Locksmith Test #1

Question 1

Mushroom and Spool pins is:

Accepted Answer

Can hinder normal picking attempts

Answer

Make keys harder to duplicate

Answer

Make a lock easier to pick

Answer

Make keys easier to duplicate

Question 2

The 10 cut wafer sidebar locks made by General Motors typically have:

Accepted Answer

A sum total of cut depths that must equal an even number

Answer

Up to four of the same depth cut in the 7,8,9 and 10 spaces

Answer

A maximum of five number 1 depths in a code combination

Question 3

A MACS of a Kwikset Titan is:

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

5

Question 4

A key in a knob lock whose default setting is that both knobs are locked and demand the use of a key to unlock it is

Accepted Answer

An institution lock

Answer

A function lock

Answer

A school lock

Answer

A classroom lock

Question 5

How many pin tumbler sets make up the average house door lock?

Accepted Answer

5 or 6

Answer

7 or 8

Answer

3 or 4

Answer

11 or 12

Question 6

On GM autos, the following common lock style is employed:

Accepted Answer

A sidebar wafer

Answer

An Automotive tubular key

Answer

An Automotive Bit key

Answer

A Medeco pin tumbler

Question 7

Which manufacturer's interchangeable core locks are the most well-known?

Accepted Answer

Best Lock

Answer

Ilco Interchangeable Core Corporation

Answer

Interchangeable Core Corporation

Answer

Kwikset Corporation

Question 8

These are the two most typical key stops:

Accepted Answer

Shoulder and tip

Answer

Keyway grooves and bittings

Answer

Bow and blade

Answer

Blade and v cut

Question 9

Basically, a blank is merely

Accepted Answer

An uncut or uncombinated key

Answer

A master key with no words or numbers on the bow

Answer

A change key with cuts on one side only

Answer

Any key with no words or numbers on the bow

Question 10

What kind of cylinder is commonly used on a "jimmy proof" or interlocking deadbolt?

Accepted Answer

Rim Cylinder

Answer

Key in knob cylinder

Answer

Tubular Deadbolt Cylinder

Answer

Mortise cylinder