Question: The definition “Pillow means that and that and that” (as you point to a number of pillows) is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A precising definition.
b. An etymological definition.
c. A lexical definition.
d. A demonstrative definition.
e. A definition by genus and difference.
Answer: d. A demonstrative definition.
Question: The definition “Viddict means a person addicted to video games” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A lexical definition.
b. A stipulative definition.
c. A theoretical definition.
d. A technological definition.
e. An etymological definition.
Answer: b. A stipulative definition.
Question: The definition “Gold means an element composed of 79 protons, 118 neutrons, and 79 electrons” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An operational definition.
b. A definition by subclass.
c. A physiological definition.
d. A theoretical definition.
e. An ostensive definition.
Answer: d. A theoretical definition.
Question: The definition “Precedent is a word derived from the Latin word praecedere meaning to come before” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An etymological definition.
b. A precising definition.
c. A definition by genus and difference.
d. A legal definition.
e. A theoretical definition.
Answer: a. An etymological definition.
Question: The definition “Mine means (1) an excavation in the earth, (2) an explosive device, (3) an abundant source” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A synonymous definition.
b. A demonstrative definition.
c. A geological definition.
d. A persuasive definition.
e. A lexical definition.
Answer: e. A lexical definition.
Question: The definition “Rapper means someone such as 50 Cent, Eminem, Usher, or Akon” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A definition by subclass.
b. A demonstrative definition.
c. An enumerative definition.
d. A precising definition.
e. A musical definition.
Answer: c. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “Watch means a small portable timepiece” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A synonymous definition.
b. A definition by genus and difference.
c. A stipulative definition.
d. A demonstrative definition.
e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: b. A definition by genus and difference.
Question: The definition “Bird means a robin, sparrow, finch, swallow, crow, and so on” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A demonstrative definition.
b. An ornithological definition.
c. A definition by subclass.
d. A stipulative definition.
e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: e. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “Salmon is ‘cooked’ if and only if it flakes when pulled apart” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An operational definition.
b. A persuasive definition.
c. A precising definition.
d. A culinary definition.
e. A theoretical definition.
Answer: a. An operational definition.
Question: In the definition “‘Truck’ means a large vehicle for carrying goods” the genus term is:
Answer Choices:
a. Large vehicle for carrying goods
b. Large vehicle.
c. Truck.
d. Vehicle.
e. Goods.
Answer: d. Vehicle.
Question: In the definition “‘Cloth’ means a fabric made by weaving or knitting” the species term is:
Answer Choices:
a. Weaving.
b. Fabric.
c. Weaving or knitting.
d. Fabric made by weaving or knitting
e. Cloth.
Answer: e. Cloth.
Question: In the definition “‘Suitor’ means a man who courts or woos a woman” the difference word(s) is/are:
Answer Choices:
a. Suitor.
b. Who courts or woos a woman.
c. Woman.
d. Man.
e. Courts.
Answer: b. Who courts or woos a woman.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Fireplace means a place for fire” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being affective.
b. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
c. Negative.
d. Being circular.
e. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
Answer: d. Being circular.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Ring means a circular band of gold worn on the finger as an ornament” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being too broad.
b. Being vague.
c. Being too narrow.
d. Being circular.
e. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
Answer: c. Being too narrow.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Personal means not being impersonal” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being figurative.
b. Being vague.
c. Being affective.
d. Being negative.
e. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
Answer: d. Being negative.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Credit card means a wallet-sized piece of plastic embossed with several numerals and containing a magnetic strip” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
b. Being ambiguous.
c. Being obscure.
d. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
e. Being affective.
Answer: a. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Supernatural means whatever you don’t normally expect” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being too narrow.
b. Being vague.
c. Being ambiguous.
d. Being circular.
e. Being ambiguous.
Answer: b. Being vague.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Elm means a deciduous tree” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being figurative.
b. Being circular.
c. Being too narrow.
d. Being ambiguous.
e. Being too broad.
Answer: e. Being too broad.
Question: As a lexical definition, Bill Cosby’s definition “Human means the only creature on earth that allows its children to come back home” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being too broad.
b. Being circular.
c. Being figurative.
d. Being negative.
e. Being too narrow.
Answer: c. Being figurative.
Question: As a lexical definition, Ambrose Bierce’s definition “Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Being obscure.
c. Being negative.
d. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
e. Being affective.
Answer: e. Being affective.