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