Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Modest means not being immodest” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being negative.
b. Being too broad.
c. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
d. Being too narrow.
e. Being vague.
Answer: a. Being negative.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Beeswax means the natural ester formed from hexacosanoic acid and triacontanol” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Being vague.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being obscure.
e. Being too narrow.
Answer: d. Being obscure.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Necklace means a piece of gold jewelry worn around the neck” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being obscure.
b. Being affective.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being circular.
e. Being too narrow.
Answer: e. Being too narrow.
Question: Which of the following statements has primarily cognitive meaning?
Answer Choices:
a. The movie at the Roxie is fabulous.
b. Microsoft is currently hiring programmers.
c. Marty’s jokes are really funny.
d. I love your new hairdo.
e. Some computer games are lots of fun to play.
Answer: b. Microsoft is currently hiring programmers.
Question: Which of the following statements expresses a value claim?
Answer Choices:
a. Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World.
b. The market capitalization of Wal-Mart is greater than that of Target.
c. The goodness or badness of a human action is determined by its consequences.
d. The Yankees are the best team in major league baseball.
e. Christo’s project in Central Park cost $21 million.
Answer: d. The Yankees are the best team in major league baseball.
Question: Which of the following statements is vague?
Answer Choices:
a. Bob’s dog is six years old.
b. Wine is an alcoholic beverage.
c. Mr. Harris, my neighbor, is wealthy.
d. Lung cancer can be fatal.
e. Cathy told Margaret that she won a prize.
Answer: c. Mr. Harris, my neighbor, is wealthy.
Question: Which of the following statements is ambiguous?
Answer Choices:
a. Professor Andrews talked about sex with his students.
b. Frances lost the election for student body president.
c. Frank’s wife bought him a digital camera.
d. Rene Descartes was born in 1596.
e. The problems on this math test are easy.
Answer: a. Professor Andrews talked about sex with his students.
Question: The following dispute: Dave: “I see in the paper that the man who has been in a persistent vegetative state for the past 12 years died yesterday.” Beth: “That’s not correct. The man died 12 years ago when he permanently lost consciousness. It was only his body that died yesterday.” is best described as:
Answer Choices:
a. Irresolvable.
b. Theological.
c. Verbal arising from vagueness.
d. Factual.
e. Verbal, arising from ambiguity.
Answer: e. Verbal, arising from ambiguity.
Question: The following dispute: Meg: “I’m certain that the capital of North Dakota is Bismarck.” Gary: “You obviously know nothing about state capitals. Bismarck is the capital of South Dakota.” is best described as:
Answer Choices:
a. Verbal arising from vagueness.
b. Verbal arising from ambiguity.
c. Friendly.
d. Factual.
e. Geopolitical.
Answer: d. Factual.
Question: Which of the following words is a term?
Answer Choices:
a. Around the corner.
b. In a hurry.
c. Equivalent.
d. Technology.
e. Completely.
Answer: d. Technology.
Question: Which of the following are all denoted by the term “country”?
Answer Choices:
a. Nation, state, homeland, region.
b. Paris, France, Berlin, Germany.
c. Berlin, Paris, Ottawa, Rio de Janeiro.
d. Autonomous, populated, bordered, governed.
e. Germany, France, Canada, Brazil.
Answer: e. Germany, France, Canada, Brazil.
Question: Which of the following are all connoted by the term “surgeon”?
Answer Choices:
a. Hospital, anesthesia, scalpel, oxygen.
b. Surgery, pain, recovery, scarring.
c. Dexterous, educated, skillful, experienced.
d. Nurse, doctor, therapist, aid.
e. Dr. Bennett, Dr. Adams, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Kaiser.
Answer: c. Dexterous, educated, skillful, experienced.
Question: Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?
Answer Choices:
a. Currently living dinosaur, unicorn.
b. Dog, cat.
c. City, state.
d. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln.
e. King, queen.
Answer: a. Currently living dinosaur, unicorn.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of increasing intension?
Answer Choices:
a. Food, desert, pie, cherry pie.
b. Dessert, pie, cherry pie, food.
c. Cherry pie, pie, dessert, food.
d. Pie, dessert, food, cherry pie.
e. Food, pie, cherry pie, dessert.
Answer: a. Food, desert, pie, cherry pie.
Question: Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of increasing extension?
Answer Choices:
a. Elected official, citizen, U.S. Senator, Member of Congress.
b. Citizen, elected official, U.S. Senator, Member of Congress.
c. Citizen, elected official, Member of Congress, U.S. Senator.
d. U.S. Senator, Member of Congress, elected official, citizen.
e. Member of Congress, U.S. Senator, citizen, elected official.
Answer: d. U.S. Senator, Member of Congress, elected official, citizen.
Question: Which of the following are both intensional definitions?
Answer Choices:
a. Definition by genus and difference, enumerative definition.
b. Etymological definition, operational definition.
c. Demonstrative definition, definition by subclass.
d. Synonymous definition, enumerative definition.
e. Operational definition, ostensive definition.
Answer: b. Etymological definition, operational definition.
Question: Which of the following are both extensional definitions?
Answer Choices:
a. Synonymous definition, etymological definition.
b. Operational definition, demonstrative definition.
c. Definition by subclass, enumerative definition.
d. Enumerative definition, synonymous definition.
e. Definition by genus and difference, operational definition.
Answer: c. Definition by subclass, enumerative definition.
Question: In the definition “Consort means a spouse of a reigning monarch” the definiens is:
Answer Choices:
a. Spouse.
b. Reigning monarch.
c. Consort.
d. A spouse of a reigning monarch.
e. Monarch.
Answer: d. A spouse of a reigning monarch.
Question: In the definition “Gloat means to indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction” the definiendum is:
Answer Choices:
a. Indulge.
b. Gloat.
c. Satisfaction.
d. To indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction.
e. Malicious or excessive satisfaction.
Answer: b. Gloat.
Question: The definition “Fast means, in relation to a sports car, being able to accelerate from zero to sixty miles per hour in 5 seconds or less” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A theoretical definition.
b. An operational definition.
c. An automotive definition.
d. A definition by genus and difference.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. An operational definition.