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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
pliers
peening
miter joint
tempered
2. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
Inch-pounds
Chisel bar
Bell-faced hammer
3. 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.
Open-end wrench
plumb
Carpenter's square
planed
4. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Combination wrench
Cat's paw
Chisel
Kerf
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. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Combination square
level
square
Cat's paw
7. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Open-end wrench
Box-end wrench
Combination square
tang
8. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
9. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bell-faced hammer
pipe wrench
Combination wrench
Hex key wrench
10. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
strip
Carpenter's square
Flats
11. 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
rafter angle square
Ball peen hammer
tenon
plumb
12. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Cat's paw
torque
Flat bar
miter joint
13. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Flats
tempered
Ball peen hammer
Cat's paw
14. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Cat's paw
Fastener
weld
tenon
15. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
planed
tempered
ripping bar
strip
16. 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.
Claw Hammer
Box-end wrench
tenon
Chisel
17. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
strip
try square
torque
Combination wrench
18. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Foot-pounds
Inch-pounds
Cat's paw
ripping bar
19. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Adjustable end wrench
round off
Flats
Ball peen hammer
20. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Claw Hammer
round off
Adjustable end wrench
Flats
21. 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.
Bell-faced hammer
weld
points
planed
22. 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
Combination wrench
nail puller
Bevel
23. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
pipe wrench
Combination wrench
miter joint
24. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
points
punch
try square
tang
25. 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.
Dowel
tenon
Adjustable end wrench
Carpenter's square
26. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
strip
Flat bar
Combination wrench
27. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Inch-pounds
level
nail puller
Foot-pounds
28. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Chisel
Chisel
Fastener
rafter angle square
29. 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.
Bell-faced hammer
Claw Hammer
Bevel
Dowel
30. 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
punch
Ball peen hammer
torque
Bevel
31. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Inch-pounds
planed
striking or slugging wrench
Cat's paw
32. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
Inch-pounds
Claw Hammer
nail puller
33. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Adjustable end wrench
Claw Hammer
Kerf
Inch-pounds
34. 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.
plumb
nail puller
Foot-pounds
weld
35. A steel too used to indent metal.
Cat's paw
weld
punch
Joint
36. 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
strip
pipe wrench
Fastener
37. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
try square
miter joint
Kerf
38. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Open-end wrench
round off
punch
square
39. A steel too used to indent metal.
punch
Bevel
square
Flat bar
40. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
rafter angle square
Flat bar
points
Bevel
41. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Open-end wrench
Combination wrench
Hex key wrench
level
42. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
Cat's paw
pliers
peening
Foot-pounds
43. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Adjustable end wrench
planed
strip
weld
44. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
square
Foot-pounds
level
Foot-pounds
45. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
plumb
Fastener
Adjustable end wrench
Flats
46. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Combination square
Bell-faced hammer
Chisel
punch
47. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
ripping bar
try square
tang
Foot-pounds
48. A tool used to remove nails.
nail puller
Dowel
peening
Ball peen hammer
49. 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.
planed
torque
ripping bar
tang
50. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
level
Carpenter's square
round off
pipe wrench