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