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