Question: Which of the following words is a term?
Answer Choices:
a. Mostly a failure.
b. Highly dedicated.
c. Nobel prizes.
d. Extremely nice.
e. Above the top shelf.
Answer: c. Nobel prizes.
Question: “Extension” means roughly the same thing as:
Answer Choices:
a. Corporeality.
b. Sense.
c. Connotation.
d. Denotation.
e. Conventional connotation.
Answer: d. Denotation.
Question: Which of the following are all denoted by the term “corporation”?
Answer Choices:
a. Gillette, Oracle, Pfizer, Boeing.
b. Directors, officers, shareholders, employees.
c. Razors, software, drugs, airplanes.
d. Bankers, brewers, camera makers, real estate developers.
e. Large, impersonal, powerful, wealthy.
Answer: a. Gillette, Oracle, Pfizer, Boeing.
Question: Which of the following are all connoted by the term “baseball player”?
Answer Choices:
a. Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, Cardinals.
b. Babe Ruth, Frank Robinson, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial.
c. Pitcher, catcher, first baseman, shortstop.
d. New York, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis.
e. Athletic, cap-wearing, skillful, speedy.
Answer: b. Babe Ruth, Frank Robinson, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial.
Question: Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?
Answer Choices:
a. Actor, actress.
b. Elf, gnome.
c. Football player, linebacker.
d. Professor, instructor.
e. Kansas, Nebraska.
Answer: b. Elf, gnome.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of increasing intension?
Answer Choices:
a. Shasta daisy, daisy, flower, plant.
b. Daisy, flower, plant, Shasta daisy.
c. Flower, plant, daisy, Shasta daisy.
d. Plant, flower, daisy, Shasta daisy.
e. Shasta daisy, flower, plant daisy.
Answer: d. Plant, flower, daisy, Shasta daisy.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of increasing extension?
Answer Choices:
a. Rainbow trout, trout, fish, animal.
b. Animal, fish, trout, rainbow trout.
c. Fish, animal, trout, rainbow trout.
d. Trout, rainbow trout, animal, fish.
e. Rainbow trout, fish, trout, animal.
Answer: a. Rainbow trout, trout, fish, animal.
Question: Which of the following is always an intensional definition?
Answer Choices:
a. Persuasive definition.
b. Demonstrative definition.
c. Definition by genus and difference.
d. Enumerative definition.
e. Stipulative definition.
Answer: c. Definition by genus and difference.
Question: Which of the following is always an extensional definition?
Answer Choices:
a. Theoretical definition.
b. Enumerative definition.
c. Etymological definition.
d. Synonymous definition.
e. Precising definition.
Answer: b. Enumerative definition.
Question: In the definition “‘Fund’ means a deposit of money used as a resource or security” the definiens is:
Answer Choices:
a. Deposit.
b. Deposit of money.
c. Fund.
d. Used as a resource or security.
e. A deposit of money used as a resource or security.
Answer: e. A deposit of money used as a resource or security.
Question: In the definition “‘Captain’ means a person having authority over and responsibility for a group or unit” the definiendum is:
Answer Choices:
a. Authority.
b. Captain.
c. A person having authority over and responsibility for a group or unit.
d. Responsibility for a group or unit.
e. Person.
Answer: b. Captain.
Question: The definition “‘Singer’ means someone such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A demonstrative definition.
b. A stipulative definition.
c. An enumerative definition.
d. A precising definition.
e. A definition by subclass.
Answer: c. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “‘Lawyer’ means a humanitarian who selflessly comes to the rescue of fellow citizens unjustly threatened with the loss of life, liberty or property” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A precising definition.
b. A theoretical definition.
c. A persuasive definition.
d. A lexical definition.
e. A definition by subclass.
Answer: c. A persuasive definition.
Question: The definition “‘Gravity’ means an attractive force that exists between all material particles and varies inversely with the square of the distance between them” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A demonstrative definition.
b. An operational definition.
c. An enumerative definition.
d. A theoretical definition.
e. An etymological definition.
Answer: d. A theoretical definition.
Question: The definition “‘Case’ means (1) a set of circumstances, (2) a lawsuit, (3) a box for holding something” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A lexical definition.
b. An enumerative definition.
c. A demonstrative definition.
d. A precising definition.
e. A definition by subclass.
Answer: a. A lexical definition.
Question: The definition “‘Hot’ means, in relation to bath water, having a temperature of 105° F” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A synonymous definition.
b. An etymological definition.
c. A theoretical definition.
d. A precising definition.
e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: d. A precising definition.
Question: The definition “‘Catic’ means a person addicted to cats” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A persuasive definition.
b. A precising definition.
c. A definition by subclass.
d. A lexical definition.
e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: e. A stipulative definition.
Question: The definition “‘Gyrate’ derives from the Greek word gyros, which means round or curved” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An operational definition.
b. An etymological definition.
c. A definition by genus and difference.
d. An enumerative definition.
e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: b. An etymological definition.
Question: The definition “‘Filly’ means a young female horse” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A stipulative definition.
b. A definition by genus and difference.
c. A synonymous definition.
d. A definition by subclass.
e. A demonstrative definition.
Answer: b. A definition by genus and difference.