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