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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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1. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Claw Hammer
Box-end wrench
Foot-pounds
tang
2. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Bevel
Bell-faced hammer
rafter angle square
Flat bar
3. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
peening
planed
Foot-pounds
tenon
4. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Claw Hammer
torque
Fastener
Flat bar
5. A steel too used to indent metal.
Claw Hammer
round off
Chisel
punch
6. 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.
tang
Dowel
peening
torque
7. A cut or channel made by a saw.
miter joint
Flats
punch
Kerf
8. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Claw Hammer
Box-end wrench
Open-end wrench
Cat's paw
9. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Foot-pounds
Chisel bar
pliers
rafter angle square
10. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Inch-pounds
Combination square
Combination wrench
ripping bar
11. 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
Open-end wrench
Combination wrench
weld
12. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Open-end wrench
tang
torque
planed
13. 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.
Claw Hammer
Flat bar
Open-end wrench
Chisel
14. A steel too used to indent metal.
planed
punch
Flats
points
15. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
pipe wrench
Carpenter's square
try square
Inch-pounds
16. A tool used to remove nails.
weld
Bell-faced hammer
square
nail puller
17. 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
Claw Hammer
Fastener
Hex key wrench
18. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
striking or slugging wrench
Flats
Chisel bar
Adjustable end wrench
19. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Combination wrench
Combination square
Chisel
Dowel
20. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
miter joint
Adjustable end wrench
Joint
ripping bar
21. 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.
Fastener
rafter angle square
plumb
weld
22. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
rafter angle square
points
Box-end wrench
tang
23. 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.
Chisel bar
Flats
rafter angle square
Flat bar
24. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
pliers
Flats
square
tempered
25. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
rafter angle square
Chisel
planed
pipe 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.
torque
nail puller
pliers
Cat's paw
27. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
points
level
Kerf
Dowel
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.
Joint
Chisel
Carpenter's square
Flat bar
29. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
square
Combination wrench
peening
Adjustable end wrench
30. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Bell-faced hammer
tang
round off
Kerf
31. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
square
try square
points
miter joint
32. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Foot-pounds
rafter angle square
strip
Dowel
33. 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.
34. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Combination wrench
round off
nail puller
planed
35. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
level
ripping bar
Carpenter's square
pipe wrench
36. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
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. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flats
Dowel
try square
Adjustable end wrench
39. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Dowel
Claw Hammer
Bevel
Chisel bar
40. 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
Claw Hammer
round off
Open-end wrench
41. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
square
pliers
ripping bar
Inch-pounds
42. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
try square
tenon
torque
Fastener
43. 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.
Bevel
Adjustable end wrench
strip
tenon
44. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Chisel bar
weld
rafter angle square
Open-end wrench
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.
pliers
Bevel
Claw Hammer
Carpenter's square
46. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
tang
Bell-faced hammer
Hex key wrench
nail puller
47. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
plumb
Inch-pounds
tempered
Combination square
48. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
pliers
Combination wrench
Adjustable end wrench
level
49. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
strip
pliers
Claw Hammer
level
50. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
nail puller
Kerf
strip
miter joint