COMM 348 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the correctness of form - Answers - Validity
Bob tells a story using plot, character, and conflict. This is argument from - Answers -
form; Narrative
It is most easy to mistakenly use slippery slope with which argument scheme: - Answers
- argument from cause
Computers were created to make the use of paper less necessary. However, since the
invention of the computer, paper usage has actually increased. This is argument from. -
Answers - resolution of paradox
If A is greater than B and B is greater than C then A is greater than C." This is argument
from___ - Answers - form: quasi-mathematical
What is the key test of argument from form? - Answers - resonance
what functions to license the inference from claim to evidence. - Answers - warrants
Bob's IQ is 160. Bob is intelligent. People with IQs above 160 are considered geniuses.
The measure of Bob's intelligence as IQ, is argument from - Answers - sign; measurable
index
As I am driving to class, I notice smoke in the air. The presence of smoke indicates the
presence of fire. This is an example of argument from - Answers - sign; physical
observation
what is a direct comparison of things in the same category. - Answers - literal analogy
If you want to claim the source used by the opposition is biased or unreliable, you are
attacking which part of the simple argument? Claim, warrant, or evidence? - Answers -
evidence
If you want to attack the validity of the opposition's connection of claim to evidence, you
are attacking which part of the simple argument? Claim, warrant. or evidence? -
Answers - warrant
Suppose, for example, that the speaker said, "Tucson, a moderate-size Sun Belt city
with steady but modest economic growth, is dependent mainly on the automobile for its
transportation needs. All the more so, then, is San Diego, a much larger city with rapid
ANSWERS
What is the correctness of form - Answers - Validity
Bob tells a story using plot, character, and conflict. This is argument from - Answers -
form; Narrative
It is most easy to mistakenly use slippery slope with which argument scheme: - Answers
- argument from cause
Computers were created to make the use of paper less necessary. However, since the
invention of the computer, paper usage has actually increased. This is argument from. -
Answers - resolution of paradox
If A is greater than B and B is greater than C then A is greater than C." This is argument
from___ - Answers - form: quasi-mathematical
What is the key test of argument from form? - Answers - resonance
what functions to license the inference from claim to evidence. - Answers - warrants
Bob's IQ is 160. Bob is intelligent. People with IQs above 160 are considered geniuses.
The measure of Bob's intelligence as IQ, is argument from - Answers - sign; measurable
index
As I am driving to class, I notice smoke in the air. The presence of smoke indicates the
presence of fire. This is an example of argument from - Answers - sign; physical
observation
what is a direct comparison of things in the same category. - Answers - literal analogy
If you want to claim the source used by the opposition is biased or unreliable, you are
attacking which part of the simple argument? Claim, warrant, or evidence? - Answers -
evidence
If you want to attack the validity of the opposition's connection of claim to evidence, you
are attacking which part of the simple argument? Claim, warrant. or evidence? -
Answers - warrant
Suppose, for example, that the speaker said, "Tucson, a moderate-size Sun Belt city
with steady but modest economic growth, is dependent mainly on the automobile for its
transportation needs. All the more so, then, is San Diego, a much larger city with rapid
