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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. Figures that lie on the same plane
coplanar
conditional statement
chord of a circle
hexagon
2. Two lines in the same plane that extend infinitely in both directions and never intersect - coplanar lines that do not intersect - lines in a plane that never intersect.
major arc
sphere
legs of an isosceles triangle
Parallel lines
3. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
octagon
polygon
supplementary angles
acute angle
4. A line segment perpendicular to the base - with one endpoint on the vertex and the other endpoint on the plane containing the base
altitude of a pyramid or cone
Area of a trapezoid
intersecting lines
plane
5. The point that is the same distance from all the points on the circle
alternate interior angles
circumference
center of a circle
heptagon
6. An angle with 90 degrees
undecagon
Isosceles triangle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
right angle
7. A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides
cylinder
polygon
Right triangle
trapezoid
8. One of the rays that makes an angle
side of an angle
coplanar
undecagon
Isosceles triangle
9. (1.) By using a letter or a number inside the angle. Thus - we would name the angle (read 'angle alpha'). (2.) By using the vertex letter only - such as A. (3.) By using three letters - one from each ray - with the vertex letter in the middle. The
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
consecutive sides
obtuse triangle
diagonal of a polygon
10. The common endpoint of two sides of the polygon
supplementary angles
Altitude of a Triangle
vertex of a polygon
quadrangle
11. A = S^2
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Area of a square
secant
Volume of a sphere
12. A point a the end of a line segment or ray.
Pythagorean theorem
Perimeter of a rectangle
circumcenter
endpoint
13. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
acute angle
line
Leonhard Euler
scalene triangle
14. The longest side of a right triangle
vertex of an angle
Right angle
equiangular
hypotenuse of a right triangle
15. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
nonagon
Area of a rectangle
convex
prism
16. One of the angles is a right angle - a triangle with one right angle - One angle in the triangle measures exactly 90 degrees.
pentagon
Right triangle
protractor
semicircle
17. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
diameter
Cavalieri Principle
radius (number)
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
18. A triangle with one obtuse angle
obtuse triangle
Ray
Area of a parallelogram
pentagon
19. Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays
vertical angles
acute angle
Right angle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
20. Shows a location -
acute angle
midpoint
Point
equilateral
21. A solid figure that has a circular base and one vertex. The intersection of a cone with a plane through the vertex - perpendicular to the base will be a traingle.
isosceles triangle
cone
Altitude of a Triangle
tangent
22. A statement that contains the phrase 'if and only if'.
ruler
Bi-conditional statement
acute triangle
minor arc
23. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
side of a polygon
diagonal of a polygon
Sum of the measures in a triangle
pyramid
24. The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. (approximately 3.141592653589...
line
intersection
Right triangle
pi
25. The perpendicular segment form a vertx to the line containing the opposite side.
square
Altitude of a Triangle
midpoint
rectangle
26. A four sided polygon
Cavalieri Principle
obtuse triangle
quadrangle
radius (number)
27. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
consecutive vertices
skew lines
Circle
orthocenter
28. A tool for measuring linear distance
inverse
ruler
Cavalieri Principle
Point
29. The distance around a circle.
circumference
Leonhard Euler
pentagon
octagon
30. An undefined three-dimensional figure; the set of all points
point
space
Volume of a rectangular solid
diagonal of a polygon
31. Segment that connects any two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon
altitude of a pyramid or cone
circumscribed
Ray
diagonal of a polygon
32. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
concurrent
Perpendicular lines
Circumference
consecutive angles
33. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
supplementary angles
circumference
Volume of a circular cylinder
inverse
34. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
Ray
Isosceles triangle
right triangle
circumcenter
35. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
equilateral
collinear
union
parallel lines
36. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
Arch
Obtuse triangle
chord of a circle
sphere
37. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
diameter (object)
Parallel lines
pentagon
inscribed angle in a circle
38. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
line
Arch
Scalene triangle
Right angle
39. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
Obtuse triangle
diameter (object)
sphere
Straight angle
40. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
Euler Line
consecutive vertices
Pythagorean theorem
Area of a rectangle
41. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)
pentadecagon
Pythagorean theorem
Arch
Volume of a sphere
42. An angle that measures between 0 and 90 degrees.
acute angle
Circumference
Base of an Isosceles triangle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
43. 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:
Euler segment
alternate interior angles
Euclid
44. An eleven-sided polygon
inscribed
undecagon
parallelogram
plane
45. A five-sided polygon.
pentagon
Supplementary angles
consecutive angles
side of a polygon
46. 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.
Apothem
Leonhard Euler
hexagon
parallelogram
47. Angles whose measures add to 180 degrees - Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees - Angles whose measure adds up to 180 degrees.
Supplementary angles
Isosceles triangle
contrapositive
orthocenter
48. A circle is circumscribed about a polygon if the circle contains all the vertices of the polygon.
circumscribed
Equilateral triangle
rhombus
isosceles triangle
49. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object
point
rhombus
Angle
Euclid
50. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
Angle
Angle of a Polygon
vertex of an isosceles triangle
collinear