WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS BRAND
NEW 2025
Which sentence is a non-proposition?
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have
gone out a window.
- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Where are the keys to my car?
- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - ANSWER
- >Where are the keys to my car?
Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year.
Where is the president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal
was closed.
In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a
proposition?
- Where is the president right now?
- Did the company really close that deal?
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
- It has had a great year. - ANSWER - >It has had a great year.
Propositions - ANSWER - >Statements that can be true or false.
,Non-propositions - ANSWER - >Sentences that are not
statements about matters of fact (or fiction). They do not make
a claim that can be true or false.
Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
- Birthday parties can be really fun.
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work
environments in the United States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? -
ANSWER - >The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to
buy a new one or will not be able to keep up productivity.
Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition
above into the simple propositions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a
new one. The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new
computer. The company will not be able to keep up
productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a
new one or will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The company does not have enough computers. - ANSWER -
>The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new
computer. The company will not be able to keep up
productivity.
,Simple propositions - ANSWER - >Simple propositions have no
internal logical structure, meaning whether they are true or
false does not depend on whether part of them is true or false.
They are simply true or false on their own.
Complex propositions - ANSWER - >Complex propositions have
internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple
propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on
whether their parts are true or false.
If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show
up on time. How many times have we heard the manager
complain about tardiness? Nobody likes a 7 a.m. start time, but
it was in the job description. We should remind the new
employee how important this is.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above
paragraph?
- The new employee wants to succeed.
- How many times have we heard the manager complain about
tardiness?
- The employees look out for each other.
- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to
show up on time. - ANSWER - >The new employee wants to
succeed.
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this
negatively affects many of us. Many people are unsure exactly
, how their health insurance coverage works and are not sure
where they can go to get care. What can be done to improve
this? If changes are not made soon, the problem will only get
worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above
paragraph?
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this
negatively affects many of us.
- What can be done to improve this?
- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance
coverage works and are not sure where they can go to get care.
- ANSWER - >Many people are not sure where they can go to
get care.
Bad inferential structure - ANSWER - >Every argument with the
same structure as this argument is bad (invalid or weak). The
premises do not, in fact, demonstrate or maybe even support
the conclusion. In other words, we can accept the premises as
true without being compelled to accept the conclusion. There is
something wrong with this argument's general structure.
False premise - ANSWER - >This particular argument has a
premise/assumption that is false. There is something wrong
with this argument's particular content.
Conclusion Indicators - ANSWER - >Therefore, so, it follows
that, hence, thus, entails that, we may conclude that, implies
that, wherefore, as a result
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS BRAND
NEW 2025
Which sentence is a non-proposition?
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have
gone out a window.
- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Where are the keys to my car?
- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - ANSWER
- >Where are the keys to my car?
Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year.
Where is the president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal
was closed.
In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a
proposition?
- Where is the president right now?
- Did the company really close that deal?
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
- It has had a great year. - ANSWER - >It has had a great year.
Propositions - ANSWER - >Statements that can be true or false.
,Non-propositions - ANSWER - >Sentences that are not
statements about matters of fact (or fiction). They do not make
a claim that can be true or false.
Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
- Birthday parties can be really fun.
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work
environments in the United States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? -
ANSWER - >The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to
buy a new one or will not be able to keep up productivity.
Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition
above into the simple propositions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a
new one. The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new
computer. The company will not be able to keep up
productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a
new one or will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The company does not have enough computers. - ANSWER -
>The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new
computer. The company will not be able to keep up
productivity.
,Simple propositions - ANSWER - >Simple propositions have no
internal logical structure, meaning whether they are true or
false does not depend on whether part of them is true or false.
They are simply true or false on their own.
Complex propositions - ANSWER - >Complex propositions have
internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple
propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on
whether their parts are true or false.
If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show
up on time. How many times have we heard the manager
complain about tardiness? Nobody likes a 7 a.m. start time, but
it was in the job description. We should remind the new
employee how important this is.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above
paragraph?
- The new employee wants to succeed.
- How many times have we heard the manager complain about
tardiness?
- The employees look out for each other.
- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to
show up on time. - ANSWER - >The new employee wants to
succeed.
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this
negatively affects many of us. Many people are unsure exactly
, how their health insurance coverage works and are not sure
where they can go to get care. What can be done to improve
this? If changes are not made soon, the problem will only get
worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above
paragraph?
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this
negatively affects many of us.
- What can be done to improve this?
- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance
coverage works and are not sure where they can go to get care.
- ANSWER - >Many people are not sure where they can go to
get care.
Bad inferential structure - ANSWER - >Every argument with the
same structure as this argument is bad (invalid or weak). The
premises do not, in fact, demonstrate or maybe even support
the conclusion. In other words, we can accept the premises as
true without being compelled to accept the conclusion. There is
something wrong with this argument's general structure.
False premise - ANSWER - >This particular argument has a
premise/assumption that is false. There is something wrong
with this argument's particular content.
Conclusion Indicators - ANSWER - >Therefore, so, it follows
that, hence, thus, entails that, we may conclude that, implies
that, wherefore, as a result
