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