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