Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is in the works — a chapter-simulation program covering the full scope of a trigonometry course, organized chapter by chapter. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Trigonometry program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking a trigonometry course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The program is organized across 14 chapters plus in-depth practice sets, an applied-problems set, and an integrative synthesis set, covering angles and radian measure, right-triangle trigonometry, the unit circle, trigonometric functions and their graphs, identities and their verification, inverse trigonometric functions, trigonometric equations, oblique triangles and the laws of sines and cosines, vectors in outline, and polar coordinates in outline. There is no licensing exam at the end of a trigonometry course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Trigonometry program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate trigonometry course: original practice questions organized chapter by chapter — angles and radian measure, the unit circle, trigonometric functions and their graphs, identities, inverse functions, equations, oblique triangles, vectors, and polar coordinates in outline — matched by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams follow the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of a trigonometry course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
Practice organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 14-chapter structure that mirrors the standard trigonometry course, from angles, degrees, and radian measure through polar coordinates, polar graphs, and complex numbers in polar form, in outline, plus in-depth practice sets, an applied-problems set, and an integrative synthesis set. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the identity lectures? Drill that chapter until verification steps feel automatic. Law of cosines test in ten days? Work the oblique-triangles chapters in sequence, the way your course presents them.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, identity verification, or the ambiguous case of the law of sines — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Trigonometry has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what a trigonometry course covers and how to study it, see our Trigonometry study guide.
| Undergraduate trigonometry — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (a standalone mathematics course, commonly taken after college algebra and before or alongside precalculus and calculus; typically 2–3 credits) |
| Standard scope | Angles, degrees, and radian measure; right-triangle trigonometry and the six ratios; the unit circle, reference angles, and functions of any angle; graphs of sine and cosine with amplitude, period, and phase shift; graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant; inverse trigonometric functions and their restricted domains; fundamental identities and verification; sum, difference, and multiple-angle identities; solving trigonometric equations; the law of sines and the ambiguous case; the law of cosines, area formulas, and applications; vectors in the plane in outline; polar coordinates, polar graphs, and complex numbers in polar form in outline |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | Chapter-based practice across 14 chapters + in-depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
The program follows the standard chapter organization of the course, below. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters.
| Chapter | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Angles, Degrees, and Radian Measure | — |
| Right Triangles and Trigonometric Ratios | — |
| The Unit Circle and Reference Angles | — |
| Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle | — |
| Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions | — |
| Graphs of the Other Trigonometric Functions | — |
| Inverse Trigonometric Functions | — |
| Fundamental Identities and Verification | — |
| Sum, Difference, and Multiple-Angle Identities | — |
| Solving Trigonometric Equations | — |
| The Law of Sines and Oblique Triangles | — |
| The Law of Cosines, Area, and Applications | — |
| Vectors in the Plane in Outline | — |
| Polar Coordinates and Complex Numbers in Outline | — |
The outline chapters deserve a note: vectors and polar coordinates are introduced at orientation depth in most trigonometry courses and taken up in full in precalculus. The program’s textbook selector maps practice onto your book’s organization, so your drills carry the chapters — and the weights — your course actually assigns.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Trigonometry, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — trigonometry is a chain — the unit circle feeds the graphs, the graphs feed the inverses, and the identities are spent in every equation and triangle that follows, so an early gap resurfaces all semester.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Trigonometry is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official trigonometry exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate course.
Do I need college algebra before this program? The course normally follows college algebra or strong high-school algebra, and the program follows the same order — it assumes equation solving, function notation, and graphing fluency. If your institution permits concurrent enrollment, the early chapters still work, but the identity and equation chapters lean on the algebra course.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the trigonometry course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps practice onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
Does the program use radians or degrees? Both, the way the course does: degrees dominate the early triangle applications, radians become the default for functions, graphs, and arc and sector work. Chapter drills follow each chapter’s own convention, so the mode decision the course grades is the one you practice.
What are the in-depth, applied, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The in-depth sets revisit the course’s blocks at greater procedural depth; the applied set presents compact measurement, navigation, and modeling scenarios; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — identities inside equations, graphs read through inverses.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
How is this different from a precalculus program? Trigonometry is the functions-and-triangles core that precalculus surrounds with algebra, conic, and limit material. This program rehearses the trigonometric scope itself — circle, graphs, identities, equations, triangles — at the depth a standalone trigonometry course teaches it.
Does the program cover vectors and polar coordinates? Yes, at the depth the course does: vectors and polar coordinates are outline chapters in most trigonometry courses, with full treatment deferred to precalculus. The drills match that weight, and the textbook selector maps practice onto your book’s organization.
My course orders the graph and identity chapters differently. Will the practice still line up? In most cases, yes. Courses differ mainly in whether identities precede graphs and where the triangle chapters sit. The textbook selector maps the program’s chapters onto your book’s organization, and chapter drills can be assembled by topic when an order differs.
When can I start using the Trigonometry program? The program is in the works. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of a trigonometry course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.