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Common Hand Tools
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Study First
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. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Open-end wrench
tempered
points
Hex key wrench
2. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Kerf
Fastener
miter joint
Foot-pounds
3. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
Joint
striking or slugging wrench
torque
4. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
ripping bar
Adjustable end wrench
Combination wrench
Dowel
5. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
strip
Carpenter's square
pipe wrench
level
6. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Flat bar
Adjustable end wrench
Claw Hammer
pliers
7. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Dowel
Bell-faced hammer
miter joint
Carpenter's square
8. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
round off
miter joint
Hex key wrench
9. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Combination square
weld
ripping bar
pliers
10. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
round off
Combination wrench
Bevel
11. 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.
plumb
pliers
Chisel bar
Claw Hammer
12. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
tenon
rafter angle square
Bell-faced hammer
square
13. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
square
striking or slugging wrench
Combination wrench
square
14. a prying tool with a nail slot at the end to pull nails out in tightly enclosed areas. It can also be used as a small pry bar.
Open-end wrench
Flat bar
nail puller
Adjustable end wrench
15. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Kerf
Fastener
Box-end wrench
Joint
16. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
square
plumb
try square
Combination square
17. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
Open-end wrench
Flats
tempered
18. A steel too used to indent metal.
level
Flat bar
punch
Fastener
19. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Dowel
miter joint
Combination square
Kerf
20. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
square
points
try square
round off
21. A steel too used to indent metal.
punch
Combination wrench
Claw Hammer
Inch-pounds
22. 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.
weld
Foot-pounds
Joint
Carpenter's square
23. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
level
Bell-faced hammer
tang
weld
24. A tool used to remove nails.
pipe wrench
tempered
nail puller
pliers
25. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Inch-pounds
ripping bar
Combination square
Joint
26. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
27. 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.
try square
plumb
Carpenter's square
torque
28. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
Kerf
tenon
Hex key wrench
29. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
Chisel
pipe wrench
pliers
30. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Flats
try square
Adjustable end wrench
plumb
31. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Inch-pounds
square
Flats
tempered
32. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Fastener
Dowel
Chisel bar
Open-end wrench
33. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Joint
round off
Box-end wrench
square
34. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Ball peen hammer
Combination square
Kerf
level
35. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
level
try square
weld
Combination wrench
36. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Bevel
plumb
Chisel
nail puller
37. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
pipe wrench
ripping bar
Chisel bar
peening
38. 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
striking or slugging wrench
Carpenter's square
tang
39. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Flats
miter joint
square
punch
40. 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.
round off
torque
tenon
Dowel
41. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
square
pipe wrench
round off
weld
42. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flat bar
tenon
Flats
Foot-pounds
43. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
ripping bar
Foot-pounds
Flats
striking or slugging wrench
44. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Combination wrench
ripping bar
Carpenter's square
Fastener
45. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
pliers
Fastener
Bell-faced hammer
rafter angle square
46. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Claw Hammer
plumb
Hex key wrench
round off
47. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
planed
pipe wrench
ripping bar
Adjustable end wrench
48. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Fastener
pipe wrench
Ball peen hammer
rafter angle square
49. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
ripping bar
Claw Hammer
weld
pipe wrench
50. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Cat's paw
round off
planed
try square