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