Question: Which of the following are all denoted by the term “Coin”?
Answer Choices: a. Round, metallic, shiny, valuable. b. American, Canadian, French, German. c. Dime, nickel, quarter, penny. d. Gold, silver, copper, zinc. e. Government, nation, figurehead.
Answer: c. Dime, nickel, quarter, penny.
Question: Which of the following are all connoted by the term “actress”?
Answer Choices: a. Television, radio, stage, screen. b. Empathic, talented, intuitive, perceptive. c. Nicole Kidman, Helen Hunt, Christina Aguilera, Angelina Jolie. d. Drama, comedy, documentary, horror. e. Wealthy, popular, admired, followed.
Answer: b. Empathic, talented, intuitive, perceptive.
Question: Which of the following terms have the same extension?
Answer Choices: a. Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning. b. Offensive player, defensive player. c. Edgar Allen Poe, author of the Iliad. d. Pitcher, catcher. e. Tooth fairy, leprechaun.
Answer: e. Tooth fairy, leprechaun.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of decreasing extension?
Answer Choices: a. Carbonated soft drink, drink, soft drink Pepsi. b. Soft drink, carbonated soft drink, Pepsi, drink.
Answer: a. Carbonated soft drink, drink, soft drink Pepsi.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of decreasing intension?
Answer Choices: a. Magazine, news magazine, Newsweek, publication. b. Publication, magazine, news magazine, Newsweek. c. Newsweek, news magazine, magazine, publication. d. News magazine, Newsweek, publication, magazine. e. News magazine, publication, magazine, Newsweek.
Answer: c. Newsweek, news magazine, magazine, publication.
Question: Which of the following are both intensional definitions?
Answer Choices: a. Etymological, definition by genus and difference. b. Synonymous definition, demonstrative definition. c. Definition by genus and difference, enumerative definition. d. Demonstrative definition, definition by subclass. e. Ostensive definition, etymological definition.
Answer: a. Etymological, definition by genus and difference.
Question: Which of the following are both extensional definitions?
Answer Choices: a. Ostensive definition, definition by genus and difference. b. Definition by subclass, enumerative definition. c. Operational definition, synonymous definition. d. Demonstrative definition, definition by subclass. e. Etymological definition, definition by subclass.
Answer: b. Definition by subclass, enumerative definition.
Question: In the definition “Channel means a navigable route between two bodies of water” the definiens is:
Answer Choices: a. Between two bodies of water. b. Route. c. Channel. d. Navigable. e. Navigable route between two bodies of water.
Answer: e. Navigable route between two bodies of water.
Question: In the definition “Ghost means the soul of a dead person” the definiendum is:
Answer Choices: a. Ghost. b. Dead. c. Soul. d. Person. e. Soul of a dead person.
Answer: a. Ghost.
Question: The definition “Contract means an agreement enforceable by law” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A precising definition. b. A theoretical definition. c. A definition by genus and difference. d. A definition by subclass.
Answer: a. A precising definition.
Question: The definition “Rest means (1) the repose of sleep, (2) an interval of silence between notes, (3) a period of inactivity” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A theoretical definition. b. A lexical definition. c. A precising definition. d. A stipulative definition. e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: b. A lexical definition.
Question: The definition “Foxhead means a person whose head is filled with misinformation from listening to Fox News” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. An enumerative definition. b. A synonymous definition. c. A lexical definition. d. A stipulative definition. e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. A stipulative definition.
Question: The definition “Blogger means an egocentric individual who wastes inordinate amounts of time writing nonsense opinions on websites that nobody reads” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. An operational definition. b. A precising definition. c. A theoretical definition. d. A hypertextual definition. e. A persuasive definition.
Answer: e. A persuasive definition.
Question: The definition “Game bird means a duck, pheasant, goose, quail, and the like” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A demonstrative definition. b. An enumerative definition. c. A persuasive definition. d. A definition by subclass. e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “An object is ‘spherical’ if and only if it rolls freely in any direction when placed on a flat surface” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A definition by genus and difference. b. An operational definition. c. A lexical definition. d. A definition by subclass. e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: b. An operational definition.
Question: The definition “Quarterback means someone such as Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, and Drew Brees” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A definition by subclass. b. An operational definition. c. A stipulative definition. d. An enumerative definition. e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “Juvenile means, for purposes of New York law, a person under 16 years of age” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A precising definition. b. An operational definition. c. A synonymous definition. d. A jurisdictional definition. e. An etymological definition.
Answer: a. A precising definition.
Question: The definition “Demolish means destroy” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A demonstrative definition. b. A theoretical definition. c. A definition by genus and difference. d. A synonymous definition. e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. A synonymous definition.
Question: The definition “Neurosis means a conflict between conscious and unconscious forces or complexes” is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A definition by genus and difference. b. An extensional definition. c. A theoretical definition. d. A psychological definition. e. A persuasive definition.
Answer: c. A theoretical definition.
Question: The definition “Cup means that and that and that” (as you point to a number of cups) is an example of:
Answer Choices: a. A lexical definition. b. A demonstrative definition. c. A definition by subclass. d. An enumerative definition. e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. A demonstrative definition.
Question: Statement II: (G • ~M) ⊃ (M ∨ G) Statement II is:
Answer Choices: a. Consistent b. Logically equivalent c. Tautologous d. Contingent e. Self-contradictory
Answer: c. Tautologous