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