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CLEP General Mathematics: Geometry
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Instructions:
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 = S^2
Equilateral triangle
Area of a square
Area of a trapezoid
circumcenter
2. A polygon with n sides
Volume of a sphere
endpoint
altitude of a pyramid or cone
n-gon
3. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
Equilateral triangle
rhombus
perpendicular
Euler Line
4. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
vertex of a polygon
Perpendicular lines
Parallel lines
inscribed angle in a circle
5. 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.
area of a circle
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
legs of an isosceles triangle
Obtuse angle
6. Distance around - the size of something as given by the distance around it.
tangent
Perimeter
Arch
center of a circle
7. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
polygon
chord of a circle
consecutive angles
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
8. An arc that measures less than 180 degrees
nonagon
complementary angles
minor arc
Perpendicular lines
9. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
Ray
Vertex of an angle
parallelogram
isosceles triangle
10. A ray is part of a line with one endpoint and extending infi nitely in one direction - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point - A part of a line - with one endpoint - that continues without end in one direction.
decagon
Ray
counterexample
octagon
11. Figures that lie on the same plane
coplanar
Altitude of a Triangle
line segment
heptagon
12. A tool for measuring linear distance
skew lines
Area of a triangle
Acute angle
ruler
13. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
nonagon
Straight angle
Angle
obtuse angle
14. A triangle with all acute angles.
undecagon
Circle
inscribed
acute triangle
15. An example that shows a statement to be false
Acute angle
Area of a triangle
Scalene triangle
counterexample
16. More than two lines that meet at the same point
Base of an Isosceles triangle
acute angle
concurrent
Ray
17. A line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle
centroid of a triangle
Angle of a Polygon
radius (object)
kite
18. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle
Area of a square
hemisphere
incenter
Volume of a circular cone
19. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
alternate interior angles
Leonhard Euler
tangent
line
20. One of the rays that makes an angle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
Circumference
side of an angle
union
21. Half of a line
rectangle
ray
altitude of a pyramid or cone
undecagon
22. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
hemisphere
equal
nonagon
Circle
23. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)
Volume of a sphere
obtuse triangle
diameter (number)
nonagon
24. An arc that measures 180 degrees
circumference
semicircle
Parallel lines
dart
25. A five-sided polygon.
dart
pentagon
Perimeter
polygon
26. A triangle with a right angle
square
Vertex of an angle
right triangle
Sides of an angle
27. Equiangular quadrilateral
linear pair of angles
Isosceles triangle
rectangle
Area of a parallelogram
28. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
pyramid
square
Obtuse triangle
parallel lines
29. P = 2L + 2W (L = length - W = width) - (length times 2) plus (width times 2).
Perimeter of a rectangle
space
chord of a circle
Pythagorean theorem
30. Switches the hypothesis and the conclusion and negates both
midpoint
Degree
Point
contrapositive
31. A five-sided polygon
counterexample
pentagon
scalene triangle
obtuse angle
32. All elements that are in common to two (or more) sets or figures
point of concurrency
ruler
prism
intersection
33. (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:
Volume of a circular cylinder
Volume of a circular cone
obtuse triangle
34. All sides are congruent
Area of a square
equilateral
Point
side of a polygon
35. A surface generated by rotating a parallel line segment around a fixed line
cylinder
line segment
inscribed
intersecting lines
36. Point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle
Obtuse triangle
Pythagorean theorem
perpendicular
orthocenter
37. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
line segment
Altitude of a Triangle
consecutive sides
nonagon
38. The common point of the two rays - the point in common of the two rays that form an angle. - the point at which the sides of an angle meet or intersect.
midpoint
Vertex of an angle
parallel lines
rectangle
39. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
ruler
legs of a right triangle
rectangle
midpoint
40. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
Euclid
right angle
coplanar
ray
41. A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent - congruent sides
centroid of a triangle
kite
angle bisector
pentagon
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.
hemisphere
congruent
Obtuse triangle
Volume of a pyramid
43. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
right angle
area of a circle
Volume of a rectangular solid
Arch
44. 10 sided polygon
midpoint
decagon
radius (number)
Angle
45. 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.
side of a polygon
Parallel lines
octagon
prism
46. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
Area of a parallelogram
angle bisector
altitude of a cylinder or prism
scalene triangle
47. A triangle with no equal sides.
dart
skew lines
scalene triangle
centroid of a triangle
48. The only space figure on the game board; it has six equal square faces.
converse
ruler
perimeter
cube
49. A segment that bisects an angle of the triangle and has one endpoint at a vertex of the triangle and the other endpoint at another point on the triangle.
line
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
Obtuse triangle
rhombus
50. The amount of surface inside a circle.
area of a circle
Acute triangle
parallelogram
hexagon