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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. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
weld
Bevel
Chisel
Combination wrench
2. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
Combination square
try square
miter joint
Hex key wrench
3. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
Open-end wrench
planed
Combination wrench
Fastener
4. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
planed
ripping bar
Chisel bar
5. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
tenon
Inch-pounds
Dowel
punch
6. 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.
peening
Carpenter's square
Kerf
Flat bar
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.
square
plumb
Chisel
tenon
8. 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.
9. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Ball peen hammer
Chisel
Adjustable end wrench
Foot-pounds
10. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
11. 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
planed
Flats
Flat bar
12. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Dowel
Hex key wrench
Flat bar
round off
13. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
tang
Combination square
Carpenter's square
miter joint
14. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
rafter angle square
tempered
strip
Box-end wrench
15. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Combination square
Foot-pounds
Chisel bar
Bevel
16. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Inch-pounds
punch
Chisel bar
points
17. 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
Box-end wrench
Chisel
tang
18. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Kerf
tempered
Bevel
Chisel
19. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
square
tang
Flats
Claw Hammer
20. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
striking or slugging wrench
Cat's paw
Kerf
round off
21. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Chisel bar
pipe wrench
Flats
round off
22. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Hex key wrench
Bell-faced hammer
nail puller
rafter angle square
23. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
tang
square
Flats
Chisel
24. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
Bell-faced hammer
pipe wrench
nail puller
square
25. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
round off
Dowel
Chisel
rafter angle square
26. 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
weld
Joint
Combination wrench
27. A tool used to remove nails.
planed
nail puller
Cat's paw
weld
28. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
tempered
Combination square
tenon
Dowel
29. 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.
torque
miter joint
Inch-pounds
Inch-pounds
30. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
Flat bar
pliers
Dowel
ripping bar
31. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
tenon
miter joint
strip
try square
32. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
level
striking or slugging wrench
rafter angle square
points
33. 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.
34. 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.
square
Flat bar
weld
Adjustable end wrench
35. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
points
planed
Foot-pounds
tang
36. 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.
Inch-pounds
Bevel
Kerf
Adjustable end wrench
37. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Chisel bar
Hex key wrench
rafter angle square
Box-end wrench
38. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
Fastener
plumb
Box-end wrench
39. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
pliers
Combination wrench
strip
peening
40. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
rafter angle square
ripping bar
Flats
points
41. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Inch-pounds
Joint
Flat bar
Ball peen hammer
42. 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.
Fastener
level
tenon
Chisel bar
43. A steel too used to indent metal.
round off
punch
Combination square
level
44. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
strip
Combination square
Bell-faced hammer
Claw Hammer
45. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Combination wrench
try square
Chisel
Open-end wrench
46. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
peening
pipe wrench
level
Foot-pounds
47. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Combination wrench
nail puller
Bell-faced hammer
Hex key wrench
48. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Chisel bar
tempered
Chisel
Kerf
49. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
peening
Foot-pounds
points
Box-end wrench
50. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
pliers
Fastener
peening
Inch-pounds