Question: Which of the following are all connoted by the term “news anchor”?
Answer Choices: a. Microphone, camera, television, radio. b. Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Jim Lehrer. c. Informed, articulate, good looking, well dressed. d. NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS. e. Report, predict, speculate, analyze.
Answer: c. Informed, articulate, good looking, well dressed.
Question: Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?
Answer Choices: a. Lexus, Infinity. b. New York, Los Angeles. c. Yard, meter. d. Wolf, wolf weighing less than two thousand pounds. e. Tallest mountain on earth, tallest mountain on Mars.
Answer: d. Wolf, wolf weighing less than two thousand pounds.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing intension?
Answer Choices: a. Vehicle, motor vehicle, automobile, sedan. b. Lexus, Infinity, Mercedes, Jaguar. c. Animal, amphibian, frog, toad. d. Mars, red planet, tallest mountain on Mars. e. Chevrolet, car, transportation.
Answer: a. Vehicle, motor vehicle, automobile, sedan.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing extension?
Answer Choices: a. Deciduous tree, tree, maple, plant. b. Plant, tree, deciduous tree, maple. c. Tree, deciduous tree, maple, plant. d. Deciduous tree, maple, plant, tree. e. Maple, deciduous tree, tree, plant.
Answer: b. Plant, tree, deciduous tree, maple.
Question: Which of the following are both intensional definitions?
Answer Choices: a. Definition by genus and difference, enumerative definition. b. Definition by genus and difference, definition by subclass. c. Etymological definition, ostensive definition. d. Demonstrative definition, synonymous definition. e. Etymological definition, synonymous definition.
Answer: e. Etymological definition, synonymous definition.
Question: Which of the following are both extensional definitions?
Answer Choices: a. Etymological definition, enumerative definition. b. Operational definition, definition by subclass. c. Definition by genus and difference, synonymous definition. d. Definition by subclass, demonstrative definition. e. Demonstrative definition, operational definition.
Answer: d. Definition by subclass, demonstrative definition.
Question: In the definition “Hammer means a tool used for driving nails” the definiens is:
Answer Choices: a. Hammer. b. Tool. c. A tool used for driving nails. d. Nails. e. Used for driving nails.
Answer: c. A tool used for driving nails.
Question: In the definition “Mission means a specific task that a person is sent to perform” the definiendum is:
Answer Choices: a. A specific task that a person is sent to perform. b. Mission. c. Task. d. Person. e. Sent to perform.
Answer: b. Mission.
Question: The definition “Rat means (1) a long-tailed rodent, (2) a scoundrel, (3) an informer” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A biological definition. b. An operational definition. c. A lexical definition. d. A stipulative definition. e. A theoretical definition.
Answer: c. A lexical definition.
Question: The definition “Lamp means that and that and that” (as you point to a number of lamps) is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. An enumerative definition. b. A precising definition. c. A definition by subclass. d. An operational definition. e. A demonstrative definition.
Answer: e. A demonstrative definition.
Question: The definition “Pantheism is a word derived from the Greek words pan, meaning all, and theos, meaning god” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. An etymological definition. b. A religious definition. c. An extensional definition. d. A definition by genus and difference. e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: a. An etymological definition.
Question: The definition “Physicist means someone such as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, or Werner Heisenberg” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A synonymous definition. b. A definition by genus and difference. c. A definition by subclass. d. An enumerative definition. e. A scientific definition.
Answer: d. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “Key means an instrument cut to open a lock” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A synonymous definition. b. A definition by genus and difference. c. A stipulative definition. d. A definition by subclass. e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. A definition by genus and difference.
Question: The definition “Roam means wander” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A legal definition. b. An ostensive definition. c. A synonymous definition. d. An etymological definition. e. A precising definition.
Answer: c. A synonymous definition.
Question: The definition “Weed means dandelion, goldenrod, milk thistle, poison ivy, and so on” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. An operational definition. b. A definition by genus and difference. c. A synonymous definition. d. An etymological definition. e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: e. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “Vegan means a morally conscientious individual who is sensitive to the suffering of animals and who, as a result, refuses to eat them” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A persuasive definition. b. A stipulative definition. c. A theoretical definition. d. A lexical definition. e. A moral definition.
Answer: a. A persuasive definition.
Question: The definition “An investor is ‘accredited,’ for SEC purposes, if and only if he/she has a net worth of at least $1 million or an income of $200,000” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. An operational definition. b. A lexical definition. c. A financial definition. d. A definition by genus and difference. e. A precising definition.
Answer: e. A precising definition.
Question: The definition “A basketball is ‘properly inflated’ if and only if it rebounds to 60% of the height from which it is dropped” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A persuasive definition. b. A pneumatic definition. c. A demonstrative definition. d. An operational definition. e. A theoretical definition.
Answer: d. An operational definition.
Question: The definition “Water means a molecule composed of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A demonstrative definition. b. A theoretical definition. c. A persuasive definition. d. A chemical definition. e. An operational definition.
Answer: b. A theoretical definition.
Question: The definition “Cloyster means a shellfish that results from crossbreeding a clam with an oyster” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A lexical definition. b. A demonstrative definition. c. A stipulative definition. d. A biological definition. e. An operational definition.
Answer: c. A stipulative definition.
Question: In the definition “‘Squire’ means a young man of noble birth who serves a knight” the genus term is:
Answer Choices: a. Knight. b. Squire. c. Young. d. Man. e. A young man of noble birth who serves a knight.
Answer: d. Man.
Question: In the definition “‘Task’ means a piece of work assigned to a person.” the species term is:
Answer Choices: a. Piece. b. Work. c. Person. d. A piece of work assigned to a person. e. Task.
Answer: e. Task.