HUM 115 CRITICAL THINKING LATEST EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔All of the following could be a negative consequence of a seemingly positive
stereotype, "African Americans are good at basketball," except:
a. The stereotype motivates African American players to practice more to be good.
b. The stereotype overlooks all the practice hours it takes to be good at a sport.
c. When those with African American backgrounds aren't good at basketball and feel
like they can't live up to the expectation.
d. While it compliments their physical abilities, it undermines their potential for higher
level cognition. As in, if they are good at basketball, they can't be the best in math or
science. - ✔✔a. The stereotype motivates African American players to practice more to
be good.
✔✔Which word game does the following example BEST illustrate? "I'm feeling under
the weather."
a. euphemism
b. dysphemism
c. innuendo
d. proof surrogate - ✔✔a. euphemism
, ✔✔Which word game does the following example BEST illustrate? "I wish I could just let
my kids play games on the iPad all day like you do."
a. euphemism
b. innuendo
c. proof surrogate
d. dysphemism - ✔✔b. innuendo
✔✔What type of language issue does the following scenario demonstrate? You are
hanging out after band practice. You have your saxophone beside you, your MP3player
in your hand, and a bluetooth speaker next to you. Someone asks you to "play" some
music.
a. form and intent at odds
b. vagueness
c. semantic ambiguity
d. syntactic ambiguity - ✔✔c. semantic ambiguity
✔✔In which of the following scenarios is the syntactical meaning of the phrase "break it
down" used?
a. In a business presentation, you are asked to "break it down," meaning they want you
to share your great business-related concept in detail.
b. You're at the end of a large gathering and someone tells you to "break it down,"
meaning they want you to help put away folding chairs and tables.
c. You work at a construction site and they tell you "break it down," meaning they want
you to knock down the building with a wrecking ball.
d. On a dance floor, someone call to you to "break it down," meaning they want you to
show off some dance moves. - ✔✔c. You work at a construction site and they tell you
"break it down," meaning they want you to knock down the building with a wrecking ball.
✔✔What type of language issue does the following sentence demonstrate? "We should
raise taxes on the wealthy."
a. form and intent at odds
b. vagueness
c. semantic ambiguity
d. syntactic ambiguity - ✔✔b. vagueness
✔✔Your town is considering a proposal to increase the meals tax to provide more
funding for local schools. Which of these actions BEST illustrates step 5, which involves
exploring other points of view?
a. A politician meets with a group that is trying to persuade her to change her stance on
increasing the meals tax
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔All of the following could be a negative consequence of a seemingly positive
stereotype, "African Americans are good at basketball," except:
a. The stereotype motivates African American players to practice more to be good.
b. The stereotype overlooks all the practice hours it takes to be good at a sport.
c. When those with African American backgrounds aren't good at basketball and feel
like they can't live up to the expectation.
d. While it compliments their physical abilities, it undermines their potential for higher
level cognition. As in, if they are good at basketball, they can't be the best in math or
science. - ✔✔a. The stereotype motivates African American players to practice more to
be good.
✔✔Which word game does the following example BEST illustrate? "I'm feeling under
the weather."
a. euphemism
b. dysphemism
c. innuendo
d. proof surrogate - ✔✔a. euphemism
, ✔✔Which word game does the following example BEST illustrate? "I wish I could just let
my kids play games on the iPad all day like you do."
a. euphemism
b. innuendo
c. proof surrogate
d. dysphemism - ✔✔b. innuendo
✔✔What type of language issue does the following scenario demonstrate? You are
hanging out after band practice. You have your saxophone beside you, your MP3player
in your hand, and a bluetooth speaker next to you. Someone asks you to "play" some
music.
a. form and intent at odds
b. vagueness
c. semantic ambiguity
d. syntactic ambiguity - ✔✔c. semantic ambiguity
✔✔In which of the following scenarios is the syntactical meaning of the phrase "break it
down" used?
a. In a business presentation, you are asked to "break it down," meaning they want you
to share your great business-related concept in detail.
b. You're at the end of a large gathering and someone tells you to "break it down,"
meaning they want you to help put away folding chairs and tables.
c. You work at a construction site and they tell you "break it down," meaning they want
you to knock down the building with a wrecking ball.
d. On a dance floor, someone call to you to "break it down," meaning they want you to
show off some dance moves. - ✔✔c. You work at a construction site and they tell you
"break it down," meaning they want you to knock down the building with a wrecking ball.
✔✔What type of language issue does the following sentence demonstrate? "We should
raise taxes on the wealthy."
a. form and intent at odds
b. vagueness
c. semantic ambiguity
d. syntactic ambiguity - ✔✔b. vagueness
✔✔Your town is considering a proposal to increase the meals tax to provide more
funding for local schools. Which of these actions BEST illustrates step 5, which involves
exploring other points of view?
a. A politician meets with a group that is trying to persuade her to change her stance on
increasing the meals tax
