutting portion of a bench plane.
Shingling hatchet
Bench plane iron
Flat bar
Framing hammer
21. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.
Toenailing
Hand scraper
Bit brace
Level
22. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.
Plumb bob
Level
Wrecking bar
Screw driver bits
23. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Carpenter's level
Wing dividers
Keyhole saw
Clamps
24. Term used to describe long measuring tools that are rewound by hand.
Steel tapes
Block planes
Bench plane iron
Drilling
25. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.
Steel tapes
Butt markers
Bench plane iron
Chalk line
26. Pliers with adjustable jaws.
Combination pliers
Bench plane iron
Butt markers
Miter box
27. Two foot long tool with spirit vials used to determine level and plumb.
28. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.
Straightedge
Groove
Bench plane
Wrecking bar
29. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Shark tooth saw
Level
Chalk line
Nail set
30. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.
Wood chisel
Claw hammer
Shingling hatchet
Bevel
31. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.
Framing hammer
Miter
Combination pliers
Flat bar
32. Hand saw with short thin blade held by a bow-shaped frame used to cut irregular shapes in trim.
Coping saw
Scribe
Bit brace
Toe
33. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Wing dividers
Crosscut saws
Aviation snips
Face nailing
34. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.
Combination pliers
Wood chisel
Boring
Rip saws
35. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.
Pullsaws
Bevel
Trammel points
Miter
36. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Flat bar
Keyhole saw
Drilling
Clamps
37. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.
Bit brace
Hand scraper
Auger bits
Whet
38. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.
Wrecking bar
Flat bar
Framing hammer
Expansive bit
39. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.
Boring
Pocket tapes
Bevel
Wood chisel
40. A cutout along the edge or end of lumber.
Heel
Level
Rabbet
Clamps
41. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.
Trammel points
Pullsaws
Shingling hatchet
Crosscut saws
42. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Pullsaws
Chalk line
Face nailing
Combination pliers
43. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.
Straight tin snips
Wallboard saw
Bevel
Auger bits
44. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.
Utility knife
Pullsaws
Aviation snips
Crosscut saws
45. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.
Butt markers
Chalk line
Clamps
Scribe
46. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Miter
Shark tooth saw
Bit brace
Flat bar
47. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Plumb bob
Claw hammer
Hand scraper
Auger bits
48. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.
Adjustable wrench
Straightedge
Bit brace
Rip saws
49. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.
Nail set
Rip saws
Boring
Toenailing
50. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.
Crosscut saws
Auger bits
Aviation snips
Compass saw