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