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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. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
Euler segment
vertex of an isosceles triangle
skew lines
concave
2. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
Pythagorean theorem
Area of a rectangle
Perimeter of a square
Perpendicular lines
3. Shows a location -
Point
sphere
parallelogram
obtuse triangle
4. The length of the altitude
hypotenuse of a right triangle
height
scalene triangle
skew lines
5. An arc that measures greater than 180 degrees
secant
major arc
Circumference
rhombus
6. Point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle
Perimeter of a square
orthocenter
icosagon
side of a polygon
7. A line that intersects a circle in two points
Complementary angles
secant
decagon
centroid of a triangle
8. Two non-collinear rays with a common endpoint.
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
Area of a square
Angle
Volume of a rectangular solid
9. The ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. (approximately 3.141592653589...
intersecting lines
pi
Area of a square
Ray
10. A three-sided polygon
coplanar
Acute angle
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
triangle
11. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
consecutive vertices
right triangle
centroid of a triangle
consecutive sides
12. The common endpoint of the rays of an angle
quadrangle
rhombus
vertex of an angle
line
13. A circle is circumscribed about a polygon if the circle contains all the vertices of the polygon.
complementary angles
side of an angle
line
circumscribed
14. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
acute angle
kite
centroid of a triangle
right angle
15. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
union
semicircle
Pythagorean theorem
consecutive vertices
16. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
Arch
chord of a circle
perimeter
line
17. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
perpendicular
parallelogram
Straight angle
Obtuse angle
18. More than two lines that meet at the same point
concurrent
Perimeter of a square
side of an angle
Volume of a sphere
19. The two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle
Ray
legs of an isosceles triangle
height
protractor
20. Objects on the same line
inverse
collinear
legs of an isosceles triangle
scalene triangle
21. Half of a sphere form through bisection by a plane
hemisphere
Area of a square
triangle
inverse
22. 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).
scalene triangle
Intersecting lines
cube
decagon
23. An angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees - an angle between 90 and 180 degrees - An angle that measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
parallel planes
equilateral
legs of a right triangle
Obtuse angle
24. 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
space
Leonhard Euler
tangent
regular polygon
25. A=?r
collinear
Complementary angles
Parallel lines
Area of a circle
26. An equilateral - equiangular polygon
obtuse triangle
regular polygon
pentagon
Arch
27. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
line
perimeter
linear pair of angles
kite
28. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
decagon
hypotenuse of a right triangle
radius (object)
consecutive vertices
29. A circle is inscribed in a polygon if the circle is tangent to all the sides of the polygon.
major arc
inscribed
Volume of a circular cone
diameter (object)
30. 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.
Pythagorean theorem
Volume of a circular cylinder
Obtuse triangle
vertical angles
31. A chord that contains the center of the circle
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
hemisphere
Leonhard Euler
diameter (object)
32. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
parallel lines
circumscribed
polygon
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
33. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
Vertex of an angle
equal
circle
union
34. A triangle with all acute angles.
Vertex of an angle
Isosceles triangle
acute triangle
Point
35. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
Sides of an angle
Acute angle
Isosceles triangle
Complementary angles
36. An example that shows a statement to be false
line segment
union
consecutive angles
counterexample
37. 12 sided polygon
Point
Perpendicular lines
dodecagon
endpoint
38. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
The square root of a is a number b
scalene triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
Angle of a Polygon
39. 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
Euclid
heptagon
cylinder
40. A surface generated by rotating a parallel line segment around a fixed line
Degree
cylinder
regular polygon
rhombus
41. An equilateral quadrilateral
rhombus
vertex of an angle
parallel lines
Degree
42. 1/3 X area of base X height
secant
Volume of a circular cylinder
diameter
Volume of a pyramid
43. An eight-sided polygon
median of a triangle
alternate interior angles
nonagon
octagon
44. A triangle with no two sides congruent
cylinder
scalene triangle
dart
prism
45. Twenty sided polygon
major arc
vertical angles
midpoint
icosagon
46. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
regular polygon
line
dart
nonconvex
47. 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=
undecagon
pyramid
triangle
Area of a triangle
48. 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)
Supplementary angles
tangent
n-gon
49. All sides are congruent
inscribed
Perimeter
Right angle
equilateral
50. 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.
Vertex of an angle
tangent
Equilateral triangle
Volume of a pyramid