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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 type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Chisel bar
nail puller
peening
rafter angle square
2. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
Cat's paw
Bell-faced hammer
Chisel
points
3. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
punch
Flats
Inch-pounds
Box-end wrench
4. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
pliers
Kerf
Chisel bar
tang
5. 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.
Combination square
ripping bar
Box-end wrench
weld
6. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
plumb
strip
Combination square
Hex key wrench
7. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
tenon
Inch-pounds
Adjustable end wrench
Kerf
8. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
round off
Hex key wrench
weld
Flats
9. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Kerf
Flat bar
strip
Combination wrench
10. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
torque
Carpenter's square
Fastener
Chisel bar
11. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Kerf
level
plumb
Flats
12. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Kerf
Hex key wrench
Flats
tenon
13. 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
Box-end wrench
Chisel bar
Foot-pounds
14. A tool used to remove nails.
Dowel
square
nail puller
Flat bar
15. 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.
weld
Bevel
Claw Hammer
Adjustable end wrench
16. 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.
punch
striking or slugging wrench
planed
Bevel
17. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
torque
Dowel
peening
striking or slugging wrench
18. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
pipe wrench
Cat's paw
pipe wrench
Dowel
19. 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
ripping bar
punch
Ball peen hammer
rafter angle square
20. 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.
tenon
tempered
weld
rafter angle square
21. 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.
tenon
square
Chisel bar
plumb
22. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
round off
rafter angle square
Hex key wrench
tang
23. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Adjustable end wrench
try square
round off
tang
24. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
miter joint
Adjustable end wrench
Fastener
Combination wrench
25. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Ball peen hammer
peening
Carpenter's square
Kerf
26. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Adjustable end wrench
torque
tempered
Joint
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
Adjustable end wrench
Flat bar
Foot-pounds
striking or slugging wrench
30. A steel too used to indent metal.
Combination square
punch
peening
Bell-faced hammer
31. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Combination square
Claw Hammer
Chisel
Open-end wrench
32. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
striking or slugging wrench
Chisel bar
Adjustable end wrench
planed
33. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
Inch-pounds
Cat's paw
Open-end wrench
square
34. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Joint
Bell-faced hammer
miter joint
tang
35. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
strip
Dowel
striking or slugging wrench
Bell-faced hammer
36. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
nail puller
miter joint
Box-end wrench
torque
37. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flats
Carpenter's square
Inch-pounds
tenon
38. A tool used to remove nails.
weld
tang
Flats
nail puller
39. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Foot-pounds
Claw Hammer
tang
square
40. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Chisel bar
Hex key wrench
peening
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.
Joint
Hex key wrench
Bevel
Flat bar
42. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
level
strip
pliers
Bell-faced hammer
43. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
tempered
square
Flat bar
Foot-pounds
44. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
Cat's paw
Ball peen hammer
Flats
45. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Inch-pounds
pipe wrench
Chisel bar
Foot-pounds
46. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
round off
Bell-faced hammer
striking or slugging wrench
Chisel
47. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
tenon
pipe wrench
try square
miter joint
48. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
square
striking or slugging wrench
punch
Hex key wrench
49. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bell-faced hammer
Foot-pounds
level
Ball peen hammer
50. 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.
Combination wrench
Inch-pounds
level
weld