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