WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND
LOGIC PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Thrown-in statistics fallacy.
Answer: The use of irrelevant, misleading, or questionable statistics to
support an argument or defend a position
◍ Common Factor Method (Determining Causation):.
Answer: In analyzing causation, looking for a single shared factor.
◍ Intellectual Courage.
Answer: Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when
doing so is painful; Examining fairly beliefs which one has strong negative
feelings and toward which one has previously been dismissive
◍ Intellectual perseverance.
Answer: The act of working one's way through intellectual complexities
despite frustrations inherent in doing so
◍ Sophistic Objectivity:.
Answer: -Utilizes information for the purposes of persuasion. -Ultimate aim:
use information to persuade, influence. Example: attorneys, managers,
public relations specialists.
◍ 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
◍ Red herring fallacy.
Answer: Introducing an irrelevant point or topic to divert attention from the
, issue at hand
◍ 7. Fallacy: Begging the Question:.
Answer: Asserting a conclusion that is assumed in the reasoning. The reason
given to support the conclusion restates the conclusion.Example: "The new
tax law which requires some people to pay more is morally wrong because it
is not ethically justified that some people should have to pay more taxes
than others."
◍ 6. Fallacy: Attacking Evidence:.
Answer: This approach focuses on discrediting the underlying evidence for
an argument and thereby questioning its validity.Example: "The dinosaur
fossil record does not show the earth is really old. It is possible, after all,
that dinosaurs existed alongside humans."
◍ Logic.
Answer: Thinking in which thoughts and the order in which they are
organized are mutually supportive and make sense in combination
◍ 15. Fallacy: Search for the Perfect Solution:.
Answer: Asserting that a solution is not worth adopting because it does not
fix the problem correctly.Example: "I don't think we should put much effort
into fixing the problems with our existing cell phone model. We will never
have a perfect cell phone and people are bound always to complain."
◍ 31. Fallacy: Pointing to Another Wrong:.
Answer: When under attack and having trouble defending themselves,
manipulators turn the tables. They accuse their opponent of doing what they
are being accused of.Example: "You say I don't love you! I think it is you
who doesn't love me!"
◍ 28. Fallacy: Shift the Burden of Proof:.
Answer: Manipulators shift the burden of proof to their opponents.Example:
"Aren't you against free enterprise?"
◍ Common factor method.
Answer: In analyzing causation, looking for a single shared factor
, ◍ Strong-sense critical thinking.
Answer: Thinking that uses critical thinking skills to evaluate all beliefs,
especially one's own, and that pursues what is intellectually fair and just
◍ Appeal to experience fallacy.
Answer: Claiming to speak with the "voice of experience" in support of an
argument (even when that experience may not be relevant)
◍ Egocentric blindness.
Answer: Not seeing facts and evidence thatcontradicts our thinking
◍ Question of judgment.
Answer: A question with competing and debatable answers
◍ Egocentrism.
Answer: The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to
regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important
◍ 3 Interlinking Dimensions of Critical Thinking:.
Answer: (1) Analyze one's own thinking, breaking it down into its
component parts.(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.
◍ Activated Knowledge.
Answer: Truthful information that is employed to pursue more knowledge
and/or is acted upon
◍ The _____________________ must be applied to the
_______________________ as the critical thinker learns to develop
__________________________________________..
Answer: (a) standards(b) elements(c) intellectual traits
◍ Inert Information.
Answer: Memorized information that is not fully understood
◍ 24. Fallacy: Appeal to Tradition (The Tried and True):.
Answer: Hold firm to what "traditions" their audience if familiar or
LOGIC PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Thrown-in statistics fallacy.
Answer: The use of irrelevant, misleading, or questionable statistics to
support an argument or defend a position
◍ Common Factor Method (Determining Causation):.
Answer: In analyzing causation, looking for a single shared factor.
◍ Intellectual Courage.
Answer: Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when
doing so is painful; Examining fairly beliefs which one has strong negative
feelings and toward which one has previously been dismissive
◍ Intellectual perseverance.
Answer: The act of working one's way through intellectual complexities
despite frustrations inherent in doing so
◍ Sophistic Objectivity:.
Answer: -Utilizes information for the purposes of persuasion. -Ultimate aim:
use information to persuade, influence. Example: attorneys, managers,
public relations specialists.
◍ 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
◍ Red herring fallacy.
Answer: Introducing an irrelevant point or topic to divert attention from the
, issue at hand
◍ 7. Fallacy: Begging the Question:.
Answer: Asserting a conclusion that is assumed in the reasoning. The reason
given to support the conclusion restates the conclusion.Example: "The new
tax law which requires some people to pay more is morally wrong because it
is not ethically justified that some people should have to pay more taxes
than others."
◍ 6. Fallacy: Attacking Evidence:.
Answer: This approach focuses on discrediting the underlying evidence for
an argument and thereby questioning its validity.Example: "The dinosaur
fossil record does not show the earth is really old. It is possible, after all,
that dinosaurs existed alongside humans."
◍ Logic.
Answer: Thinking in which thoughts and the order in which they are
organized are mutually supportive and make sense in combination
◍ 15. Fallacy: Search for the Perfect Solution:.
Answer: Asserting that a solution is not worth adopting because it does not
fix the problem correctly.Example: "I don't think we should put much effort
into fixing the problems with our existing cell phone model. We will never
have a perfect cell phone and people are bound always to complain."
◍ 31. Fallacy: Pointing to Another Wrong:.
Answer: When under attack and having trouble defending themselves,
manipulators turn the tables. They accuse their opponent of doing what they
are being accused of.Example: "You say I don't love you! I think it is you
who doesn't love me!"
◍ 28. Fallacy: Shift the Burden of Proof:.
Answer: Manipulators shift the burden of proof to their opponents.Example:
"Aren't you against free enterprise?"
◍ Common factor method.
Answer: In analyzing causation, looking for a single shared factor
, ◍ Strong-sense critical thinking.
Answer: Thinking that uses critical thinking skills to evaluate all beliefs,
especially one's own, and that pursues what is intellectually fair and just
◍ Appeal to experience fallacy.
Answer: Claiming to speak with the "voice of experience" in support of an
argument (even when that experience may not be relevant)
◍ Egocentric blindness.
Answer: Not seeing facts and evidence thatcontradicts our thinking
◍ Question of judgment.
Answer: A question with competing and debatable answers
◍ Egocentrism.
Answer: The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to
regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important
◍ 3 Interlinking Dimensions of Critical Thinking:.
Answer: (1) Analyze one's own thinking, breaking it down into its
component parts.(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.
◍ Activated Knowledge.
Answer: Truthful information that is employed to pursue more knowledge
and/or is acted upon
◍ The _____________________ must be applied to the
_______________________ as the critical thinker learns to develop
__________________________________________..
Answer: (a) standards(b) elements(c) intellectual traits
◍ Inert Information.
Answer: Memorized information that is not fully understood
◍ 24. Fallacy: Appeal to Tradition (The Tried and True):.
Answer: Hold firm to what "traditions" their audience if familiar or
