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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. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
skew lines
Volume of a sphere
Area of a trapezoid
circumscribed
2. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
octagon
major arc
Cavalieri Principle
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
3. An angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees - An angle less than 90 degrees - An angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees.
equal
Acute angle
Equilateral triangle
Euclid
4. A line passing through the circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter of a triangle
major arc
vertex of an angle
Euler Line
tangent
5. A term used to describe two numbers having the same value
equal
Perpendicular lines
octagon
Parallel lines
6. One of the rays that makes an angle
side of an angle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
pentagon
circumference
7. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
convex
altitude of a cylinder or prism
Acute triangle
perimeter
8. The length of the altitude
congruent
height
ray
perimeter
9. An undefined two-dimensional figure
counterexample
legs of an isosceles triangle
Arc
plane
10. All angles are congruent
equiangular
center of a circle
endpoint
secant
11. The sum of the measures in any triangle is 180 degrees.
union
Sum of the measures in a triangle
hexagon
Perimeter of a square
12. A tool for measuring linear distance
right angle
ruler
vertex of an isosceles triangle
radius (object)
13. P = 2L + 2W (L = length - W = width) - (length times 2) plus (width times 2).
alternate interior angles
Perimeter of a rectangle
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
incenter
14. (1.) Use a metric ruler. (2.) Measure the length - width - and height (Volume = l x w x h). (3.) Units cubic centimeter (cm3).
Line segment
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Volume of a rectangular solid
union
15. An angle having two adjacent sides of the polygon as its sides.
Perimeter
Right triangle
parallel lines
Angle of a Polygon
16. A quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides not at right angles to one another.
parallelogram
central angle
Isosceles triangle
Angle
17. A statement that can be written in if-then form
conditional statement
Altitude of a Triangle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
square
18. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
Intersecting lines
polygon
Isosceles triangle
perpendicular
19. A point that divides a segment into two congruent segments
midpoint
line
rectangle
pyramid
20. A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent - congruent sides
Isosceles triangle
Ray
Equilateral triangle
kite
21. A=1/2h(b1+b2) - or
Area of a trapezoid
undecagon
Volume of a circular cone
acute angle
22. Not convex
Acute angle
concave
inverse
Leonhard Euler
23. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
circumscribed
consecutive sides
Perimeter of a rectangle
intersection
24. Shows a location -
semicircle
circumcenter
Point
Sum of the measures in a triangle
25. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
union
Perimeter of a square
minor arc
octagon
26. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
Right angle
consecutive vertices
side of an angle
space
27. Angles of a polygon that share a side.
diameter
Euclid
consecutive angles
rhombus
28. The distance from the center of a circle to a point on the circle
line segment
diameter
radius (number)
Area of a triangle
29. 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.
Isosceles triangle
Point
Base of an Isosceles triangle
Obtuse triangle
30. 1/360 of a complete revolution - A unit used to measure distances around a circle. One degree equals 1/360 of a full circle - A unit of angle measure.
Degree
diameter
conditional statement
chord of a circle
31. All sides are congruent
Scalene triangle
Perimeter of a rectangle
equilateral
concave
32. Segment that connects any two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon
Sides of an angle
square
octagon
diagonal of a polygon
33. The figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex - the space between two lines or planes that intersect - a figure formed by two rays that have the same endpoint.
Angle
point of concurrency
counterexample
Sides of an angle
34. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
center of a circle
congruent
supplementary angles
line
35. Angles whose measures add to 90 degrees - two angles whose sum is a right angle - Angles whose measure adds up to 90 degrees.
right angle
Complementary angles
Acute triangle
Scalene triangle
36. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
Altitude of a Triangle
intersection
tangent
Vertex of an angle
37. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
concurrent
right angle
nonagon
legs of a right triangle
38. Twenty sided polygon
supplementary angles
prism
icosagon
Circumference
39. The point of intersection of the legs of an isosceles triangle
concave
vertex of an isosceles triangle
Bi-conditional statement
trapezoid
40. 12 sided polygon
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Circumference
dodecagon
semicircle
41. An angle in a circle formed by two chords with a common endpoint
prism
convex
area of a circle
inscribed angle in a circle
42. A five-sided polygon.
consecutive sides
pentagon
protractor
polygon
43. A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides
skew lines
decagon
Euler segment
trapezoid
44. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
supplementary angles
isosceles triangle
consecutive sides
prism
45. 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.
pyramid
circle
Line segment
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
46. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon.
icosagon
Line segment
Angle
perimeter
47. Two lines that intersect to form right angles
legs of an isosceles triangle
equilateral
perpendicular
Altitude of a Triangle
48. An angle with 90 degrees
altitude of a pyramid or cone
ruler
heptagon
right angle
49. Concave
nonconvex
protractor
right triangle
tangent
50. Planes that do not intersect
Arch
octagon
parallel planes
equal