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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. (1.) Use a metric ruler. (2.) Measure the length - width - and height (Volume = l x w x h). (3.) Units cubic centimeter (cm3).
ray
Volume of a rectangular solid
parallel lines
congruent
2. Having the same size and shape
Obtuse triangle
intersecting lines
obtuse angle
congruent
3. A triangle with no equal sides.
regular polygon
Euler segment
Perimeter of a square
scalene triangle
4. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
height
Circumference
line segment
obtuse angle
5. In a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of a side
collinear
Right triangle
height
consecutive vertices
6. A line segment perpendicular to the base - with one endpoint on the vertex and the other endpoint on the plane containing the base
rectangle
Sides of an angle
altitude of a pyramid or cone
alternate interior angles
7. A surface generated by rotating a parallel line segment around a fixed line
cylinder
Area of a circle
intersecting lines
space
8. A point at the end of a segment or ray
Area of a parallelogram
Intersecting lines
endpoint
kite
9. The point of intersection of the legs of an isosceles triangle
vertex of an isosceles triangle
Complementary angles
Parallel lines
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
10. 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
ray
legs of an isosceles triangle
Leonhard Euler
congruent
11. The longest side of a right triangle
chord of a circle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
union
altitude of a cylinder or prism
12. Not convex
line
concave
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
side of an angle
13. A circle is inscribed in a polygon if the circle is tangent to all the sides of the polygon.
equal
Angle of a Polygon
diameter (object)
inscribed
14. Angles whose measures add to 180 degrees - Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees - Angles whose measure adds up to 180 degrees.
equal
contrapositive
Supplementary angles
acute angle
15. 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
icosagon
major arc
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
16. Equiangular quadrilateral
rectangle
dart
Leonhard Euler
Acute angle
17. 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
pentagon
equilateral
Complementary angles
18. A triangle with one obtuse angle
diagonal of a polygon
obtuse triangle
Apothem
midpoint
19. A = 1/2bh (b = base - h = height)
Area of a parallelogram
Line segment
Sum of the measures in a triangle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
20. One-half of a complete revolution - an angle of 180 degrees - an angle with measure equal to 180 degrees.
inscribed
Cavalieri Principle
Base of an Isosceles triangle
Straight angle
21. 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.
Obtuse triangle
Arch
pi
Volume of a sphere
22. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
Isosceles triangle
Scalene triangle
circumcenter
intersecting lines
23. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
centroid of a triangle
Scalene triangle
concurrent
equal
24. A triangle with a right angle
right triangle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
parallel planes
conditional statement
25. An arc that measures 180 degrees
contrapositive
semicircle
counterexample
vertex angle of an isosceles triangle
26. The union of line segments with each segment interesecting exactly two others - only at the endpoints
polygon
Vertex of an angle
The angle in the margin can be named in the following three ways:
secant
27. All elements that are in any of two (or more) sets or figures
dodecagon
vertex of an angle
area of a circle
union
28. An example that shows a statement to be false
counterexample
triangle
Obtuse triangle
Base of an Isosceles triangle
29. Sides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
collinear
obtuse angle
consecutive sides
angle bisector
30. An equilateral quadrilateral
Isosceles triangle
rhombus
parallelogram
vertex of an angle
31. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
Area of a square
diameter (number)
center of a circle
rectangle
32. An arc that measures greater than 180 degrees
obtuse triangle
major arc
point of concurrency
Point
33. A ray - with endpoint on the vertex - that divides an angle into two congruent coplanar angles
angle bisector
Volume of a pyramid
vertex of an angle
skew lines
34. A triangle with at least two congruent sides
isosceles triangle
Obtuse triangle
line segment
Straight angle
35. 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
minor arc
ray
skew lines
Circumference
36. 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.
Supplementary angles
line
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
decagon
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.
Ray
undecagon
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
Area of a trapezoid
38. The common endpoint of two sides of the polygon
Circumference
equiangular
line segment
vertex of a polygon
39. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
supplementary angles
minor arc
linear pair of angles
union
40. A continuous part of a circle.
midpoint
parallel lines
Arc
consecutive angles
41. A three-sided polygon
Euclid
major arc
alternate interior angles
triangle
42. Angles of a polygon that share a side.
cylinder
Obtuse angle
consecutive angles
perimeter
43. Two angles that lie between the two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal.
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
obtuse triangle
hypotenuse of a right triangle
alternate interior angles
44. A triangle with three equal sides - a three-sided regular polygon - a triangle with three equal sides - three congruent sides.
midpoint
vertex of an angle
Area of a triangle
Equilateral triangle
45. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
Area of a rectangle
equilateral
coplanar
endpoint
46. All three angles are acute - a triangle whose interior angles are all acute - A triangle with three acute angles.
Acute triangle
square
median of a triangle
right angle
47. A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
median of a triangle
major arc
intersection
consecutive angles
48. A line that intersects a (coplanar) circle at exactly one point
diameter
regular polygon
height
tangent
49. A nine-sided polygon
angle bisector
nonagon
Right triangle
Supplementary angles
50. 1/3 X area of base X height
Volume of a pyramid
Angle
Isosceles triangle
perpendicular