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