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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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1. 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.
punch
tenon
pliers
Joint
2. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
Adjustable end wrench
points
Dowel
3. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
level
planed
tang
try square
4. 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.
tenon
torque
Flats
Hex key wrench
5. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Hex key wrench
Inch-pounds
Joint
Dowel
6. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Cat's paw
ripping bar
Bell-faced hammer
pipe wrench
7. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
level
Bell-faced hammer
Bell-faced hammer
8. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Cat's paw
Bevel
miter joint
ripping bar
9. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Kerf
ripping bar
striking or slugging wrench
Joint
10. 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
Ball peen hammer
tenon
Fastener
11. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
try square
plumb
tempered
Box-end wrench
12. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Combination wrench
try square
square
Box-end wrench
13. A tool used to remove nails.
Bell-faced hammer
nail puller
peening
Open-end wrench
14. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Carpenter's square
striking or slugging wrench
torque
Combination square
15. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
tempered
Combination wrench
plumb
Joint
16. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
Joint
Hex key wrench
try square
17. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
Dowel
Kerf
Flats
18. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Open-end wrench
level
Flats
round off
19. 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.
ripping bar
plumb
level
Flat bar
20. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Joint
Bevel
Fastener
Adjustable end wrench
21. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Foot-pounds
striking or slugging wrench
level
tang
22. 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.
striking or slugging wrench
Ball peen hammer
Bell-faced hammer
Bevel
23. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Foot-pounds
ripping bar
level
nail puller
24. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Chisel
Foot-pounds
Adjustable end wrench
Foot-pounds
25. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Combination wrench
strip
Chisel
Bell-faced hammer
26. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
try square
Box-end wrench
tang
27. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
striking or slugging wrench
rafter angle square
miter joint
Flat bar
28. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Flat bar
Inch-pounds
Chisel
pliers
29. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
30. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
striking or slugging wrench
round off
Kerf
Open-end wrench
31. 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.
Bell-faced hammer
Flat bar
Box-end wrench
Adjustable end wrench
32. 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
Joint
Box-end wrench
torque
33. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Kerf
level
Chisel bar
striking or slugging wrench
34. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
35. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
ripping bar
torque
Joint
square
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.
Claw Hammer
Bevel
Joint
nail puller
37. 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.
Bevel
Combination square
weld
Flat bar
38. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
points
weld
Foot-pounds
striking or slugging wrench
39. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
points
miter joint
pipe wrench
Bell-faced hammer
40. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
pipe wrench
points
Combination square
Fastener
41. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
strip
punch
Chisel
pliers
42. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
tenon
Carpenter's square
Dowel
Hex key 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.
Flats
try square
tenon
Hex key wrench
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. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Bell-faced hammer
Ball peen hammer
round off
planed
46. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
Chisel
pliers
Box-end wrench
47. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Hex key wrench
Combination square
Flat bar
Hex key wrench
48. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Box-end wrench
Kerf
round off
striking or slugging wrench
49. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
striking or slugging wrench
peening
level
tang
50. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Fastener
Inch-pounds
punch
Ball peen hammer