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