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