NC LOCKSMITH UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Hub - ✔✔1. A lock component, which redirects rotational motion from a spindle or
shaft to linear movement of a latch or bolt 2. (key change) the part of a combination
wheel that the change key engages to permit the combination to be changed
✔✔Knob Screw - ✔✔a screw used to fasten a slip-on knob to a mortise lock spindle, or
a set screw which maintains the position of a knob on a threaded mortise lock spindle
✔✔Left Hand (Man Door) - ✔✔Pertaining to an inward swinging door with hinges on the
left side, using the outside of the door as reference
✔✔Left Hand Reverse Bevel - ✔✔pertaining to a left handed door which swings
outward
✔✔Mortise - ✔✔to prepare by removing stock material from the edge of a door, drawer,
frame or opening to create a recess which allows the flush fit or in setting of relevant
lock or other hardware 2. The cavity prepared by mortising 3. Of or pertaining to a
locking device designed to fit in a mortise preparation
✔✔Mortise Lockset - ✔✔a lockset the case of which is designed to fit in a mortise in the
edge of a door or drawer
✔✔Non-reversible - ✔✔door hardware whose hand cannot be changed in the field
✔✔Out of time - ✔✔of or pertaining to a condition where a mechanical part is mis-
oriented and cannot function correctly
✔✔Right Hand - ✔✔pertaining to an inward swinging door with hinges on the right side,
using the outside of the door as reference
✔✔Right Hand Reverse Bevel - ✔✔Pertaining to a right handed door which swings
outward
✔✔Rose - ✔✔a usually circular escutcheon
✔✔Spanner Wrench - ✔✔a tool for installing, removing or adjusting a threaded part. the
tool is designed to engage one of more holes or depressions which are peripheral or not
on-center to the part axis
✔✔Spindle - ✔✔a component which transfers rotary motion from outside a lock or latch
case to an inner mechanism
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Hub - ✔✔1. A lock component, which redirects rotational motion from a spindle or
shaft to linear movement of a latch or bolt 2. (key change) the part of a combination
wheel that the change key engages to permit the combination to be changed
✔✔Knob Screw - ✔✔a screw used to fasten a slip-on knob to a mortise lock spindle, or
a set screw which maintains the position of a knob on a threaded mortise lock spindle
✔✔Left Hand (Man Door) - ✔✔Pertaining to an inward swinging door with hinges on the
left side, using the outside of the door as reference
✔✔Left Hand Reverse Bevel - ✔✔pertaining to a left handed door which swings
outward
✔✔Mortise - ✔✔to prepare by removing stock material from the edge of a door, drawer,
frame or opening to create a recess which allows the flush fit or in setting of relevant
lock or other hardware 2. The cavity prepared by mortising 3. Of or pertaining to a
locking device designed to fit in a mortise preparation
✔✔Mortise Lockset - ✔✔a lockset the case of which is designed to fit in a mortise in the
edge of a door or drawer
✔✔Non-reversible - ✔✔door hardware whose hand cannot be changed in the field
✔✔Out of time - ✔✔of or pertaining to a condition where a mechanical part is mis-
oriented and cannot function correctly
✔✔Right Hand - ✔✔pertaining to an inward swinging door with hinges on the right side,
using the outside of the door as reference
✔✔Right Hand Reverse Bevel - ✔✔Pertaining to a right handed door which swings
outward
✔✔Rose - ✔✔a usually circular escutcheon
✔✔Spanner Wrench - ✔✔a tool for installing, removing or adjusting a threaded part. the
tool is designed to engage one of more holes or depressions which are peripheral or not
on-center to the part axis
✔✔Spindle - ✔✔a component which transfers rotary motion from outside a lock or latch
case to an inner mechanism
