PHIL 274 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027 |
COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW
If you lie to a parrot, it will bite you. George has never lied to his parrot. So, his parrot has never
bitten him.
A. If you lie to a parrot, it will bite you.
B. George has never lied to his parrot.
C. His parrot has never bitten him. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: A
Premiss 2: B
Conclusion: C
Earth worms are not carnivorous, because carnivores have teeth, and no earthworms do.
A. Earth worms are not carnivorous.
B. Carnivores have teeth.
C. No earthworms have teeth. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: B
Premiss 2: C
Conclusion: A
Dogs always like bones. Susan's dog will therefore like these items I brought. They are bones.
A. Dogs always like bones
B. Susan's dog will therefore like these items I brought.
C. They are bones. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: A
Premiss 2: C
,Conclusion: B
Dogs always like bones. I have brought some items to Susan. They are bones.
A. Dogs always like bones.
B. I have brought some items to Susan.
C. The items I brought are bones. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
Your Honor, the traffic light was not red when I went through it. Please believe me. I am telling
the truth.
A. Your Honor, the traffic light was not red when I went through it.
B. Please believe me when I say the traffic light was not red when I went through it.
C. I am telling the truth when I say the traffic light was not red when I went through it. - ANS
✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
You have a good deal here. The item is not too expensive, and you can make good use of it.
A. You have a good deal here.
B. The item is not too expensive.
C. You can make good use of the item. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: B
Premiss 2: C
Conclusion: A
, If inflation increases, then the price of gold will increase too. We have observed this general
correlation.
A. If inflation increases, then the price of gold will increase too.
B. We have observed the general correlation.
C. [there is no third sentence] - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
Since inflation is increasing now, the price of gold is increasing now too. We have observed the
general correlation.
A. Inflation is increasing now.
B. The price of gold is increasing now.
C. We have observed the general correlation. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: A
Premiss 2: C
Conclusion: B
The lecture was very boring. Everybody fell asleep. No one listened to anything that was said.
A. The lecture was very boring.
B. Everybody fell asleep.
C. No one listened to anything that was said. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW
If you lie to a parrot, it will bite you. George has never lied to his parrot. So, his parrot has never
bitten him.
A. If you lie to a parrot, it will bite you.
B. George has never lied to his parrot.
C. His parrot has never bitten him. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: A
Premiss 2: B
Conclusion: C
Earth worms are not carnivorous, because carnivores have teeth, and no earthworms do.
A. Earth worms are not carnivorous.
B. Carnivores have teeth.
C. No earthworms have teeth. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: B
Premiss 2: C
Conclusion: A
Dogs always like bones. Susan's dog will therefore like these items I brought. They are bones.
A. Dogs always like bones
B. Susan's dog will therefore like these items I brought.
C. They are bones. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: A
Premiss 2: C
,Conclusion: B
Dogs always like bones. I have brought some items to Susan. They are bones.
A. Dogs always like bones.
B. I have brought some items to Susan.
C. The items I brought are bones. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
Your Honor, the traffic light was not red when I went through it. Please believe me. I am telling
the truth.
A. Your Honor, the traffic light was not red when I went through it.
B. Please believe me when I say the traffic light was not red when I went through it.
C. I am telling the truth when I say the traffic light was not red when I went through it. - ANS
✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
You have a good deal here. The item is not too expensive, and you can make good use of it.
A. You have a good deal here.
B. The item is not too expensive.
C. You can make good use of the item. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: B
Premiss 2: C
Conclusion: A
, If inflation increases, then the price of gold will increase too. We have observed this general
correlation.
A. If inflation increases, then the price of gold will increase too.
B. We have observed the general correlation.
C. [there is no third sentence] - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
Since inflation is increasing now, the price of gold is increasing now too. We have observed the
general correlation.
A. Inflation is increasing now.
B. The price of gold is increasing now.
C. We have observed the general correlation. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: A
Premiss 2: C
Conclusion: B
The lecture was very boring. Everybody fell asleep. No one listened to anything that was said.
A. The lecture was very boring.
B. Everybody fell asleep.
C. No one listened to anything that was said. - ANS ✔✔Premiss 1: N/A
Premiss 2: N/A
Conclusion: N/A
