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