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