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