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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. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Joint
rafter angle square
Chisel
torque
2. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
3. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
round off
Cat's paw
ripping bar
try square
4. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
ripping bar
Flat bar
Bevel
Fastener
5. 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
nail puller
Chisel
weld
6. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
weld
peening
Bell-faced hammer
7. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
try square
pliers
Dowel
level
8. 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
Joint
Combination wrench
tang
9. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
pipe wrench
torque
miter joint
Hex key wrench
10. A tool used to remove nails.
Flat bar
nail puller
strip
points
11. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
pliers
Open-end wrench
Foot-pounds
rafter angle square
12. 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.
weld
level
plumb
points
13. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Kerf
striking or slugging wrench
pipe wrench
level
14. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Foot-pounds
Open-end wrench
Combination wrench
Box-end wrench
15. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
Flat bar
punch
Combination wrench
16. 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.
17. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
square
pipe wrench
Foot-pounds
round off
18. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
miter joint
Chisel
Open-end wrench
19. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Combination square
Carpenter's square
strip
Kerf
20. 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.
21. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
tang
rafter angle square
planed
Chisel
22. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
Bell-faced hammer
pipe wrench
pliers
23. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
rafter angle square
square
Chisel bar
level
24. A cut or channel made by a saw.
punch
Dowel
Carpenter's square
Kerf
25. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
Foot-pounds
try square
Fastener
26. 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
punch
tempered
strip
27. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
28. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
striking or slugging wrench
Combination square
Inch-pounds
29. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flats
Hex key wrench
Kerf
Inch-pounds
30. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
pipe wrench
Adjustable end wrench
tang
31. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
planed
Flats
rafter angle square
square
32. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
tempered
Inch-pounds
try square
Foot-pounds
33. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Fastener
Foot-pounds
Box-end wrench
pipe wrench
34. 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.
Bevel
Box-end wrench
tenon
Chisel bar
35. 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
try square
Foot-pounds
Claw Hammer
36. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Inch-pounds
nail puller
Chisel bar
points
37. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Open-end wrench
Chisel
Claw Hammer
pipe wrench
38. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
pliers
level
striking or slugging wrench
Hex key wrench
39. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
try square
Cat's paw
tempered
Hex key wrench
40. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
points
strip
pipe wrench
tang
41. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
strip
pliers
striking or slugging wrench
punch
42. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Fastener
Adjustable end wrench
Inch-pounds
planed
43. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Open-end wrench
Box-end wrench
Dowel
Joint
44. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Kerf
square
strip
pipe wrench
45. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bell-faced hammer
tempered
Carpenter's square
Foot-pounds
46. 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
planed
Bevel
miter joint
47. 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 square
Foot-pounds
Hex key wrench
48. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Cat's paw
Hex key wrench
tempered
torque
49. A steel too used to indent metal.
Foot-pounds
punch
tang
Adjustable end wrench
50. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
planed
Flat bar
peening
Dowel