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