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Edexcel Decision Maths 1 - Definitions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all the words that define "the number of edges incident to a vertex".

a)

Degree

b)

Order

c)

Node

d)

Weight

e)

Valency

2.

A _________ of G is a graph, each of whose vertices belongs to G and each of whose edges belongs to G.

a)

Subgraph

b)

Tree

c)

Vertex

d)

Minimum Spanning Tree

3.

Another name for a vertex is... ?

a)

Node

b)

Degree

c)

Valency

d)

Order

4.

Another name for an edge is... ?

a)

Arc

b)

Node

c)

Vertex

d)

Face

5.

A finite sequence of edges, such that the end vertex of one edge in the sequence is the start vertex of the next, and in which no vertex appears more than once.

a)

Path

b)

Walk

c)

Trail

d)

Cycle

6.

A path in which you are permitted to return to vertices more than once.

a)

Walk

b)

Trail

c)

Cycle

d)

Hamiltonian cycle

7.

A walk which visits every vertex, returning to its starting vertex.

a)

Tour

b)

Path

c)

Digraph

d)

Tree

8.

*Select all correct answers*


If a graph has a number associated with each edge then the graph is called a ... ?

a)

Weighted graph

b)

Network

c)

Digraph

d)

Hamiltonian Cycle

9.

*Select all correct answers*


A closed path, i.e. the end vertex of the last edge is the start vertex of the first edge.

a)

Cycle

b)

Circuit

c)

Walk

d)

Network

10.

Two vertices are _______ if there is a path between them.

a)

Connected

b)

Odd

c)

Even

d)

Weighted

11.

If the edges of a graph have a direction associated with them, the graph is known as a ________.

a)

Digraph

b)

Network

c)

Weighted graph

d)

Minimum Spanning Tree

12.

A connected graph with no cycles.

a)

Tree

b)

Walk

c)

Path

d)

Circuit

13.

A graph with every vertex of even degree.

a)

Eulerian graph

b)

Hamiltonian graph

c)

Newtonian graph

d)

Gaussian graph

14.

A graph with exactly two vertices of odd degree.

a)

Semi-Eulerian graph

b)

Eulerian graph

c)

Hamiltonian graph

d)

Semi-Hamiltonian graph

15.

A cycle that passes through every vertex of a graph once and only once, and returns to its start vertex.

a)

Hamiltonian cycle

b)

Eulerian cycle

c)

Newtonian cycle

d)

Gaussian cycle

16.

A graph that can be drawn in a plane in such a way that no two edges meet each other, except at a vertex to which they are both incident, is called a ... ?

a)

Planar graph

b)

Eulerian graph

c)

Semi-Eulerian graph

d)

Hamiltonian cycle

17.

Two graphs are ________ if they have the same number of vertices and the degrees of corresponding vertices are the same.

a)

Isomorphic

b)

Connected

c)

Similar

d)

Eulerian

18.

For three vertices A, B and C, the triangular inequality (where AB is the longest length) is ... ?

a)

length AB ≤ length AC + length BC

b)

length AC ≤ length AB + length BC

c)

length BC ≤ length AC + length AB

19.

In the classical travelling salesperson problem ...

a)

each vertex must be visited exactly once before returning to the start.

b)

each vertex must be visited at least once before returning to the start.

c)

each arc must be traversed exactly once before returning to the start.

d)

each arc must be traversed at least once before returning to the start.

20.

In the practical travelling salesperson problem ...

a)

each vertex must be visited exactly once before returning to the start.

b)

each vertex must be visited at least once before returning to the start.

c)

each arc must be traversed exactly once before returning to the start.

d)

each arc must be traversed at least once before returning to the start.