NCCER HAND TOOLS | REAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | 2026 LATEST
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1. Needle nose pliers (or Small pliers with long thin jaws to get into small places.
Long Nose pliers)
2. Phillips head A screw head having two partial slots crossing at right angles, driven
by a Phillips screwdriver. Plus shaped + screw head.
3. Rip Saw For cutting wood along the grain or ripping. This has the fewest teeth per inch which
makes the roughest cut.
4. Crosscut Saw Slightly finer than the Rip Saw for smoother cuts across the grain of the wood. Finer
saws have more teeth per inch.
, 5. Wood shaver A tool that removes thin shavings to get larger work shaped flat enough
to be sanded. They can also be used for trimming drywall and for working down auto body repair fillers.
6. Block plane A specialized tool used to remove thin, fine shavings from wood to
make it flat and true
7. Self-retracting blade... ... if the knife slips from the operator's hand, the blade pulls back in
by itself to avoid injuries.
8. Which knife would help prevent Self-retracting
accidental cuts better; a retracting or
self-retracting knife?
UPDATED| GET A+
1. Needle nose pliers (or Small pliers with long thin jaws to get into small places.
Long Nose pliers)
2. Phillips head A screw head having two partial slots crossing at right angles, driven
by a Phillips screwdriver. Plus shaped + screw head.
3. Rip Saw For cutting wood along the grain or ripping. This has the fewest teeth per inch which
makes the roughest cut.
4. Crosscut Saw Slightly finer than the Rip Saw for smoother cuts across the grain of the wood. Finer
saws have more teeth per inch.
, 5. Wood shaver A tool that removes thin shavings to get larger work shaped flat enough
to be sanded. They can also be used for trimming drywall and for working down auto body repair fillers.
6. Block plane A specialized tool used to remove thin, fine shavings from wood to
make it flat and true
7. Self-retracting blade... ... if the knife slips from the operator's hand, the blade pulls back in
by itself to avoid injuries.
8. Which knife would help prevent Self-retracting
accidental cuts better; a retracting or
self-retracting knife?
