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.
Question: In the definition “‘Faucet’ means a device intended to control the flow of a liquid” the difference word(s) is/are:
Answer Choices:
a. Intended to control the flow of a liquid.
b. Device.
c. Flow of a liquid.
d. Liquid.
e. Faucet.
Answer: a. Intended to control the flow of a liquid.
Question: As a lexical definition, “Feminism means a socialist antifamily movement created by ugly women to rob men of their natural entitlements” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being figurative.
b. Being too narrow.
c. Being affective.
d. Being negative.
e. Being too broad.
Answer: c. Being affective.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Refrigerator means a compartment having one or two doors intended for storing food” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being figurative.
b. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
c. Being vague.
d. Being ambiguous.
e. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
Answer: b. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Keyboard means a board with keys” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being circular.
Answer: b. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Pneumonia means a disease of the lungs” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Being too narrow.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being affective.
e. Being obscure.
Answer: c. Being too broad.
Question: As a lexical definition, “Healthy means feeling good” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being vague.
b. Being circular.
c. Being ambiguous.
d. Being figurative.
e. Being negative.
Answer: a. Being vague.