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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. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flats
Dowel
Chisel bar
planed
2. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
Chisel
Bevel
peening
pliers
3. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Open-end wrench
level
Inch-pounds
Bell-faced hammer
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.
torque
Hex key wrench
punch
weld
5. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Flat bar
round off
level
Foot-pounds
6. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Combination wrench
tempered
planed
striking or slugging wrench
7. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Bell-faced hammer
Claw Hammer
Fastener
Dowel
8. 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
Bevel
Kerf
nail puller
9. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
torque
level
tenon
miter joint
10. 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
tempered
miter joint
weld
Ball peen hammer
11. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
Dowel
Flat bar
Bell-faced hammer
12. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
pipe wrench
torque
Combination square
Carpenter's square
13. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
torque
Claw Hammer
Hex key wrench
punch
14. 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.
Box-end wrench
Combination wrench
torque
Bevel
15. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Bevel
ripping bar
pliers
Bevel
16. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
strip
Ball peen hammer
tempered
Bell-faced hammer
17. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
plumb
Bell-faced hammer
Carpenter's square
Inch-pounds
18. 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.
round off
plumb
rafter angle square
Cat's paw
19. 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.
20. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Open-end wrench
Claw Hammer
plumb
ripping bar
21. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
Carpenter's square
Joint
Claw Hammer
22. 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.
23. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
tenon
Flats
miter joint
Fastener
24. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Hex key wrench
Flat bar
Chisel bar
Open-end wrench
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.
Bell-faced hammer
Box-end wrench
rafter angle square
Joint
26. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Ball peen hammer
try square
Ball peen hammer
Chisel bar
27. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Chisel
Dowel
Adjustable end wrench
striking or slugging wrench
28. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Bell-faced hammer
Adjustable end wrench
pliers
planed
29. 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
round off
Foot-pounds
nail puller
30. A tool used to remove nails.
plumb
torque
nail puller
Claw Hammer
31. 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
Chisel
Box-end wrench
torque
32. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
torque
Joint
Claw Hammer
Dowel
33. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
Joint
striking or slugging wrench
Claw Hammer
Box-end wrench
34. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Inch-pounds
Chisel
tenon
planed
35. A steel too used to indent metal.
Carpenter's square
miter joint
Open-end wrench
punch
36. 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.
Fastener
torque
tempered
pliers
37. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Carpenter's square
tempered
Box-end wrench
Inch-pounds
38. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
round off
tempered
Joint
weld
39. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Hex key wrench
strip
Fastener
torque
40. 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.
strip
Claw Hammer
Chisel bar
Flat bar
41. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Flat bar
Kerf
Chisel bar
Bevel
42. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Adjustable end wrench
strip
Dowel
planed
43. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
points
tempered
peening
tenon
44. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
level
Bell-faced hammer
weld
Dowel
45. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
try square
Chisel
pipe wrench
torque
46. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Bevel
Foot-pounds
rafter angle square
Open-end wrench
47. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
48. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
round off
pliers
Flats
miter joint
49. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
Combination square
Chisel
Fastener
50. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Bell-faced hammer
miter joint
ripping bar
Adjustable end wrench