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Common Hand Tools
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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. A steel too used to indent metal.
punch
Chisel bar
square
rafter angle square
2. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
3. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Fastener
Claw Hammer
nail puller
Adjustable end wrench
4. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
striking or slugging wrench
Ball peen hammer
Hex key wrench
tenon
5. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
round off
tang
Flat bar
Joint
6. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Bevel
Flat bar
pipe wrench
Combination square
7. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Dowel
Box-end wrench
Ball peen hammer
Foot-pounds
8. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
round off
Chisel bar
Open-end wrench
Box-end wrench
9. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
pliers
ripping bar
square
striking or slugging wrench
10. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Combination square
Fastener
pipe wrench
Bell-faced hammer
11. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
tenon
Combination square
Flat bar
12. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
striking or slugging wrench
tenon
Chisel
plumb
13. A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly blow it.
14. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
planed
Foot-pounds
torque
pipe wrench
15. A steel too used to indent metal.
weld
Flats
punch
peening
16. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
try square
torque
Combination square
round off
17. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Dowel
Inch-pounds
Cat's paw
Flats
18. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Ball peen hammer
Bell-faced hammer
Kerf
peening
19. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
plumb
points
Foot-pounds
20. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Box-end wrench
tenon
tempered
striking or slugging wrench
21. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Claw Hammer
striking or slugging wrench
level
Open-end wrench
22. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
try square
Combination square
torque
Fastener
23. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
tempered
Ball peen hammer
strip
peening
24. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
tang
Bevel
Bevel
ripping bar
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.
Hex key wrench
Adjustable end wrench
Joint
Dowel
26. 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.
points
Open-end wrench
torque
Chisel
27. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
points
Adjustable end wrench
peening
28. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
punch
ripping bar
tenon
peening
29. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Bell-faced hammer
Chisel bar
planed
Adjustable end wrench
30. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Combination wrench
square
striking or slugging wrench
rafter angle square
31. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
Carpenter's square
strip
Inch-pounds
32. 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.
try square
pliers
Bevel
planed
33. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
points
plumb
Open-end wrench
torque
34. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
punch
Chisel
tempered
strip
35. 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.
ripping bar
Flat bar
plumb
Inch-pounds
36. A tool used to remove nails.
nail puller
pipe wrench
Claw Hammer
striking or slugging wrench
37. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
torque
peening
punch
38. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
Chisel
tempered
pipe wrench
39. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
nail puller
points
Bell-faced hammer
40. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
level
punch
Cat's paw
points
41. 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.
level
Combination square
torque
Box-end wrench
42. 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.
round off
torque
Bevel
Adjustable end wrench
43. 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.
tempered
Claw Hammer
Flat bar
plumb
44. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Adjustable end wrench
ripping bar
round off
level
45. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Box-end wrench
Inch-pounds
level
tang
46. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
Combination wrench
points
square
Box-end wrench
47. 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
Ball peen hammer
points
strip
48. A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly blow it.
49. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
miter joint
Flats
Kerf
pipe wrench
50. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Open-end wrench
Chisel
Bevel
Foot-pounds