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