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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Dowel
torque
Inch-pounds
Dowel
2. A tool used to remove nails.
Fastener
nail puller
strip
miter joint
3. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Adjustable end wrench
weld
peening
pipe wrench
4. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
rafter angle square
level
Combination wrench
tempered
5. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bell-faced hammer
round off
nail puller
Kerf
6. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
points
Chisel
Joint
Hex key wrench
7. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
pliers
Open-end wrench
pipe wrench
8. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
try square
Bell-faced hammer
Flat bar
pipe wrench
9. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
pipe wrench
rafter angle square
pliers
Foot-pounds
10. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Foot-pounds
Fastener
tang
Combination wrench
11. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Claw Hammer
Open-end wrench
weld
Chisel bar
12. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Hex key wrench
Foot-pounds
round off
Box-end wrench
13. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
pipe wrench
torque
Flat bar
square
14. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Adjustable end wrench
pliers
Dowel
Chisel bar
15. A steel too used to indent metal.
punch
Ball peen hammer
Combination square
striking or slugging wrench
16. 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.
17. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
plumb
pliers
rafter angle square
Box-end wrench
18. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
Open-end wrench
striking or slugging wrench
Box-end wrench
19. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
20. 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
nail puller
nail puller
Ball peen hammer
striking or slugging wrench
21. A tool used to remove nails.
Inch-pounds
level
ripping bar
nail puller
22. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
planed
Hex key wrench
Bevel
square
23. 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.
24. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
planed
Cat's paw
Fastener
plumb
25. 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
Open-end wrench
pipe wrench
Joint
26. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
points
Bevel
Chisel
Chisel
27. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Hex key wrench
pliers
Open-end wrench
level
28. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Open-end wrench
level
Bevel
ripping bar
29. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Open-end wrench
Bevel
level
Carpenter's square
30. A steel too used to indent metal.
try square
tang
Box-end wrench
punch
31. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
plumb
tempered
miter joint
Chisel
32. 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.
try square
Flat bar
Claw Hammer
planed
33. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
punch
Bevel
tenon
tang
34. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Ball peen hammer
Claw Hammer
tenon
Chisel
35. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
level
Combination wrench
ripping bar
36. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Hex key wrench
striking or slugging wrench
miter joint
ripping bar
37. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
strip
ripping bar
Chisel
Inch-pounds
38. 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
pipe wrench
level
Ball peen hammer
Combination square
39. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
strip
Flats
Inch-pounds
weld
40. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
points
striking or slugging wrench
ripping bar
tenon
41. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
ripping bar
Box-end wrench
Flats
pliers
42. 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.
Open-end wrench
Combination wrench
try square
Bevel
43. 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.
weld
Carpenter's square
Adjustable end wrench
level
44. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Inch-pounds
Bevel
Cat's paw
Combination wrench
45. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Flats
Cat's paw
Chisel
nail puller
46. 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.
Combination wrench
torque
Hex key wrench
tenon
47. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Chisel bar
points
pliers
nail puller
48. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
peening
Carpenter's square
Bell-faced hammer
Cat's paw
49. 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.
Adjustable end wrench
Joint
Combination square
Bevel
50. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Fastener
Box-end wrench
pliers
tang