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