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