Question: In the definition “Ghost means the soul of a dead person” the definiendum is:
Answer Choices:
a. Ghost.
b. Dead.
c. Soul.
d. Person.
e. Soul of a dead person.
Answer: a. Ghost.
Question: The definition “Contract means an agreement enforceable by law” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A precising definition.
b. A theoretical definition.
c. A definition by genus and difference.
d. A definition by subclass.
Answer: a. A precising definition.
Question: The definition “Rest means (1) the repose of sleep, (2) an interval of silence between notes, (3) a period of inactivity” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A theoretical definition.
b. A lexical definition.
c. A precising definition.
d. A stipulative definition.
e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: b. A lexical definition.
Question: The definition “Foxhead means a person whose head is filled with misinformation from listening to Fox News” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An enumerative definition.
b. A synonymous definition.
c. A lexical definition.
d. A stipulative definition.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. A stipulative definition.
Question: The definition “Blogger means an egocentric individual who wastes inordinate amounts of time writing nonsense opinions on websites that nobody reads” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An operational definition.
b. A precising definition.
c. A theoretical definition.
d. A hypertextual definition.
e. A persuasive definition.
Answer: e. A persuasive definition.
Question: The definition “Game bird means a duck, pheasant, goose, quail, and the like” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A demonstrative definition.
b. An enumerative definition.
c. A persuasive definition.
d. A definition by subclass.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “An object is ‘spherical’ if and only if it rolls freely in any direction when placed on a flat surface” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A definition by genus and difference.
b. An operational definition.
c. A lexical definition.
d. A definition by subclass.
e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: b. An operational definition.
Question: The definition “Quarterback means someone such as Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, and Drew Brees” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A definition by subclass.
b. An operational definition.
c. A stipulative definition.
d. An enumerative definition.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. An enumerative definition.
Question: The definition “Juvenile means, for purposes of New York law, a person under 16 years of age” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A precising definition.
b. An operational definition.
c. A synonymous definition.
d. A jurisdictional definition.
e. An etymological definition.
Answer: a. A precising definition.
Question: The definition “Demolish means destroy” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A demonstrative definition.
b. A theoretical definition.
c. A definition by genus and difference.
d. A synonymous definition.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. A synonymous definition.
Question: The definition “Neurosis means a conflict between conscious and unconscious forces or complexes” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A definition by genus and difference.
b. An extensional definition.
c. A theoretical definition.
d. A psychological definition.
e. A persuasive definition.
Answer: c. A theoretical definition.
Question: The definition “Cup means that and that and that” (as you point to a number of cups) is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A lexical definition.
b. A demonstrative definition.
c. A definition by subclass.
d. An enumerative definition.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. A demonstrative definition.
Question: The definition “Radical is a word derived from the Latin word radix which means root” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An etymological definition.
b. A stipulative definition.
c. A synonymous definition.
d. An operational definition.
e. An ostensive definition.
Answer: a. An etymological definition.
Question: In the definition “Trunk means a large sturdy box for holding clothes or personal effects” the genus term is:
Answer Choices:
a. Clothes or personal effects.
b. Trunk.
c. Box.
d. A large sturdy box for holding clothes or personal effects.
e. A large sturdy box.
Answer: c. Box.
Question: In the definition “Stage means a platform on which actors perform in a theater” the species term is:
Answer Choices:
a. A platform on which actors perform in a theater.
b. Platform.
c. Actors.
d. Theater.
e. Stage.
Answer: e. Stage.
Question: In the definition “Temple means an edifice dedicated to the worship of a deity” the difference word(s) is/are:
Answer Choices:
a. Worship of a deity.
b. Deity.
c. Temple.
d. Dedicated to the worship of a deity.
e. Edifice.
Answer: d. Dedicated to the worship of a deity. Question 57 Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Shoe means an article made of leather for wearing on one’s foot” may be criticized as: Answer Options: a. Being ambiguous. b. Being too narrow. c. Being too broad. d. Being negative. e. Being figurative. Correct Answer: b. Being too narrow.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Chewing gum means gum for chewing” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being obscure.
b. Being figurative.
c. Being circular.
d. Being affective.
e. Being vague.
Answer: c. Being circular.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Vacuum cleaner means a motorized atmospheric pressure gradient creator intended for particulate matter removal” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being obscure.
b. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
c. Being affective.
d. Being circular.
e. Being affective.
Answer: b. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
Question: As a lexical definition, the definition “Possible means anything that is not impossible” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being too narrow.
b. Being too broad.
c. Being figurative.
d. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
e. Being negative.
Answer: e. Being negative.
Question: As a lexical definition, Mark Twain’s definition “Banker means a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain” may be criticized as:
Answer Choices:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Being obscure.
c. Being negative.
d. Being figurative.
e. Being circular.
Answer: d. Being figurative.