1.   Which of the following is not one of the five essential parts needed to construct a good proof?
    A. List the given information.
    B. Develop a system of inductive reasoning.
    C. State the theorem to be proved.
    D. If possible, draw a diagram to illustrate the given information.
    Hint

  2.   Which of the following is not one of the five essential parts needed to construct a good proof?
    A. State the theorem to be proved.
    B. Assume what you are trying to prove is true.
    C. If possible, draw a diagram to illustrate the given information.
    D. List the given information.
    Hint

  3.   A _________ is a statement that describes a fundamental relationship between the basic terms of geometry and is accepted as true.
    A. proof B. definition
    C. theorem D. postulate
    Hint

  4.   Which of the following statements is not a postulate?
    A. Through any two points, there is exactly one line.
    B. Points that lie of the same plane are said to be coplanar.
    C. If two lines intersect, then their intersection is exactly one point.
    D. A plane contains at least three points not on the same line.
    Hint

  5.   In the figure, points A, B, and C lie in plane Z. Which of the following postulates can be used to show that A and B are collinear?
   
    A. If two planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.
    B. If two lines intersect, then their intersection is exactly one point.
    C. Through any two points, there is exactly one line.
    D. Through any three points not on the same line, there is exactly one plane.
    Hint



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