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