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