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