NC Locksmith Exam Section 4| Exam Questions with Complete Solutions 100%
Solved| Grade A+
Impression Technique a means of fitting a key directly to a locked cylinder by manipulating a
blank in the keyway and cutting the blank where the tumblers have made marks
Jamb The vertical component of a door frame
Key extractor a tool designed for use to remove a broken or stuck key form a lock
Key-n-knob lockset any lockset with a key operated cylinder in one or more knobs
Keyway 1. The opening in a lock or cylinder which is shaped to accept key bit or blade of a
proper configuration. 2. the exact cross sectional configuration of a keyway as viewed from the
front. It is not necessarily the same as the key section
KIK Key-n-knob
KIL Key-n-lever
Latch 1. A mechanical or magnetic door fastener which can automatically keep a door, gate,
etc. closed. 2. Engagement of a latch when a door, gate, etc. is pushed or pulled
Latch bolt a spring actuated bolt, normally with one or more beveled surfaces, which when
aligned with the strike engages it automatically
Lazy cam/tailpiece a cam or tailpiece designed to remain stationary while the cylinder plug is
partially rotated and/or vice versa
, Lock stile the edge of a door designed for lock or latch installation
Lockset a locking device, complete with trim, mounting hardware, and strike
Mortise Lockset a lockset the case of which is designed to fit in a mortise in the edge of a
door or drawer
Pick 1. A tool or instrument, other than the specifically designed key, made for the purpose
of manipulating tumblers in a lock or cylinder into the locked or unlocked position through the
keyway, without obvious damage. 2. To manipulate tumblers in a keyed lock mechanism
through the keyway, without obvious damage, by means other than the specifically designed
key
Pick gun a machine designed to impact all of the bottom pins of a pin tumbler lock at exactly
the same time and thereby bounce the top pins beyond the shear line
Pick key a type of manipulation key, cut or modified to operate a lock or cylinder
Plug the part of the cylinder which contains the keyway, with the tumbler chambers usually
corresponding to those in the cylinder shell
Plug retainer the cylinder component which secures the plug in the shell
Plug spinner a tool which is designed to rotate a picked cylinder plug so quickly in the
desired direction that it cannot lock during the rotation
Read to decode a lock combination visually without disassembly of the lock or cylinder
Solved| Grade A+
Impression Technique a means of fitting a key directly to a locked cylinder by manipulating a
blank in the keyway and cutting the blank where the tumblers have made marks
Jamb The vertical component of a door frame
Key extractor a tool designed for use to remove a broken or stuck key form a lock
Key-n-knob lockset any lockset with a key operated cylinder in one or more knobs
Keyway 1. The opening in a lock or cylinder which is shaped to accept key bit or blade of a
proper configuration. 2. the exact cross sectional configuration of a keyway as viewed from the
front. It is not necessarily the same as the key section
KIK Key-n-knob
KIL Key-n-lever
Latch 1. A mechanical or magnetic door fastener which can automatically keep a door, gate,
etc. closed. 2. Engagement of a latch when a door, gate, etc. is pushed or pulled
Latch bolt a spring actuated bolt, normally with one or more beveled surfaces, which when
aligned with the strike engages it automatically
Lazy cam/tailpiece a cam or tailpiece designed to remain stationary while the cylinder plug is
partially rotated and/or vice versa
, Lock stile the edge of a door designed for lock or latch installation
Lockset a locking device, complete with trim, mounting hardware, and strike
Mortise Lockset a lockset the case of which is designed to fit in a mortise in the edge of a
door or drawer
Pick 1. A tool or instrument, other than the specifically designed key, made for the purpose
of manipulating tumblers in a lock or cylinder into the locked or unlocked position through the
keyway, without obvious damage. 2. To manipulate tumblers in a keyed lock mechanism
through the keyway, without obvious damage, by means other than the specifically designed
key
Pick gun a machine designed to impact all of the bottom pins of a pin tumbler lock at exactly
the same time and thereby bounce the top pins beyond the shear line
Pick key a type of manipulation key, cut or modified to operate a lock or cylinder
Plug the part of the cylinder which contains the keyway, with the tumbler chambers usually
corresponding to those in the cylinder shell
Plug retainer the cylinder component which secures the plug in the shell
Plug spinner a tool which is designed to rotate a picked cylinder plug so quickly in the
desired direction that it cannot lock during the rotation
Read to decode a lock combination visually without disassembly of the lock or cylinder
