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DBA Study Guide – The following are the essential questions to help you prepare
for the DBA . These are NOT the actual DBA questions. These questions will help
you prepare and study for the DBA and the Exam

2.01 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

● How are translations and reflections represented as a function?

● What is the relationship between translations, reflections, and rigid motion?
● How do rigid motions affect a given figure?

2.02 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

● How are rotations represented as a function?

● What is the relationship between a rotation and a rigid motion?
● How can a sequence of transformations map a figure onto itself?

2.03 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

● How do you connect the ideas of congruency and rigid motion?

● How does the criteria for triangle congruence (ASA, SAS, AAS, and SSS) follow
from the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions?
● What does it mean for two shapes to be congruent?
● How do you prove that a point on a perpendicular bisector is equidistant from the
endpoints of the segment it intersects?

2.04 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How do you prove each of the following theorems using either a two-column, paragraph, or flow
chart proof:

● Triangle Sum Theorem

● Triangle Inequality Theorem
● Isosceles Triangle Theorem
● Converse of the Isosceles Triangle Theorem
● Midsegment of a Triangle Theorem
● Concurrency of Medians Theorem

2.06 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

● What are the characteristics of squares, rhombi, kites, and trapezoids?

● How do you prove each of the following properties of a parallelogram?
○ Opposite sides of a parallelogram are congruent.
○ Opposite angles of a parallelogram are congruent.
 ○The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
○If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other, then the quadrilateral
is a parallelogram.
○ Rectangles are special parallelograms with congruent diagonals.
● How do you use theorems about parallelograms to solve problems?