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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 line that intersects a circle in two points
octagon
vertex of a polygon
secant
decagon
2. A circle is inscribed in a polygon if the circle is tangent to all the sides of the polygon.
perimeter
inscribed
vertex of an isosceles triangle
Sides of an angle
3. 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.
Intersecting lines
Perimeter of a square
Vertex of an angle
pi
4. Any 2D figure with parallel bases (of length a) and height (b) - that has constant width (a) will have area ab.
nonagon
Cavalieri Principle
radius (object)
semicircle
5. The perpendicular segment form a vertx to the line containing the opposite side.
consecutive sides
parallel planes
Altitude of a Triangle
Sum of the measures in a triangle
6. An equilateral quadrilateral
pentagon
parallel lines
Right triangle
rhombus
7. Lines in the same plane that intersect.
intersecting lines
The square root of a is a number b
angle bisector
parallelogram
8. Lines in the same plane that never intersect.
Perimeter
kite
parallel lines
altitude of a cylinder or prism
9. (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:
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
skew lines
concave
10. 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
Line segment
midpoint
obtuse triangle
11. Two lines that intersect to form right angles
Pythagorean theorem
nonconvex
perpendicular
point
12. A parallelogram with four equal sides not at right angles to each other.
rhombus
center of a circle
Straight angle
angle bisector
13. A four sided polygon
quadrangle
consecutive angles
midpoint
scalene triangle
14. 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.
Supplementary angles
Isosceles triangle
Volume of a circular cylinder
Degree
15. The distance around a circle.
chord of a circle
circumference
Perimeter of a square
Volume of a rectangular solid
16. Two non-collinear rays with a common endpoint.
Angle
secant
Cavalieri Principle
right triangle
17. The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle; the center of mass of a triangle
Area of a circle
union
obtuse angle
centroid of a triangle
18. An exact location in space. undefined zero-dimensional object
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
secant
point
Supplementary angles
19. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
parallelogram
circumscribed
Circumference
nonagon
20. One-quarter of a complete revolution - a quarter of the circumference of a circle - an angle that measures 90 degrees.
Area of a parallelogram
Right angle
cone
rhombus
21. The square root of a is a number b so that a = b^2.
nonconvex
semicircle
The square root of a is a number b
Ray
22. An undefined one-dimensional object with no endpoints
side of a polygon
cube
supplementary angles
line
23. A solid figure that has a circular base and one vertex. The intersection of a cone with a plane through the vertex - perpendicular to the base will be a traingle.
Area of a triangle
polygon
Circle
cone
24. The author / editor of 'The Elements'
line
Euclid
center of a circle
scalene triangle
25. 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.
parallelogram
Obtuse triangle
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
collinear
26. A line segment perpendicular to the bases - with endpoints on the planes containing the bases.
parallel lines
Arc
undecagon
altitude of a cylinder or prism
27. An example that shows a statement to be false
Circle
counterexample
area of a circle
ruler
28. The amount of surface inside a circle.
parallelogram
scalene triangle
area of a circle
Isosceles triangle
29. An arc that measures 180 degrees
Angle
Leonhard Euler
Straight angle
semicircle
30. The square of the hypotenuse c of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides - a and b.
perpendicular
Leonhard Euler
Pythagorean theorem
chord of a circle
31. Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
pentagon
Perpendicular lines
Point
diameter (number)
32. A line that touches a curve at only one point.
incenter
Line segment
Euclid
tangent
33. The two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle
decagon
Isosceles triangle
legs of a right triangle
diameter
34. An angle with 90 degrees
midpoint
Degree
right angle
hexagon
35. Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees
endpoint
contrapositive
complementary angles
line
36. Half of a sphere form through bisection by a plane
hemisphere
vertex of an isosceles triangle
cone
line
37. A statement that can be written in if-then form
conditional statement
Leonhard Euler
space
Parallel lines
38. A five-sided polygon
Bi-conditional statement
right triangle
ray
pentagon
39. A structure that is used to support weight from above.
diagonal of a polygon
Arch
Sum of the measures in a triangle
quadrangle
40. An angle in a circle formed by two radii.
central angle
endpoint
Base of an Isosceles triangle
conditional statement
41. A = LW (L = length - W = width).
scalene triangle
Area of a rectangle
Angle
concurrent
42. An undefined two-dimensional figure
octagon
Intersecting lines
plane
Apothem
43. The length of a line segment with endpoints on a circle that also contains the center of the circle
consecutive sides
Supplementary angles
diameter (number)
nonagon
44. An angle that measures between 0 and 90 degrees.
Angle Bisector of a Triangle
intersection
kite
acute angle
45. The length of the altitude
height
altitude of a cylinder or prism
concurrent
obtuse angle
46. Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees
supplementary angles
pentagon
Acute angle
Circumference
47. A closed curve; all the points on the circle are the same distance from the center of the circle.
corresponding angles (with parallel lines)
tangent
circle
hemisphere
48. A ray is part of a line with one endpoint and extending infi nitely in one direction - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point - A part of a line - with one endpoint - that continues without end in one direction.
Ray
Perimeter of a square
consecutive vertices
Obtuse triangle
49. An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
contrapositive
intersecting lines
Ray
obtuse angle
50. Twenty sided polygon
Obtuse angle
icosagon
concurrent
side of an angle