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