Deck 7: Geometric Construction

Question 1

An ellipse is egg-shaped.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Straight lines that run alongside one another and never intersect are called _____ lines.

A) acute
B) obtuse
C) parallel
D) scalene

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which statement about a rhombus is correct?

A) It has only two equal sides.
B) It has only two parallel sides.
C) Its sides are both parallel and equal.
D) It has no equal or parallel sides.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A heptagon has nine sides.

Question 5

The opposite sides of a rhomboid are parallel and equal.

Question 6

A pyramid may be:

A) round, truncated, or oblique
B) triangular, square, or oblique
C) rectangular, triangular, or equilateral
D) square, circular, or rectangular

Question 7

Any shape can be drawn with lines, circles, arcs, and curves.

Question 8

If you added the size of each angle of a rectangle, it would total 360º.

Question 9

Geometric forms are found in nature.

Question 10

Two-dimensional geometric forms possess width, depth, and height.

Question 11

How many sides does an undecagon have?

A) 7
B) 11
C) 12
D) 15

Question 12

If all sides and angles in a triangle are the same size, it is considered a(n) _____ triangle.

A) equilateral
B) isosceles
C) right
D) scalene

Question 13

If you cut a perfectly round orange in half, each piece would be the shape of a hemisphere.

Question 14

A scalene right triangle has an obtuse angle and no equal sides.

Question 15

A(n) _____ is the intersection of a right cone.

A) rhombus
B) trapezium
C) nonagon
D) parabola

Question 16

A _____ is a perfectly round three-dimensional geometric form.

A) circle
B) sphere
C) prism
D) hemisphere

Question 17

How many sides does a pentadecagon have?

A) 5
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15

Question 18

Geometric forms are either:

A) round or rectangular
B) complimentary or supplementary
C) two-dimensional or three-dimensional
D) equilateral or isosceles

Question 19

Drawing geometric forms manually is simpler and faster than constructing them on a CAD system.

Question 20

A(n) _____ is donut-shaped.

A) torus
B) ovoid
C) ellipsoid
D) spheroid

Question 21

If the shortest side of a right triangle is 6" and the longest side is 10", how long is the third side?

A) 4"
B) 8"
C) 12"
D) 16"

Question 22

Which set of angles is complimentary?

A) 30º and 30º
B) 30º and 60º
C) 60º and 60º
D) 60º and 90º

Question 23

An angle is considered obtuse if it is:

A) less than 90º
B) exactly 90º
C) greater than 90º
D) equal in size to another angle in the same geometric shape

Question 24

Which set of angles is supplementary?

A) 30º and 60º
B) 30º and 90º
C) 45º and 60º
D) 60º and 120º

Question 25

When drawing a spiral of Archimedes, the second step of the process is to divide the circumference into _____ equal parts.

A) 4
B) 6
C) 10
D) 12

Question 26

What is the second step when drawing a parabolic curve within a given angle?

A) mark intersecting lines
B) darken the irregular curve
C) project identical points from the top of the curve
D) reverse number the sides and draw connecting lines to identical numbers

Question 27

Which instrument should you use when drawing an octagon?

A) compass
B) triangle
C) protractor
D) T-square

Question 28

The largest angle in a right triangle is always:

A) 30º
B) 45º
C) 90º
D) 120º

Question 29

Which instrument should you use when drawing a pentagon?

A) compass
B) triangle
C) protractor
D) T-square

Question 30

Which statement about a scalene triangle is correct?

A) All of its angles and sides are equal.
B) It has two equal sides and angles.
C) It includes one right angle.
D) It has no equal sides or angles.