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