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