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