Question: “It’s obvious that your position is false.” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices?
Answer Choices:
Euphemism.
Hyperbole.
Proof surrogate.
Weasel.
No device used.
Answer: Weasel.
Question: Suppose that you were deciding what to do for a living. Which of these passages best exemplifies utilitarian reasoning?
Answer Options:
“I should become a lawyer because that is what my dad did.”
“I should become a lawyer because that will create the most wealth for me and my family.”
“Utilitarians are concerned about producing the most happiness for all concerned, not just to oneself and one’s family.”
“I should become a lawyer because that is the best way that I can improve people’s lives.”
“I should become a lawyer because that way I can enforce the law, which is my duty.”
Correct Answer:
“I should become a lawyer because that is the best way that I can improve people’s lives.”
Answer Choices:
“I should become a lawyer because that is what my dad did.”
“I should become a lawyer because that will create the most wealth for me and my family.”
“Utilitarians are concerned about producing the most happiness for all concerned, not just to oneself and one’s family.”
“I should become a lawyer because that is the best way that I can improve people’s lives.”
“I should become a lawyer because that way I can enforce the law, which is my duty.”
Answer: “I should become a lawyer because that is the best way that I can improve people’s lives.”
Question: Which term is in the predicate position of the sentence “No cats are friendly”?
Answer Choices:
cats
friendly
No cats
This sentence does not have a predicate position.
Answer: friendly
Question: According to the authors, judgments of faith _________.
Answer Choices:
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: A fallacy is __________.
Answer Choices:
an argument with a false premise.
an argument with a false conclusion.
an indirectly weak argument.
a common pattern of reasoning with a high likelihood of leading to a false conclusion.
Answer: a common pattern of reasoning with a high likelihood of leading to a false conclusion.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a threshold concept as put forth by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)?
Answer Choices:
Searching as strategic exploration
Information creation as a process
Creative thinking as a means for discovery
Research as inquiry
Answer: Creative thinking as a means for discovery
Question: ‘Some dogs are not mammals’ is which type of statement?
Answer Choices:
universal affirmative
universal negative
particular affirmative
particular negative
Answer: particular negative
Question: Which term is in the predicate position of the sentence “Some of these questions are difficult”?
Answer Choices:
questions.
these questions.
Some.
difficult.
Answer: difficult.
Question: Which of the following sources of information is least likely to be distorted by someone with an interest in manipulation?
Answer Choices:
A newspaper report of a sports result.
A politician’s campaign speech.
A TV advertisement for a product.
An attorney’s closing argument for his or her client.
None of these.
Answer: A newspaper report of a sports result.
Question: Which of the following is a good example of product placement?
Answer Choices:
Putting the product next to a beloved celebrity.
Using an unreliable source of information in describing the product.
Not listing all of its possible side effects.
Making its leading competitor sound terrible.
None of these.
Answer: Putting the product next to a beloved celebrity.
Question: Consequentialism is the view that:
Answer Options:
Whether an action is right or wrong is independent of its actual consequences.
Whether an action is ethically right is a matter of great consequence.
Whether an action is right or wrong is based on its likely consequences.
Ethically speaking, it does not matter what the consequences of an action are, only the principle you acted on.
Correct Answer:
Whether an action is right or wrong is based on its likely consequences.
Answer Choices:
Whether an action is right or wrong is independent of its actual consequences.
Whether an action is ethically right is a matter of great consequence.
Whether an action is right or wrong is based on its likely consequences.
Ethically speaking, it does not matter what the consequences of an action are, only the principle you acted on.
Answer: Whether an action is right or wrong is based on its likely consequences.
Question: Identify the form of the following argument.If he were responsible, then he would have shown up on time.
He did not show up on time.
Therefore he is not responsible.
Answer Choices:
modus ponens
modus tollens
disjunctive syllogism
hypothetical syllogism
not a valid form
Answer: modus tollens