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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 wench with an open end and a closed end.
planed
Combination wrench
peening
tang
2. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
Cat's paw
Ball peen hammer
Dowel
3. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Dowel
Adjustable end wrench
Box-end wrench
round off
4. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
Flat bar
try square
Bevel
square
5. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
tempered
Kerf
strip
Claw Hammer
6. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Fastener
Chisel bar
Cat's paw
points
7. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Ball peen hammer
Adjustable end wrench
Combination square
tempered
8. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
9. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
Open-end wrench
Combination square
try square
10. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
strip
torque
pipe wrench
Kerf
11. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
points
pliers
Inch-pounds
Dowel
12. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
strip
Dowel
miter joint
Flat bar
13. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
Adjustable end wrench
level
Fastener
14. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Hex key wrench
square
tempered
Cat's paw
15. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
square
Chisel
Box-end wrench
Combination wrench
16. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Cat's paw
Fastener
torque
tang
17. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
18. 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.
level
Open-end wrench
tang
tenon
19. A tool used to remove nails.
torque
plumb
square
nail puller
20. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Foot-pounds
points
tang
Carpenter's square
21. 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
plumb
peening
Combination wrench
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
peening
try square
Fastener
23. A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end - the peen- is used to bend and shape sort metal
Inch-pounds
Chisel
Ball peen hammer
Fastener
24. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Bell-faced hammer
nail puller
torque
Combination wrench
25. A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end - the peen- is used to bend and shape sort metal
Ball peen hammer
Flat bar
peening
peening
26. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
torque
tenon
Hex key wrench
pipe wrench
27. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
pliers
Hex key wrench
Open-end wrench
miter joint
28. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Combination wrench
tenon
Bell-faced hammer
Foot-pounds
29. 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.
Fastener
Open-end wrench
Dowel
Bevel
30. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
pliers
points
ripping bar
Box-end wrench
31. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Fastener
tang
nail puller
tempered
32. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
Chisel bar
points
planed
peening
33. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Foot-pounds
Ball peen hammer
weld
planed
34. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Bevel
rafter angle square
tang
Chisel bar
35. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
striking or slugging wrench
Adjustable end wrench
punch
Chisel bar
36. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
points
Chisel
punch
Flat bar
37. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
pliers
rafter angle square
Flats
pliers
38. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Joint
tempered
rafter angle square
Open-end wrench
39. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
Dowel
Adjustable end wrench
tempered
40. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
plumb
Chisel
Combination wrench
Chisel bar
41. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Carpenter's square
Flats
Box-end wrench
Inch-pounds
42. 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.
tenon
weld
Hex key wrench
torque
43. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
weld
nail puller
Hex key wrench
Chisel bar
44. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Bevel
Foot-pounds
Claw Hammer
rafter angle square
45. 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.
46. 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
Inch-pounds
Open-end wrench
torque
47. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
tenon
tenon
Box-end wrench
Adjustable end wrench
48. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Foot-pounds
Chisel
Open-end wrench
striking or slugging wrench
49. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Chisel
planed
Bell-faced hammer
Dowel
50. 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.
Claw Hammer
Bevel
Flat bar
torque