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