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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 tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
Flat bar
Flats
Foot-pounds
2. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Flats
Claw Hammer
Adjustable end wrench
weld
3. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Combination wrench
Kerf
try square
Foot-pounds
4. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Open-end wrench
Kerf
Flat bar
tang
5. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
Box-end wrench
tang
Ball peen hammer
6. 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.
7. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Inch-pounds
tempered
Dowel
ripping bar
8. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
pliers
Flats
peening
nail puller
9. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
try square
Cat's paw
Bell-faced hammer
10. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
level
Hex key wrench
plumb
nail puller
11. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
miter joint
Adjustable end wrench
rafter angle square
striking or slugging wrench
12. A steel too used to indent metal.
peening
punch
Box-end wrench
plumb
13. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
Flat bar
level
Kerf
tenon
14. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bevel
Adjustable end wrench
Bell-faced hammer
Foot-pounds
15. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Open-end wrench
Kerf
Combination square
tang
16. A cut or channel made by a saw.
strip
Foot-pounds
Kerf
square
17. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Box-end wrench
Open-end wrench
punch
torque
18. 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.
Box-end wrench
punch
Combination wrench
Bevel
19. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Combination wrench
tang
Joint
Flats
20. 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
torque
Bevel
striking or slugging wrench
21. 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
try square
try square
Ball peen hammer
Foot-pounds
22. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Ball peen hammer
square
strip
Kerf
23. 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.
Chisel
tenon
Claw Hammer
Combination wrench
24. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
striking or slugging wrench
weld
strip
Dowel
25. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Joint
pipe wrench
tenon
pipe wrench
26. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
nail puller
ripping bar
tenon
Box-end wrench
27. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
Combination wrench
peening
Adjustable end wrench
Bevel
28. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
tempered
Inch-pounds
Kerf
miter joint
29. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
Carpenter's square
try square
Foot-pounds
Hex key wrench
30. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Kerf
Carpenter's square
Combination square
Bell-faced hammer
31. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
Box-end wrench
level
Open-end wrench
points
32. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
tang
pliers
nail puller
Combination square
33. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flat bar
Flats
Bevel
pliers
34. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Claw Hammer
Box-end wrench
Flat bar
Dowel
35. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Bevel
Joint
ripping bar
Bell-faced hammer
36. 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
Kerf
Foot-pounds
Kerf
37. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
plumb
Ball peen hammer
weld
38. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
pliers
Box-end wrench
Chisel
39. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
Chisel
punch
Cat's paw
40. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
strip
Kerf
strip
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.
tempered
Flat bar
Open-end wrench
Inch-pounds
42. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
pliers
Adjustable end wrench
nail puller
43. 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.
tenon
Carpenter's square
plumb
tang
44. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
miter joint
pipe wrench
Inch-pounds
strip
45. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
punch
Hex key wrench
points
Dowel
46. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
points
Fastener
points
torque
47. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
tempered
planed
Open-end wrench
48. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
torque
Carpenter's square
Combination square
points
49. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
planed
square
tang
level
50. A tool used to remove nails.
plumb
nail puller
Foot-pounds
punch