WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON
AND EVIDENCE FINAL OBJECTIVE PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY SHEET GRADED A+
⩥ Being curious and thinking creatively.
Answer: Not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go
the next step and think about all relevant positions and arguments before
settling into a belief
⩥ Separating the thinker from the position.
Answer: Being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging
the person holding the position, without getting caught up in our own
attachment to a position, and without having our identities wrapped up
in a particular viewpoint or opinion
⩥ Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity.
Answer: Being honest about what we know and how we know it. What
evidence we have and what questions are not yet settled; being humble
in recognizing the vast number of things we don't yet know or
understand and in recognizing how very difficult it is to truly know
anything at all and so recognizing the the standards are high and we,
most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being charitable
or having the disposition to attribute the best intentions and most
,sophisticated positions and arguments that we can imagine to own
opponents in arguments
⩥ Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence.
Answer: Thinking carefully about thinking, about arguments and
positions
⩥ Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition of
propositions?.
Answer: Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is
arranged in an orderly manner
⩥ Propositions.
Answer: Statements that can be true or false. This is the fundamental
concept
⩥ Non-Propositions.
Answer: Not statements about matters of fact. They do not make a claim
that can be true or false
⩥ Exhort.
Answer: Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
⩥ Command.
, Answer: Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do that.
⩥ Plead/Request.
Answer: Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story!
⩥ Question.
Answer: What is the capitol of Florida? How much do pineapples cost?
⩥ Perform.
Answer: I hereby adjourn this meeting. I pronounce you husband and
wife!
⩥ Which Sentence is a Non-Proposition?
- If the burgular did not go out the front door, they must have gone out
the 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.
AND EVIDENCE FINAL OBJECTIVE PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY SHEET GRADED A+
⩥ Being curious and thinking creatively.
Answer: Not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go
the next step and think about all relevant positions and arguments before
settling into a belief
⩥ Separating the thinker from the position.
Answer: Being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging
the person holding the position, without getting caught up in our own
attachment to a position, and without having our identities wrapped up
in a particular viewpoint or opinion
⩥ Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity.
Answer: Being honest about what we know and how we know it. What
evidence we have and what questions are not yet settled; being humble
in recognizing the vast number of things we don't yet know or
understand and in recognizing how very difficult it is to truly know
anything at all and so recognizing the the standards are high and we,
most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being charitable
or having the disposition to attribute the best intentions and most
,sophisticated positions and arguments that we can imagine to own
opponents in arguments
⩥ Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence.
Answer: Thinking carefully about thinking, about arguments and
positions
⩥ Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition of
propositions?.
Answer: Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is
arranged in an orderly manner
⩥ Propositions.
Answer: Statements that can be true or false. This is the fundamental
concept
⩥ Non-Propositions.
Answer: Not statements about matters of fact. They do not make a claim
that can be true or false
⩥ Exhort.
Answer: Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
⩥ Command.
, Answer: Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do that.
⩥ Plead/Request.
Answer: Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story!
⩥ Question.
Answer: What is the capitol of Florida? How much do pineapples cost?
⩥ Perform.
Answer: I hereby adjourn this meeting. I pronounce you husband and
wife!
⩥ Which Sentence is a Non-Proposition?
- If the burgular did not go out the front door, they must have gone out
the 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.
