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CLEP General Mathematics: Geometry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One-quarter of a complete revolution - a quarter of the circumference of a circle - an angle that measures 90 degrees.
area of a circle
Right angle
decagon
secant
2. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
Arc
Line segment
Perimeter of a square
alternate interior angles
3. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
sphere
linear pair of angles
obtuse angle
circumcenter
4. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
inverse
legs of an isosceles triangle
Area of a circle
polygon
5. The common endpoint of the rays of an angle
vertex of an angle
altitude of a cylinder or prism
minor arc
supplementary angles
6. 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=
point of concurrency
Area of a triangle
circumscribed
Area of a square
7. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
Euclid
Right triangle
icosagon
circle
8. One of the line segments that makes a polygon
right triangle
Circumference
inscribed angle in a circle
side of a polygon
9. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
Straight angle
polygon
altitude of a cylinder or prism
heptagon
10. An undefined two-dimensional figure
plane
Acute triangle
Area of a parallelogram
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
11. A line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle
equilateral
radius (object)
hypotenuse of a right triangle
acute triangle
12. 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.
Area of a trapezoid
side of an angle
chord of a circle
Line segment
13. Coplanar lines that do not intersect
parallel lines
isosceles triangle
perpendicular
hemisphere
14. Extends infinitely in both directions. A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
line segment
Scalene triangle
line
15. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
union
minor arc
congruent
ruler
16. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
triangle
undecagon
tangent
Sides of an angle
17. 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.
Base of an Isosceles triangle
intersecting lines
diameter
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
18. Angles whose measures add to 180 degrees - Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees - Angles whose measure adds up to 180 degrees.
Area of a circle
Sides of an angle
Supplementary angles
concave
19. 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.
Pythagorean theorem
cylinder
consecutive sides
Parallel lines
20. A = S^2
Scalene triangle
convex
Area of a square
semicircle
21. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
icosagon
Arch
acute triangle
Straight angle
22. 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
radius (object)
vertex of an angle
pentagon
23. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
perimeter
supplementary angles
decagon
line segment
24. A triangle with no equal sides.
scalene triangle
circumscribed
consecutive angles
pyramid
25. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
pi
Equilateral triangle
Right angle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
26. Seven sided polygon
diagonal of a polygon
heptagon
nonconvex
perimeter
27. Non-convex kite
coplanar
Straight angle
dart
polygon
28. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
diameter (object)
quadrangle
perpendicular
diameter (number)
29. A chord that contains the center of the circle
isosceles triangle
diameter (object)
Obtuse triangle
tangent
30. (1.) Use a metric ruler. (2.) Measure the length - width - and height (Volume = l x w x h). (3.) Units cubic centimeter (cm3).
vertical angles
Complementary angles
Volume of a rectangular solid
central angle
31. A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent - congruent sides
equiangular
hexagon
Ray
kite
32. Switches the hypothesis and the conclusion and negates both
right angle
line
Line segment
contrapositive
33. 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
Perimeter of a square
Leonhard Euler
Arch
Volume of a circular cylinder
34. All three angles are acute - a triangle whose interior angles are all acute - A triangle with three acute angles.
decagon
union
Acute triangle
Angle
35. The point of intersection of the legs of an isosceles triangle
pi
vertex of an isosceles triangle
endpoint
congruent
36. A five-sided polygon.
cube
Supplementary angles
pentagon
centroid of a triangle
37. More than two lines that meet at the same point
vertical angles
concurrent
midpoint
acute angle
38. 10 sided polygon
decagon
tangent
contrapositive
kite
39. Planes that do not intersect
pentagon
vertex of an angle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
parallel planes
40. One of the rays that makes an angle
side of an angle
dodecagon
orthocenter
Sides of an angle
41. Figures that lie on the same plane
dodecagon
complementary angles
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
coplanar
42. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
Sum of the measures in a triangle
line
n-gon
circumcenter
43. 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.
Euclid
undecagon
Apothem
side of a polygon
44. Twenty sided polygon
circumcenter
decagon
icosagon
Area of a trapezoid
45. A series of points that go on and on in opposite directions.
cylinder
line
scalene triangle
circumscribed
46. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
height
Euclid
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
47. Two lines with one common point - Lines that cross at one point - opposite angles are equal (each pair of angles along the same line add to 180 degrees).
Obtuse angle
Intersecting lines
pi
Isosceles triangle
48. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
Pythagorean theorem
Euler Line
cube
Area of a square
49. An eleven-sided polygon
undecagon
isosceles triangle
Intersecting lines
plane
50. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
diameter
pyramid
prism
altitude of a cylinder or prism