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