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