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