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Common Hand Tools
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Study First
Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. A steel too used to indent metal.
Kerf
Flat bar
ripping bar
punch
2. A steel too used to indent metal.
pliers
Flats
Chisel bar
punch
3. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
peening
Inch-pounds
planed
strip
4. A tool used to remove nails.
plumb
nail puller
Chisel
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.
Chisel bar
Open-end wrench
Joint
planed
6. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
points
Combination wrench
Chisel
Fastener
7. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
tempered
Hex key wrench
tenon
Box-end wrench
8. 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.
strip
rafter angle square
weld
Inch-pounds
9. 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
level
Claw Hammer
Adjustable end wrench
10. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Bell-faced hammer
Fastener
Open-end wrench
Foot-pounds
11. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
nail puller
Chisel
Flat bar
Box-end wrench
12. 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
Ball peen hammer
peening
Open-end wrench
tang
13. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
square
tang
pipe wrench
Fastener
14. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
points
ripping bar
rafter angle square
peening
15. 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
miter joint
square
rafter angle square
16. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
pliers
weld
Inch-pounds
Flat bar
17. 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.
18. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
points
weld
Foot-pounds
Combination square
19. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
Bell-faced hammer
torque
Fastener
20. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Inch-pounds
punch
pipe wrench
Kerf
21. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
weld
pipe wrench
Chisel bar
Flats
22. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Combination wrench
ripping bar
rafter angle square
planed
23. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Dowel
Kerf
Chisel
miter joint
24. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
Flats
strip
points
try square
25. 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
Ball peen hammer
ripping bar
Inch-pounds
tenon
26. 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.
miter joint
Flat bar
Claw Hammer
ripping bar
27. 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
points
Flat bar
planed
28. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
pliers
miter joint
planed
29. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
tempered
torque
Foot-pounds
rafter angle square
30. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
Chisel bar
weld
ripping bar
try square
31. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Claw Hammer
round off
Fastener
Carpenter's square
32. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
Kerf
points
tempered
33. 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.
34. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Box-end wrench
Combination square
plumb
planed
35. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Chisel bar
Open-end wrench
Flats
Kerf
36. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Cat's paw
round off
torque
miter joint
37. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
tang
tenon
pliers
peening
38. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
tang
Bell-faced hammer
Combination square
Joint
39. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
pliers
round off
Adjustable end wrench
40. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
level
nail puller
torque
Dowel
41. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Flats
weld
Open-end wrench
Inch-pounds
42. 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
Foot-pounds
points
try square
43. 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.
Dowel
miter joint
nail puller
Bevel
44. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Combination square
tang
Chisel bar
peening
45. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
tenon
Bevel
torque
pliers
46. 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.
tang
Cat's paw
Flat bar
Bell-faced hammer
47. A tool used to remove nails.
plumb
nail puller
Foot-pounds
Hex key wrench
48. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
points
striking or slugging wrench
Combination wrench
Hex key wrench
49. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Box-end wrench
Chisel bar
Carpenter's square
Bell-faced hammer
50. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
tempered
Fastener
Open-end wrench
round off