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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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1. 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.
Kerf
striking or slugging wrench
tenon
tempered
2. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Kerf
Foot-pounds
ripping bar
Inch-pounds
3. A wench with an open end and a closed end.
Combination wrench
Bell-faced hammer
Dowel
Combination square
4. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Box-end wrench
Kerf
planed
rafter angle square
5. 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.
miter joint
Flat bar
tenon
Kerf
6. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
Combination wrench
Claw Hammer
square
plumb
7. A tool used to remove nails.
nail puller
torque
Bevel
striking or slugging wrench
8. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.
Fastener
Chisel bar
ripping bar
tempered
9. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
Hex key wrench
Kerf
tenon
try square
10. 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.
round off
weld
plumb
ripping bar
11. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
Combination square
Adjustable end wrench
Open-end wrench
Claw Hammer
12. 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.
level
torque
Combination wrench
punch
13. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
Foot-pounds
rafter angle square
plumb
planed
14. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.
pipe wrench
nail puller
plumb
striking or slugging wrench
15. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Bevel
Combination square
round off
rafter angle square
16. 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.
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.
plumb
Combination wrench
ripping bar
Inch-pounds
18. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
square
punch
Kerf
peening
19. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Adjustable end wrench
torque
Carpenter's square
tenon
20. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
square
miter joint
Combination square
Joint
21. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
Bevel
Adjustable end wrench
Bevel
22. 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
tenon
Adjustable end wrench
Ball peen hammer
torque
23. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
nail puller
Claw Hammer
Kerf
Chisel
24. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.
pipe wrench
Fastener
planed
Joint
25. 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.
26. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
27. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
miter joint
Combination square
Bell-faced hammer
Hex key wrench
28. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
level
Joint
tang
Combination square
29. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
peening
level
strip
tenon
30. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
miter joint
Foot-pounds
Inch-pounds
punch
31. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Adjustable end wrench
nail puller
Combination square
Open-end wrench
32. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
Carpenter's square
Chisel
tempered
peening
33. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Chisel bar
Foot-pounds
Joint
pliers
34. 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
Box-end wrench
planed
square
35. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
tang
plumb
Cat's paw
36. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
tenon
pliers
Bell-faced hammer
Box-end wrench
37. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Adjustable end wrench
Box-end wrench
Chisel bar
plumb
38. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.
Box-end wrench
punch
Carpenter's square
Bell-faced hammer
39. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
round off
rafter angle square
Cat's paw
Inch-pounds
40. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
pliers
Joint
Carpenter's square
Inch-pounds
41. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
punch
tang
weld
nail puller
42. A steel too used to indent metal.
Ball peen hammer
punch
level
points
43. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
rafter angle square
miter joint
Hex key wrench
Foot-pounds
44. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
tenon
points
punch
Chisel bar
45. A cut or channel made by a saw.
Fastener
plumb
Kerf
Open-end wrench
46. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Chisel bar
strip
Joint
Bevel
47. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
48. 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 bar
Flat bar
strip
Cat's paw
49. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
plumb
strip
Adjustable end wrench
tang
50. A tool used to remove nails.
tang
nail puller
pliers
level