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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. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
Area of a rectangle
Arch
supplementary angles
line segment
2. 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.
Ray
Degree
Perimeter
Vertex of an angle
3. The set of all points that are the same distance from a given point
ruler
sphere
cone
height
4. The statement formed by switching the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
line
kite
converse
median of a triangle
5. 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.
line
Obtuse angle
Line segment
scalene triangle
6. A triangle with a right angle
Sum of the measures in a triangle
cube
right triangle
Perpendicular lines
7. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
consecutive vertices
consecutive sides
pentagon
Equilateral triangle
8. A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
median of a triangle
central angle
obtuse triangle
parallelogram
9. Six sided polygon
Vertex of an angle
legs of a right triangle
Arch
hexagon
10. An arc that measures 180 degrees
obtuse angle
semicircle
Angle
tangent
11. 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.
Obtuse angle
rectangle
semicircle
Area of a parallelogram
12. Non-parallel - non-intersecting lines
triangle
tangent
skew lines
consecutive sides
13. Goes through circumcenter - centroid - and orthocenter; circumcenter and orthocenter are its endpoints
supplementary angles
congruent
The square root of a is a number b
Euler segment
14. 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.
acute triangle
side of a polygon
Cavalieri Principle
Apothem
15. V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)
trapezoid
diagonal of a polygon
Euclid
Volume of a sphere
16. A segment whose endpoints are point on a circle
angle bisector
parallel planes
chord of a circle
endpoint
17. The angle formed by the legs of an isosceles triangle
radius (object)
The square root of a is a number b
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
Euler segment
18. 12 sided polygon
dodecagon
linear pair of angles
pentagon
Parallel lines
19. The point of intersection of the legs of an isosceles triangle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
center of a circle
Scalene triangle
Area of a rectangle
20. 10 sided polygon
decagon
Euler segment
obtuse triangle
Complementary angles
21. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
acute triangle
consecutive vertices
tangent
major arc
22. A tool used to measure angles
prism
protractor
acute angle
diagonal of a polygon
23. The longest side of a right triangle
midpoint
hypotenuse of a right triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
Perimeter
24. Objects on the same line
undecagon
ruler
vertical angles
collinear
25. All three angles are acute - a triangle whose interior angles are all acute - A triangle with three acute angles.
Acute triangle
tangent
nonconvex
Complementary angles
26. The distance from the center of a circle to a point on the circle
radius (number)
prism
acute triangle
Angle
27. Two equal sides - a triangle with two equal sides - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
center of a circle
Isosceles triangle
perimeter
union
28. Planes that do not intersect
parallelogram
vertex of an angle
parallel planes
counterexample
29. A point a the end of a line segment or ray.
endpoint
Ray
Area of a square
orthocenter
30. An eight-sided polygon
octagon
decagon
converse
consecutive angles
31. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
n-gon
circumference
triangle
union
32. 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).
Intersecting lines
Circle
heptagon
vertical angles
33. No equal sides - a triangle with no two sides of equal length - no congruent sides - A triangle with three sides of different lengths.
Scalene triangle
heptagon
Intersecting lines
isosceles triangle
34. A five-sided polygon.
scalene triangle
pentagon
altitude of a cylinder or prism
n-gon
35. 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.
acute triangle
Arc
Acute angle
side of a polygon
36. A triangle with at least two congruent sides
secant
scalene triangle
Base angles of an isosceles triangle
isosceles triangle
37. 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.
rectangle
line segment
undecagon
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
38. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
equal
circumference
Area of a rectangle
consecutive angles
39. Having the same size and shape
congruent
space
Cavalieri Principle
tangent
40. (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:
space
obtuse triangle
right angle
41. A polygon with n sides
regular polygon
Volume of a sphere
Isosceles triangle
n-gon
42. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
height
Cavalieri Principle
pentagon
legs of a right triangle
43. 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.
consecutive angles
alternate interior angles
Volume of a pyramid
Obtuse triangle
44. A triangle with 2 equal sides.
concave
Isosceles triangle
Apothem
Area of a parallelogram
45. The point that is the same distance from all the points on the circle
n-gon
Area of a rectangle
center of a circle
icosagon
46. Figures that lie on the same plane
circle
Pythagorean theorem
intersection
coplanar
47. A continuous part of a circle.
endpoint
Arc
diameter (object)
hexagon
48. 15 sided polygon
Scalene triangle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
area of a circle
pentadecagon
49. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
semicircle
circumcenter
Obtuse triangle
concave
50. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
supplementary angles
Equilateral triangle
secant
vertex of an isosceles triangle