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