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Carpentry Hand Tools
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industries
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. 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.
Boring
Groove
Countersink
Toe
2. Saws designed to cut metal.
Hacksaws
Adjustable wrench
Straight tin snips
Compass saw
3. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.
Wood chisel
Wing dividers
Pullsaws
Wrecking bar
4. A fixed or adjustable tool for guiding handsaws in cutting miter joints or in making cross cuts.
Miter
Miter box
Dado
Twist drills
5. Term used to describe long measuring tools that are rewound by hand.
Hand scraper
Heel
Steel tapes
Rabbet
6. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.
Boring
Straight tin snips
Boring
Flat bar
7. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.
Coping saw
Miter joint
Butt markers
Toenailing
8. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.
Straightedge
Countersink
Utility knife
Clamps
9. Carpenter's tool used to drive and pull nails.
Claw hammer
Expansive bit
Crosscut saws
Heel
10. A square tool with a sliding blade.
Plumb
Combination square
Rip saws
Wrecking bar
11. Hand saw with short thin blade held by a bow-shaped frame used to cut irregular shapes in trim.
Rip saws
Hacksaws
Coping saw
Framing hammer
12. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.
Carpenter's level
Nail claw
Bevel
Chalk line
13. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Straight tin snips
Combination square
Aviation snips
Crosscut saws
14. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.
Auger bits
Groove
Straightedge
Toe
15. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Rabbet
Hand scraper
Clamps
Block planes
16. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Aviation snips
Crosscut saws
Boring
Coping saw
17. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Shark tooth saw
Straight tin snips
Miter
Crosscut saws
18. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Combination square
Block planes
Crosscut saws
Aviation snips
19. Tool used for quick layout of angles - particular for rafters.
Miter
Speed square
Flat bar
Wallboard saw
20. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.
Trammel points
Twist drills
Bit brace
Utility knife
21. Wrench with jaws that move to various widths by turning a screw.
Carpenter's level
Adjustable wrench
Hand scraper
Face nailing
22. The sloping edge or side of a piece for which the angle formed by the slope is not a right angle.
Trammel points
Bevel
Pocket tapes
Nail claw
23. Tool used to drive nail heads below the surface.
Nail set
Whet
Keyhole saw
Framing hammer
24. The forward end of tools - such as a handsaw and hand plane.
Toe
Chalk line
Screw driver bits
Rip saws
25. String in a box with colored powder used to establish straight lines.
Flat bar
Chalk line
Aviation snips
Wing dividers
26. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.
Scribe
Miter
Auger bits
Shingling hatchet
27. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.
Combination pliers
Nail claw
Framing hammer
Straight tin snips
28. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Aviation snips
Wood chisel
Plumb
Butt markers
29. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Toenailing
Bench plane iron
Wallboard saw
Keyhole saw
30. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.
Miter box
Butt markers
Clamps
Bench plane iron
31. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Face nailing
Utility knife
Clamps
Expansive bit
32. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Bevel
Shingling hatchet
Shark tooth saw
Miter
33. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.
Miter
Framing hammer
Wrecking bar
Nail claw
34. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.
Hand scraper
Clamps
Framing hammer
Flat bar
35. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.
Rip saws
Screw driver bits
Wrecking bar
Boring
36. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Toenailing
Shark tooth saw
Coping saw
Boring
37. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.
Chalk line
Pullsaws
Flat bar
Heel
38. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.
Framing hammer
Dado
Aviation snips
Miter
39. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.
Butt markers
Bit brace
Steel tapes
Combination pliers
40. Tool used for quick layout of angles - particular for rafters.
Boring
Twist drills
Speed square
Wrecking bar
41. The forward end of tools - such as a handsaw and hand plane.
Block planes
Boring
Steel tapes
Toe
42. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.
Wrecking bar
Auger bits
Aviation snips
Miter box
43. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.
Compass saw
Miter box
Pocket tapes
Level
44. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.
Keyhole saw
Whet
Chalk line
Speed square
45. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.
Utility knife
Wrecking bar
Toenailing
Clamps
46. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.
Bench plane iron
Scribe
Compass saw
Wrecking bar
47. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.
Shark tooth saw
Wallboard saw
Rip saws
Toenailing
48. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Scribe
Hacksaws
Plumb
Bevel
49. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.
Claw hammer
Wing dividers
Nail claw
Straightedge
50. Term used to describe long measuring tools that are rewound by hand.
Wood chisel
Steel tapes
Block planes
Twist drills