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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. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Chisel
planed
rafter angle square
Cat's paw
2. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
weld
Fastener
strip
Open-end wrench
3. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
striking or slugging wrench
peening
tang
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
ripping bar
Combination wrench
points
Ball peen hammer
5. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Foot-pounds
miter joint
planed
Hex key wrench
6. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Cat's paw
Carpenter's square
striking or slugging wrench
Inch-pounds
7. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
peening
Claw Hammer
Bell-faced hammer
Foot-pounds
8. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
square
peening
Claw Hammer
Flat bar
9. 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.
torque
plumb
Combination square
Box-end wrench
10. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Dowel
Cat's paw
Flats
Joint
11. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
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.
Bevel
Box-end wrench
plumb
punch
13. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Combination wrench
Chisel
striking or slugging wrench
tang
14. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Box-end wrench
Combination wrench
punch
tang
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.
try square
Dowel
Joint
planed
16. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
tenon
torque
Combination wrench
17. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
planed
Box-end wrench
Flats
Combination square
18. 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
nail puller
Cat's paw
Open-end wrench
19. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
tempered
strip
tempered
weld
20. 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.
Flats
Carpenter's square
tempered
weld
21. A cut or channel made by a saw.
miter joint
Kerf
striking or slugging wrench
planed
22. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
tenon
Claw Hammer
Adjustable end wrench
tempered
23. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Cat's paw
Inch-pounds
Claw Hammer
Foot-pounds
24. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
strip
points
rafter angle square
Box-end wrench
25. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
level
weld
Carpenter's square
26. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
striking or slugging wrench
peening
pipe wrench
tempered
27. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
pliers
Open-end wrench
Fastener
rafter angle square
28. A tool used to remove nails.
Foot-pounds
Joint
nail puller
Bell-faced hammer
29. 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
Inch-pounds
tempered
Carpenter's square
30. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Combination wrench
ripping bar
tang
tenon
31. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Cat's paw
miter joint
strip
Flat bar
32. 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.
torque
Adjustable end wrench
Combination square
weld
33. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
torque
round off
Foot-pounds
34. A cut or channel made by a saw.
rafter angle square
Kerf
Combination square
Combination wrench
35. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
try square
tang
Dowel
torque
36. A tool used to remove nails.
nail puller
striking or slugging wrench
Flats
tempered
37. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
rafter angle square
Hex key wrench
tempered
striking or slugging wrench
38. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
tenon
tang
Combination square
39. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
striking or slugging wrench
Fastener
planed
Bevel
40. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
41. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
try square
Bevel
pipe wrench
plumb
42. 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
square
nail puller
Dowel
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.
plumb
pipe wrench
nail puller
Bell-faced hammer
44. 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.
Ball peen hammer
torque
ripping bar
tang
45. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
tempered
Cat's paw
Bell-faced hammer
level
46. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Box-end wrench
Inch-pounds
Joint
Dowel
47. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
round off
Bevel
Carpenter's square
Ball peen hammer
48. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Bevel
Chisel
Joint
Box-end wrench
49. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
Claw Hammer
Flats
Chisel
50. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
pliers
Combination wrench
Flat bar
Chisel