Question: Which of the following is the definition of logic employed by the book With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking?

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A study of persuasion.
The study of arguments.
The study of how to make critical thinking a part of your life.
The study of arguments as tools for arriving at warranted judgments.

Answer: The study of arguments as tools for arriving at warranted judgments.

Question: The following is an important part of expressing arguments in standard form.

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Expressing multiple claims in a single premise.
Being able to paraphrase language to make it clear.
Not separating out premises and conclusions.
Including sentences that are not claims in the standard form.

Answer: Being able to paraphrase language to make it clear.

Question: An argument in logic is _________.

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a set of claims, some of which serve as support for another claim.
a debate between two people.
the conclusion of one’s reasoning.
a dispute with no resolution.

Answer: a set of claims, some of which serve as support for another claim.

Question: Reasons given to support a conclusion are called _________.

Answer Choices:
pretenses.
prehensile.
premises.
comments.

Answer: premises.

Question: Informal logic is _________.

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the study of mathematical properties of languages.
the study of arguments as they exist in everyday language.
the study of formal validity without a focus on everyday usages of critical thinking.
the scientific examination of specific truths.

Answer: the study of arguments as they exist in everyday language.

Question: According to the authors, judgments of faith _________.

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have no place in logical reasoning.
should be warranted.
should have no reasons supporting them.
always result in religious conflict.

Answer: should be warranted.

Question: Which of the following is not one of the reasons given by the authors that language is important?

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It can improve our sensory abilities like taste.
It is the best means for expressing our thoughts and clarifying ideas.
It can make a difference in our lives if we use it to its optimal form.
It helps to prove our intellectual superiority.

Answer: It helps to prove our intellectual superiority.

Question: According to Chapter 1, philosophy is __________.

Answer Choices:
equivalent to logic.
something that does not analyze emotions.
something that not everyone can do.
focused on clarifying ideas.

Answer: focused on clarifying ideas.

Question: This form of thinking involves releasing oneself from normal rules of the mind and society.

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Critical thinking
Analytical thinking
Strategic thinking
Creative thinking

Answer: Creative thinking

Question: When people are engaged in analytical thinking, they are __________.

Answer Choices:
breaking down component parts of larger things or ideas.
using their imagination to paint a landscape.
writing their boss to ask for time off work.
reporting something that they have seen to others.

Answer: breaking down component parts of larger things or ideas.

Question: Which of the following is a claim?

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Calculate the velocity of the alpha particles.
Did you calculate the velocity of the alpha particles?
Awesome!
Alpha particles are baryons.

Answer: Alpha particles are baryons.

Question: Claims have the following attribute.

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They do not claim that something is the case.
They often make commands.
They can be true or false.
They are not necessary to form arguments.

Answer: They can be true or false.

Question: In argument diagrams, __________.

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premises cannot work together to support another claim.
conclusions support the premises.
single premises can support a conclusion or another premise.
premises can only support conclusions.

Answer: single premises can support a conclusion or another premise.

Question: Which of the following is a claim?

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Shut the door.
Is the door shut?
Did you shut the door?
The door is shut.

Answer: The door is shut.

Question: Which of the following words from this argument is a conclusion indicator?

Answer Choices:
Since
Thus
Philosophers
Truth

Answer: Thus

Question: Question: The perpendicular distance between the line of force and the axis defines what?

Answer Choices:
torque
fulcrum
moment arm
none of the choices are correct

Answer: moment arm

Question: Question: The angular analogue of what?

Answer Choices:
momentum
force
mass
impulse

Answer: force

Question: Question: Which of the following is a characteristic of torque?

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it is a vector quantity
it is characterized by its magnitude
it is characterized by its direction
all of the choices are correct

Answer: all of the choices are correct

Question: Question: In the human body, most of the lever systems formed by muscles pulling on bones are what class?

Answer Choices:
1st class
2nd class
3rd class
none of the choices are correct

Answer: 3rd class