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