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