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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.
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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. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
Hex key wrench
punch
Kerf
2. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
peening
Claw Hammer
tempered
level
3. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
Flat bar
weld
peening
tang
4. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
round off
points
level
try square
5. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
points
Inch-pounds
Open-end wrench
rafter angle square
6. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Box-end wrench
planed
Claw Hammer
Inch-pounds
7. 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.
punch
Bevel
Chisel
Claw Hammer
8. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Joint
Kerf
Bevel
Claw Hammer
9. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Foot-pounds
Flat bar
ripping bar
Open-end wrench
10. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
pipe wrench
torque
Open-end wrench
Fastener
11. 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.
Ball peen hammer
Chisel bar
Flat bar
peening
12. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Box-end wrench
miter joint
strip
striking or slugging wrench
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.
nail puller
Combination square
plumb
striking or slugging wrench
14. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Foot-pounds
tang
Flat bar
Dowel
15. 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.
round off
Inch-pounds
tenon
Joint
16. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Hex key wrench
Chisel
round off
striking or slugging wrench
17. 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
Box-end wrench
ripping bar
Ball peen hammer
miter joint
18. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
peening
Adjustable end wrench
nail puller
19. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
strip
weld
torque
pipe wrench
20. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
miter joint
Flat bar
Dowel
Bell-faced hammer
21. A tool used to remove nails.
miter joint
Carpenter's square
nail puller
level
22. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Claw Hammer
Flats
try square
tang
23. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
square
peening
Flats
Open-end wrench
24. 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.
25. A tool used to remove nails.
nail puller
ripping bar
level
Foot-pounds
26. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Kerf
striking or slugging wrench
round off
tenon
27. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Bevel
level
pliers
strip
28. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Flats
rafter angle square
Bevel
Bevel
29. 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
Cat's paw
round off
punch
30. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
31. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
32. 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.
rafter angle square
level
Bevel
miter joint
33. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Flats
weld
planed
Foot-pounds
34. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
Carpenter's square
square
planed
Inch-pounds
35. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
try square
rafter angle square
tempered
Ball peen hammer
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.
strip
Joint
Claw Hammer
Combination wrench
37. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
planed
points
Dowel
Combination square
38. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Dowel
Fastener
Ball peen hammer
Kerf
39. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pipe wrench
Claw Hammer
pliers
Kerf
40. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
level
Bell-faced hammer
punch
Combination square
41. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Carpenter's square
Chisel bar
ripping bar
weld
42. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Cat's paw
Combination square
Kerf
torque
43. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
planed
points
Hex key wrench
tempered
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. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
striking or slugging wrench
Flats
Cat's paw
Adjustable end wrench
46. 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
tempered
Claw Hammer
47. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Foot-pounds
miter joint
Cat's paw
pliers
48. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
rafter angle square
Bell-faced hammer
Ball peen hammer
49. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Combination wrench
Bell-faced hammer
weld
Carpenter's square
50. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Flats
pipe wrench
plumb
Combination wrench