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