WGU C168 - CRITICAL THINKING
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Clarity.
Answer: Being unambiguous and easily understood
• The 9 Standards: *Breadth *Clarity *Depth *Fairness *Logic *Precision
*Relevance *Signifigance.
Answer: *Accuracy
• Purpose.
Answer: The goal or objective of reasoning
• The 8 Elements: *Concepts *Implications *Inferences *Information *Points
of View *Purposes *Questions.
Answer: *Assumptions
• The 8 Intellectual Traits (Of the Critical Thinker): *Intellectual Confidence
in Reason *Intellectual Courage *Intellectual Empathy *Intellectual Fair
Mindedness *Intellectual Humility *Intellectual Integrity *Intellectual
Perseverance.
Answer: *Intellectual Autonomy
• Concepts.
Answer: General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify
information used in our thinking
• Sources of Evidence (Commonly used to support factual claims): *Intuition
*Personal Observation *Appeal to Authority *Case Example *Testimonial
*Survey/Questionnaire * Research Study *Personal Experience.
Answer: *Analogy
• Inference.
Answer: A logical process of drawing conclusions
,• 2 Types of Evidence: *Qualitative: the why and how of something,
observations.
Answer: *Quantitative: research study, numbers
• Precision.
Answer: Being precise or exact
• Implication.
Answer: What logically follows from reasoning
• Assumptions.
Answer: Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning about
something
• Point of view.
Answer: The particular perspective from which something is observed or
thought through
• The _____________________ must be applied to the
_______________________ as the critical thinker learns to develop
__________________________________________. (b) elements (c)
intellectual traits.
Answer: (a) standards
• 3 Types of Questions: *Preference-many types of answers *Judgment-more
than one type of answer.
Answer: *Fact-only one type of answer
• Accuracy.
Answer: Being near to the true value or meaning of something
• Egocentrism.
Answer: The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to
regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important
• Fair-mindedness.
Answer: The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without
regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests
, • 3 Interlinking Dimensions of Critical Thinking: (2) Evaluate one's own
thinking-identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths. (3)
Improving one's own thinking-reconstructing it to make it better..
Answer: (1) Analyze one's own thinking, breaking it down into its
component parts.
• 3 Function of the Mind: *Feeling *Wanting.
Answer: *Thinking
• Fallacies.
Answer: Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of
an argument, invalidate its conclusion
• Intellectual cowardice.
Answer: Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own
• Weak-Sense Critical Thinking: • Often utilize intellectual trickery or deceit •
Lacks key higher level skills & values • Makes no good faith effort to
consider alternate views • Lacks fair-mindedness • Employs low-level
rhetorical skills • Employs emotionalism and intellectual trickery • Hides or
distorts evidence.
Answer: • Ignore flaws in thinking
• Intellectual empathy.
Answer: The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to
genuinely understand them
• Intellectual humility.
Answer: Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a
willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive
counterarguments
• Strong-Sense Critical Thinking: • Strives to be ethical • Empathizes with
other's viewpoints • Will entertain arguments with which they do not agree •
Change views when confronted with superior reasoning • Employ thinking
reasonably rather than manipulatively • Requires fair-mindedness &
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Clarity.
Answer: Being unambiguous and easily understood
• The 9 Standards: *Breadth *Clarity *Depth *Fairness *Logic *Precision
*Relevance *Signifigance.
Answer: *Accuracy
• Purpose.
Answer: The goal or objective of reasoning
• The 8 Elements: *Concepts *Implications *Inferences *Information *Points
of View *Purposes *Questions.
Answer: *Assumptions
• The 8 Intellectual Traits (Of the Critical Thinker): *Intellectual Confidence
in Reason *Intellectual Courage *Intellectual Empathy *Intellectual Fair
Mindedness *Intellectual Humility *Intellectual Integrity *Intellectual
Perseverance.
Answer: *Intellectual Autonomy
• Concepts.
Answer: General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify
information used in our thinking
• Sources of Evidence (Commonly used to support factual claims): *Intuition
*Personal Observation *Appeal to Authority *Case Example *Testimonial
*Survey/Questionnaire * Research Study *Personal Experience.
Answer: *Analogy
• Inference.
Answer: A logical process of drawing conclusions
,• 2 Types of Evidence: *Qualitative: the why and how of something,
observations.
Answer: *Quantitative: research study, numbers
• Precision.
Answer: Being precise or exact
• Implication.
Answer: What logically follows from reasoning
• Assumptions.
Answer: Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning about
something
• Point of view.
Answer: The particular perspective from which something is observed or
thought through
• The _____________________ must be applied to the
_______________________ as the critical thinker learns to develop
__________________________________________. (b) elements (c)
intellectual traits.
Answer: (a) standards
• 3 Types of Questions: *Preference-many types of answers *Judgment-more
than one type of answer.
Answer: *Fact-only one type of answer
• Accuracy.
Answer: Being near to the true value or meaning of something
• Egocentrism.
Answer: The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to
regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important
• Fair-mindedness.
Answer: The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without
regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests
, • 3 Interlinking Dimensions of Critical Thinking: (2) Evaluate one's own
thinking-identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths. (3)
Improving one's own thinking-reconstructing it to make it better..
Answer: (1) Analyze one's own thinking, breaking it down into its
component parts.
• 3 Function of the Mind: *Feeling *Wanting.
Answer: *Thinking
• Fallacies.
Answer: Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of
an argument, invalidate its conclusion
• Intellectual cowardice.
Answer: Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own
• Weak-Sense Critical Thinking: • Often utilize intellectual trickery or deceit •
Lacks key higher level skills & values • Makes no good faith effort to
consider alternate views • Lacks fair-mindedness • Employs low-level
rhetorical skills • Employs emotionalism and intellectual trickery • Hides or
distorts evidence.
Answer: • Ignore flaws in thinking
• Intellectual empathy.
Answer: The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to
genuinely understand them
• Intellectual humility.
Answer: Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a
willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive
counterarguments
• Strong-Sense Critical Thinking: • Strives to be ethical • Empathizes with
other's viewpoints • Will entertain arguments with which they do not agree •
Change views when confronted with superior reasoning • Employ thinking
reasonably rather than manipulatively • Requires fair-mindedness &
