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CLEP General Mathematics: Geometry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. All elements that are in common to two (or more) sets or figures
radius (object)
orthocenter
legs of an isosceles triangle
intersection
2. A segment whose endpoints are point on a circle
Intersecting lines
endpoint
chord of a circle
space
3. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
intersection
Equilateral triangle
coplanar
Obtuse angle
4. The angle formed by the legs of an isosceles triangle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
central angle
conditional statement
5. Area of a circle x height of cylinder - pi x r*2 x height.
parallel planes
nonconvex
contrapositive
Volume of a circular cylinder
6. Distance around - the size of something as given by the distance around it.
Line segment
parallelogram
Circumference
Perimeter
7. A segment that is drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to a side of the polygon. An apothem of a regular polygon is a perpendicular line segment from its center to one of its sides.
plane
contrapositive
Apothem
rhombus
8. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
legs of a right triangle
Ray
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
Perimeter
9. A triangle with one obtuse angle
complementary angles
obtuse triangle
hexagon
cone
10. Angles whose measures add to 180 degrees - Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees - Angles whose measure adds up to 180 degrees.
orthocenter
tangent
Supplementary angles
protractor
11. Lines in the same plane that intersect.
pentagon
intersecting lines
Leonhard Euler
circumcenter
12. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
conditional statement
concave
Supplementary angles
consecutive vertices
13. The common endpoint of two sides of the polygon
vertex of a polygon
Area of a trapezoid
pentagon
right triangle
14. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
polygon
Cavalieri Principle
perimeter
collinear
15. Concave
parallel lines
minor arc
nonconvex
Leonhard Euler
16. Having the same size and shape
diameter (object)
congruent
Perimeter
Degree
17. A circle is inscribed in a polygon if the circle is tangent to all the sides of the polygon.
Angle of a Polygon
inscribed
right angle
ray
18. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle
contrapositive
vertical angles
incenter
Parallel lines
19. A pair of angles which are on the same side of the transversal. With respect to the parallel lines - one must be interior - one must be extirior - and they must be nonadjacent.
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
vertex of an angle
inscribed angle in a circle
Volume of a pyramid
20. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
orthocenter
inverse
Euler segment
obtuse triangle
21. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
consecutive sides
scalene triangle
Sum of the measures in a triangle
space
22. A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on the circle.
Area of a triangle
Area of a trapezoid
diameter
line
23. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
triangle
legs of an isosceles triangle
line
Obtuse angle
24. A point that divides a segment into two congruent segments
legs of a right triangle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
midpoint
point
25. A piece of a line using A and B as endpoints - part of a line with two endpoints - A part of a line between two endpoints.
Volume of a rectangular solid
Line segment
Circumference
tangent
26. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
Euler segment
obtuse triangle
nonagon
central angle
27. V=
trapezoid
Euclid
Volume of a circular cone
Area of a square
28. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
minor arc
prism
right triangle
median of a triangle
29. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Apothem
circumscribed
circle
30. The square root of a is a number b so that a = b^2.
obtuse triangle
intersection
Pythagorean theorem
The square root of a is a number b
31. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
intersection
inscribed
diameter (number)
tangent
32. Twenty sided polygon
icosagon
parallelogram
minor arc
equal
33. An example that shows a statement to be false
area of a circle
counterexample
kite
Pythagorean theorem
34. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
center of a circle
Complementary angles
nonagon
Arc
35. A statement that contains the phrase 'if and only if'.
Bi-conditional statement
concave
Isosceles triangle
Perimeter of a rectangle
36. A=1/2h(b1+b2) - or
Volume of a pyramid
perpendicular
Area of a square
Area of a trapezoid
37. 1/360 of a complete revolution - A unit used to measure distances around a circle. One degree equals 1/360 of a full circle - A unit of angle measure.
Straight angle
incenter
midpoint
Degree
38. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
line
The square root of a is a number b
parallelogram
chord of a circle
39. Non-convex kite
Sum of the measures in a triangle
Scalene triangle
consecutive sides
dart
40. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
Straight angle
triangle
Cavalieri Principle
Area of a parallelogram
41. A triangle with no equal sides.
concave
hypotenuse of a right triangle
consecutive sides
scalene triangle
42. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
diagonal of a polygon
sphere
line
major arc
43. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
Angle of a Polygon
vertex of an angle
inscribed angle in a circle
Acute angle
44. An eleven-sided polygon
pentagon
undecagon
Area of a parallelogram
inscribed angle in a circle
45. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height)
pi
Area of a parallelogram
skew lines
chord of a circle
46. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
perimeter
quadrangle
point
47. A tool used to measure angles
Straight angle
protractor
consecutive angles
Arc
48. The rays forming the angle - Rays that make up an angle - The two rays that meet at a vertex to create an angle.
Sides of an angle
line
side of a polygon
Circle
49. A=?r
inscribed
Circumference
Area of a parallelogram
Area of a circle
50. A statement that can be written in if-then form
minor arc
Euler segment
conditional statement
equal