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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A parallelogram with four equal sides not at right angles to each other.
vertex of an angle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
Area of a triangle
rhombus
2. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
endpoint
line
Obtuse triangle
vertical angles
3. Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees
Obtuse angle
supplementary angles
complementary angles
circle
4. Objects on the same line
diameter (object)
octagon
Arc
collinear
5. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
Straight angle
Supplementary angles
Area of a parallelogram
cone
6. Regular quadrilateral
square
Degree
tangent
complementary angles
7. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
vertex of an isosceles triangle
converse
Volume of a pyramid
Area of a rectangle
8. An example that shows a statement to be false
equal
skew lines
counterexample
concave
9. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
coplanar
rhombus
sphere
obtuse triangle
10. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
Volume of a pyramid
hexagon
inscribed angle in a circle
angle bisector
11. The set of all coplanar points that are the same distance from a given point
Circle
Area of a parallelogram
obtuse triangle
line
12. C = (Pi)d = 2(Pi)r - the size of something as given by the distance around it - the length of the closed curve of a circle - 2pr - Pi
Circumference
Line segment
right triangle
Perimeter of a rectangle
13. A = S^2
orthocenter
height
angle bisector
Area of a square
14. An equilateral quadrilateral
protractor
parallel lines
rhombus
polygon
15. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
protractor
alternate interior angles
complementary angles
16. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
vertex of an angle
major arc
skew lines
perimeter
17. An undefined two-dimensional figure
Perimeter
collinear
plane
concurrent
18. An undefined three-dimensional figure; the set of all points
Acute angle
endpoint
space
concave
19. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
Complementary angles
Isosceles triangle
Straight angle
coplanar
20. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
Equilateral triangle
orthocenter
legs of a right triangle
radius (number)
21. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
icosagon
Area of a rectangle
Perpendicular lines
Volume of a pyramid
22. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
Complementary angles
supplementary angles
inscribed angle in a circle
Apothem
23. A five-sided polygon.
Equilateral triangle
diameter (object)
square
pentagon
24. A triangle with no equal sides.
Complementary angles
scalene triangle
Cavalieri Principle
endpoint
25. Six sided polygon
radius (number)
hexagon
heptagon
legs of a right triangle
26. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
Equilateral triangle
pi
Obtuse angle
Cavalieri Principle
27. All elements that are in common to two (or more) sets or figures
diameter (object)
conditional statement
intersection
Area of a circle
28. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
endpoint
median of a triangle
secant
skew lines
29. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
pentagon
Apothem
line segment
Euclid
30. The amount of surface inside a circle.
vertex of a polygon
area of a circle
diameter
Straight angle
31. A triangle with 2 equal sides.
dodecagon
n-gon
skew lines
Isosceles triangle
32. One-quarter of a complete revolution - a quarter of the circumference of a circle - an angle that measures 90 degrees.
side of a polygon
plane
Right angle
isosceles triangle
33. The two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle
point of concurrency
hypotenuse of a right triangle
legs of an isosceles triangle
Supplementary angles
34. The distance around a circle.
Supplementary angles
perimeter
circumference
heptagon
35. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
decagon
pentadecagon
Sides of an angle
pyramid
36. The distance from the center of a circle to a point on the circle
inverse
consecutive vertices
radius (number)
line
37. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
Scalene triangle
polygon
diameter (number)
hexagon
38. Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays
semicircle
vertical angles
incenter
Acute triangle
39. A point that divides a segment into two congruent segments
vertex of an angle
midpoint
parallelogram
orthocenter
40. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
kite
tangent
Right angle
inscribed
41. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
incenter
intersecting lines
circumcenter
Acute angle
42. One of the angles is an obtuse angle - a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle - A triangle where one angle measures over 90 degrees.
orthocenter
inscribed
Pythagorean theorem
Obtuse triangle
43. Figures that lie on the same plane
radius (object)
rhombus
collinear
coplanar
44. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height) - The area of a triangle is one half the product of a base and its corresponding height - which is the length of the altitude drawn to the given base - A=
sphere
hemisphere
Area of a triangle
perpendicular
45. (1.) Use a metric ruler. (2.) Measure the length - width - and height (Volume = l x w x h). (3.) Units cubic centimeter (cm3).
Volume of a rectangular solid
tangent
Degree
right angle
46. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Acute triangle
right triangle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
47. Two lines that intersect to form right angles
major arc
perpendicular
vertical angles
Equilateral triangle
48. Angles whose measures add to 180 degrees - Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees - Angles whose measure adds up to 180 degrees.
Bi-conditional statement
vertex of a polygon
Supplementary angles
Parallel lines
49. No line that contains a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon
equilateral
Volume of a circular cylinder
Perimeter
convex
50. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783). He is known for his prolific output and the fact that he continued to produce seminal results even after going blind. He invented graph theory with the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem and introduced the modern not
endpoint
scalene triangle
Apothem
Leonhard Euler