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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 saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.
Nail claw
Wing dividers
Pullsaws
Shingling hatchet
2. Thinner version of a compass saw.
Keyhole saw
Butt markers
Flat bar
Miter joint
3. A fixed or adjustable tool for guiding handsaws in cutting miter joints or in making cross cuts.
Miter box
Dado
Twist drills
Nail claw
4. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.
Hand scraper
Nail claw
Flat bar
Rabbet
5. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.
Coping saw
Scribe
Twist drills
Aviation snips
6. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Steel tapes
Adjustable wrench
Carpenter's level
Drilling
7. 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.
Wallboard saw
Twist drills
Rabbet
Countersink
8. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Coping saw
Crosscut saws
Plumb
Rabbet
9. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.
Bench plane
Level
Straightedge
Speed square
10. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Shark tooth saw
Pullsaws
Screw driver bits
Crosscut saws
11. Cutting portion of a bench plane.
Carpenter's level
Carpenter's level
Boring
Bench plane iron
12. A cutout along the edge or end of lumber.
Nail set
Combination square
Rabbet
Screw driver bits
13. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Compass saw
Straightedge
Keyhole saw
Wing dividers
14. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Aviation snips
Bit brace
Block planes
Dado
15. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.
Trammel points
Straight tin snips
Coping saw
Rip saws
16. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Framing hammer
Face nailing
Whet
Rabbet
17. String in a box with colored powder used to establish straight lines.
Auger bits
Wing dividers
Speed square
Chalk line
18. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Drilling
Whet
Wing dividers
Boring
19. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Compass saw
Wrecking bar
Drilling
Toenailing
20. Measuring devices made of a steel self retracting tape.
Groove
Coping saw
Dado
Pocket tapes
21. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.
Flat bar
Adjustable wrench
Aviation snips
Countersink
22. Cutting portion of a bench plane.
Bench plane iron
Aviation snips
Face nailing
Pocket tapes
23. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.
Rip saws
Screw driver bits
Trammel points
Combination pliers
24. Saws designed to cut metal.
Hacksaws
Flat bar
Claw hammer
Wing dividers
25. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.
Bench plane iron
Level
Utility knife
Speed square
26. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.
Screw driver bits
Miter box
Whet
Screw driver bits
27. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Shark tooth saw
Speed square
Compass saw
Pocket tapes
28. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.
Plumb bob
Wing dividers
Adjustable wrench
Whet
29. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.
Framing hammer
Bench plane
Heel
Hand scraper
30. Pliers with adjustable jaws.
Wood chisel
Shingling hatchet
Combination pliers
Wing dividers
31. The forward end of tools - such as a handsaw and hand plane.
Wrecking bar
Toe
Hand scraper
Auger bits
32. Thinner version of a compass saw.
Trammel points
Framing hammer
Keyhole saw
Combination square
33. A square tool with a sliding blade.
Miter box
Flat bar
Wrecking bar
Combination square
34. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.
Keyhole saw
Twist drills
Auger bits
Keyhole saw
35. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.
Wallboard saw
Hand scraper
Nail set
Countersink
36. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Bench plane iron
Framing hammer
Plumb bob
Steel tapes
37. Hand saw with short thin blade held by a bow-shaped frame used to cut irregular shapes in trim.
Coping saw
Carpenter's level
Whet
Compass saw
38. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.
Bench plane iron
Face nailing
Wood chisel
Chalk line
39. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Flat bar
Block planes
Plumb
Face nailing
40. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.
Wallboard saw
Wrecking bar
Claw hammer
Keyhole saw
41. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.
Combination square
Level
Keyhole saw
Wrecking bar
42. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.
Countersink
Auger bits
Miter
Keyhole saw
43. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.
Heel
Drilling
Miter joint
Toenailing
44. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Chalk line
Bevel
Plumb bob
Flat bar
45. Saws designed to cut metal.
Nail claw
Wood chisel
Hacksaws
Dado
46. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.
Bit brace
Wallboard saw
Framing hammer
Utility knife
47. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.
Scribe
Steel tapes
Speed square
Combination pliers
48. String in a box with colored powder used to establish straight lines.
Wood chisel
Nail set
Chalk line
Straight tin snips
49. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Bench plane iron
Dado
Shark tooth saw
Toenailing
50. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.
Scribe
Keyhole saw
Expansive bit
Toe