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