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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.
Foot-pounds
pliers
Combination wrench
plumb
2. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Adjustable end wrench
pipe wrench
strip
planed
3. 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.
Flat bar
Ball peen hammer
Cat's paw
Bevel
4. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Claw Hammer
Hex key wrench
Combination square
planed
5. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
square
Joint
Combination wrench
6. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
tempered
Flats
plumb
Hex key wrench
7. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
square
Kerf
rafter angle square
Adjustable end wrench
8. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Inch-pounds
nail puller
level
nail puller
9. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
Bell-faced hammer
Kerf
weld
10. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
punch
points
square
miter joint
11. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
tenon
tempered
points
strip
12. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
Foot-pounds
Cat's paw
square
try square
13. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
plumb
round off
Chisel bar
pipe wrench
14. 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.
15. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
strip
Cat's paw
planed
Chisel bar
16. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
peening
rafter angle square
Cat's paw
striking or slugging wrench
17. 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
Open-end wrench
Flats
plumb
18. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Combination square
planed
torque
torque
19. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
try square
Carpenter's square
Combination square
Hex key wrench
20. 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.
planed
weld
torque
Dowel
21. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
22. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
peening
punch
Carpenter's square
Chisel
23. 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
Dowel
Dowel
Combination wrench
24. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Foot-pounds
planed
peening
torque
25. 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
Bevel
Chisel
26. 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
Box-end wrench
Open-end wrench
rafter angle square
27. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Bell-faced hammer
strip
tempered
Box-end wrench
28. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Foot-pounds
Ball peen hammer
miter joint
tempered
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.
square
tenon
Ball peen hammer
weld
30. A steel too used to indent metal.
Bevel
Dowel
Adjustable end wrench
punch
31. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
Bell-faced hammer
planed
Flat bar
32. 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
Cat's paw
Combination square
Bevel
33. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
peening
Open-end wrench
ripping bar
Flats
34. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
striking or slugging wrench
tempered
Kerf
Inch-pounds
35. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
level
Chisel bar
Ball peen hammer
36. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
weld
plumb
Ball peen hammer
miter joint
37. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
planed
Chisel bar
Flats
Flat bar
38. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
Claw Hammer
Open-end wrench
Adjustable end wrench
39. 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.
torque
Kerf
punch
weld
40. 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.
41. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Claw Hammer
strip
Open-end wrench
pliers
42. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
Flat bar
Chisel
Adjustable end wrench
43. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Open-end wrench
rafter angle square
torque
plumb
44. A tool used to remove nails.
planed
striking or slugging wrench
punch
nail puller
45. 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.
plumb
Hex key wrench
Claw Hammer
ripping bar
46. A tool used to remove nails.
Open-end wrench
round off
nail puller
planed
47. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
pipe wrench
tempered
tang
try square
48. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Combination square
Chisel
Carpenter's square
Box-end wrench
49. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Kerf
Flats
round off
strip
50. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Bevel
Ball peen hammer
Inch-pounds
torque