ASVAB Shop Information Practice Test 802227 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	2.60
Score	0%	52%

Review

The __________ is an initial shallow saw cut made as a guide to prevent the saw from slipping sideways on subsequent more powerful cuts.

49% Answer Correctly

	guide
	groove
	kerf
	channel

Solution

When you start sawing by creating a kerf it will help prevent the saw from slipping sideways when you begin the power strokes that do most of the cutting.

Which of the following saws would you use if you're cutting wood along the grain?

50% Answer Correctly

	back saw
	crosscut saw
	hacksaw
	ripsaw

Solution

The ripsaw delivers maximum efficiency at cutting with or along the grain (ripping).

You're constructing a cabinet in your workshop and one of the cabinet doors is slightly too big. Which of the following tools would you use to make it fit?

63% Answer Correctly

	drill
	file
	plane
	chisel

Solution

In wooodworking, a plane is used to shave off a small amount of material to smooth a surface or make it fit properly. A jack plane is a general purpose plane that contains an adjustable depth blade set at an angle with a handle and knob to allow gripping when sliding the plane across wood.

You are using a hacksaw to cut a Class 8 bolt. What is the most appropriate TPI for your saw blade?

49% Answer Correctly

	18 TPI
	10 TPI
	2 TPI
	8 TPI

Solution

A Class 8 bolt is made of very hard metal and larger TPI saw blades are most appropriate for very hard metals.

This tool is a(n) __________.

49% Answer Correctly

	outside caliper
	inside micrometer
	outside micrometer
	inside caliper

Solution

Micrometers provide accuracy to the thousandths of an inch and come in outside and inside varieties. An outside micrometer is used to measure outside thickness, such as the diameter of a bolt, while an inside micrometer is used to measure the inside dimension of an object, such as the diameter of the hole of a nut or the width of a channel.