Test your basic knowledge |

Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






2. 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.






3. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.






4. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.






5. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.






6. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.






7. 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.






8. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






9. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.






10. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.






11. 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






12. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.






16. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






17. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.






18. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


19. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.






20. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench






21. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






22. A cut or channel made by a saw.






23. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






24. A tool used to remove nails.






25. 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.






26. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.






27. A steel too used to indent metal.






28. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.






29. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.






30. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






31. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.






32. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.






33. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.






34. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.






35. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.






36. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench






37. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.






38. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.






39. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.






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.






41. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.






42. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.






43. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.






44. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.






45. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench






46. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.






47. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.






48. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






49. 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.






50. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.