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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. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
nail puller
pliers
try square
Chisel
2. 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.
level
weld
Joint
Box-end wrench
3. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
Open-end wrench
nail puller
Combination wrench
striking or slugging wrench
4. 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.
tenon
miter joint
Dowel
plumb
5. 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.
6. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Combination wrench
pliers
miter joint
Dowel
7. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Chisel
Kerf
Open-end wrench
punch
8. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
Claw Hammer
try square
miter joint
ripping bar
9. 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
points
Open-end wrench
Kerf
10. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Flat bar
miter joint
Carpenter's square
Flats
11. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
weld
Claw Hammer
Combination square
peening
12. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Joint
Combination square
try square
ripping bar
13. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bell-faced hammer
Dowel
Cat's paw
level
14. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Combination wrench
Chisel bar
Claw Hammer
Inch-pounds
15. 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
Chisel
pipe wrench
round off
16. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
tempered
points
torque
Combination square
17. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
try square
plumb
square
Chisel bar
18. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
try square
Adjustable end wrench
planed
rafter angle square
19. 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.
tenon
ripping bar
torque
pipe wrench
20. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
level
torque
round off
Foot-pounds
21. A tool used to remove nails.
Dowel
nail puller
tempered
level
22. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Carpenter's square
Open-end wrench
nail puller
Box-end wrench
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.
square
Inch-pounds
Flat bar
level
24. 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
Cat's paw
pliers
rafter angle square
25. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
Adjustable end wrench
Joint
round off
26. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
planed
level
Flats
pliers
27. 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.
tempered
Flat bar
level
Ball peen hammer
28. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
torque
Inch-pounds
Chisel bar
Bell-faced hammer
29. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
tenon
peening
Foot-pounds
30. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Foot-pounds
pipe wrench
striking or slugging wrench
plumb
31. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Combination wrench
square
strip
Foot-pounds
32. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
33. 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.
Adjustable end wrench
pipe wrench
square
torque
34. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
pipe wrench
level
Adjustable end wrench
Cat's paw
35. 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
Bell-faced hammer
punch
tenon
36. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
rafter angle square
plumb
planed
striking or slugging wrench
37. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Bell-faced hammer
Dowel
try square
Combination wrench
38. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
tang
Kerf
Fastener
plumb
39. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
round off
Claw Hammer
strip
Bell-faced hammer
40. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
Fastener
points
pliers
41. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
42. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Open-end wrench
Claw Hammer
peening
strip
43. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Box-end wrench
Claw Hammer
tempered
Fastener
44. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
peening
Combination wrench
striking or slugging wrench
miter joint
45. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Kerf
Inch-pounds
Combination square
level
46. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Carpenter's square
Combination square
Claw Hammer
Inch-pounds
47. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Dowel
strip
punch
square
48. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
miter joint
Bell-faced hammer
Dowel
Ball peen hammer
49. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
try square
tenon
points
square
50. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Fastener
try square
Chisel
tenon