RLGN 104 EXAM PREP PRACTICE SET 2026
FULL SOLUTION
◉ Absolute Truth. Answer: Something that is true at all times and at
all places "Truth is true whether we believe it or not. Truth is
discovered or it is revealed, it Is not invented by a culture or by
religious men"
◉ The Law of Non-Contradiction. Answer: Something cannot both
exist and not exist or be true and false at the same time and in the
same way.
◉ Oversimplification. Answer: Concluding that an effect has only
one cause when it is really the result of multiple causes.
◉ Hasty Conclusion. Answer: Making a judgment on the basis of one
of even a few samples.
◉ Overgeneralizing. Answer: Making a judgement about an entire
group bases on behavior, mostly undesirable, of a few from that
group.
◉ False Analogies. Answer: Arguing on the basis of a comparison of
unrelated things.
,◉ Slippery Slope. Answer: Arguing against an action on the
unsupported assertion that it will inevitably lead to a much worse
condition.
◉ Sweeping Generalization. Answer: Stating a general principle and
then applying it in a specific case as though it were a general rule.
◉ Ad Hominem. Answer: Seeking to discredit a person's argument
by attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc.
◉ Appeal to Authority. Answer: Appealing to the opinion of a person
who agrees with your because they are generally respected by the
audience, but have no real authority on the topic at hand.
◉ Appeal to Ignorance. Answer: claiming that something is true
simply because it cannot be disproved, or that something is untrue
because it cannot be proved. ex. God isn't real because I can't see
Him
◉ Bandwagon. Answer: Justifying a course of action because
everyone it doing it.
, ◉ Is/ought (or naturalistic fallacy). Answer: Concluding about the
way things ought to be simply on the basis of how things are or are
assumed to be.
◉ Genetic Fallacy. Answer: Giving credit to a position or supporting
a claim because of the origin of the position when such an appeal to
origin is irrelevant
◉ Selective Perception. Answer: Looking only for things that support
our current ideas, and ignoring evidence that does not.
◉ False Dilemma. Answer: Oversimplifying a complex issue to make
it appear that only two alternatives are possible.
◉ Red Herring. Answer: Raising an irrelevant issue to divert
attention from the primary issue. This argument appeals to a
person's fears of sense of pity.
◉ Straw Man. Answer: Misrepresenting a position to make it seem
weaker than it really is or to demonize the position to make it sound
worse than it really is and then to act as if the argument has been
won when the real issue hasn't even been addressed.
◉ Opinion. Answer: A belief or conclusion about reality. Unlike facts,
they are open to question and analysis be critical thinking.
FULL SOLUTION
◉ Absolute Truth. Answer: Something that is true at all times and at
all places "Truth is true whether we believe it or not. Truth is
discovered or it is revealed, it Is not invented by a culture or by
religious men"
◉ The Law of Non-Contradiction. Answer: Something cannot both
exist and not exist or be true and false at the same time and in the
same way.
◉ Oversimplification. Answer: Concluding that an effect has only
one cause when it is really the result of multiple causes.
◉ Hasty Conclusion. Answer: Making a judgment on the basis of one
of even a few samples.
◉ Overgeneralizing. Answer: Making a judgement about an entire
group bases on behavior, mostly undesirable, of a few from that
group.
◉ False Analogies. Answer: Arguing on the basis of a comparison of
unrelated things.
,◉ Slippery Slope. Answer: Arguing against an action on the
unsupported assertion that it will inevitably lead to a much worse
condition.
◉ Sweeping Generalization. Answer: Stating a general principle and
then applying it in a specific case as though it were a general rule.
◉ Ad Hominem. Answer: Seeking to discredit a person's argument
by attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc.
◉ Appeal to Authority. Answer: Appealing to the opinion of a person
who agrees with your because they are generally respected by the
audience, but have no real authority on the topic at hand.
◉ Appeal to Ignorance. Answer: claiming that something is true
simply because it cannot be disproved, or that something is untrue
because it cannot be proved. ex. God isn't real because I can't see
Him
◉ Bandwagon. Answer: Justifying a course of action because
everyone it doing it.
, ◉ Is/ought (or naturalistic fallacy). Answer: Concluding about the
way things ought to be simply on the basis of how things are or are
assumed to be.
◉ Genetic Fallacy. Answer: Giving credit to a position or supporting
a claim because of the origin of the position when such an appeal to
origin is irrelevant
◉ Selective Perception. Answer: Looking only for things that support
our current ideas, and ignoring evidence that does not.
◉ False Dilemma. Answer: Oversimplifying a complex issue to make
it appear that only two alternatives are possible.
◉ Red Herring. Answer: Raising an irrelevant issue to divert
attention from the primary issue. This argument appeals to a
person's fears of sense of pity.
◉ Straw Man. Answer: Misrepresenting a position to make it seem
weaker than it really is or to demonize the position to make it sound
worse than it really is and then to act as if the argument has been
won when the real issue hasn't even been addressed.
◉ Opinion. Answer: A belief or conclusion about reality. Unlike facts,
they are open to question and analysis be critical thinking.
