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