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