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