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