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