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