Question: An argument is cogent if and only if _________.
Answer Choices:
A. it is valid and all of its premises are true.
B. it commits no fallacies.
C. it has all true premises.
Answer: C. it has all true premises.
Question: Which of the following is NOT an example of debugging?
Answer Choices:
A) Upgrading to improve the programming code.
B) Solving faulty logic in programming code.
C) Fixing misspelled commands in programming code.
D) Looking for errors in programming code.
Answer: A) Upgrading to improve the programming code.
Question: Mill’s methods claim that when there is a phenomenon or event that is regularly correlated with another phenomenon or event, then the two events or phenomena may be causally connected. Which of Mill’s methods does this describe?
Answer Choices:
A. Method of agreement
B. Method of difference
C. Joint method of agreement and difference
D. Method of concomitant variation
Answer: D. Method of concomitant variation
Question: The branch of philosophy that deals with beauty and art is called:
Answer Choices:
Logic
Ethics
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Answer: Aesthetics
Question: Identify the form of the following argument.If you stand up at your desk at work, you have a 50% less chance of having a heart attack.
Bob does not have a 50% less chance of having a heart attack.
Therefore, Bob does not stand up at his desk at work.
Answer Choices:
modus ponens
modus tollens
disjunctive syllogism
hypothetical syllogism
not a valid form
Answer: modus tollens
Question: Which of the following is likely to indicate a premise?
Answer Choices:
Because
Therefore
Consequently
Hence
Answer: Because
Question: The authors of this text claim that logic is _______.
Answer Choices:
A. a human invention
B. something that only exists in certain parts of the world
C. something that began in England
D. a human attribute that can be learned
Answer: D. a human attribute that can be learned
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the correct descriptions of what it means for an argument to be valid?
Answer Choices:
If all of the premises are true then the conclusion cannot be false
The reasoning is correct and all of the premises are in fact true
It is logically impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false
the truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion
Answer: The reasoning is correct and all of the premises are in fact true
Question: A sound argument is __________.
Answer Choices:
a valid argument in which it is impossible to have true premises and a false conclusion.
a valid argument with true premises and a false conclusion.
an argument in which it is possible to have true premises and a true conclusion.
a valid argument with true premises.
all of these.
Answer: a valid argument with true premises.
Question: _____ is a testable prediction of an outcome that guides the scientific inquiry process.
Answer Choices:
Experiment
Conclusion
Hypothesis
Observation
Answer: Hypothesis
Question: All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals. Hence, all dogs are mammals.
True or False: The sentence, “Hence, all dogs are mammals,” is a premise in this argument.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: An argument in logic is _________.
Answer Choices:
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: The conclusion in a standard argument form is often presented as _________.
Answer Choices:
A. the support in an argumentative essay
B. the thesis in an argumentative essay
C. the premise of an argumentative essay
D. the rebuttal of an argumentative essay
Answer: B. the thesis in an argumentative essay
Question: “All bumblebees are smogglewumps” is which type of statement?
Answer Choices:
universal affirmative
universal negative
particular affirmative
particular negative
none of these
Answer: universal affirmative