PASSPOINTPRO | D265 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
PASSPOINTPRO
WGU D265 Critical Thinking
REASON AND EVIDENCE
100-QUESTION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Multiple-Choice Questions
Answer Key and Explanations at the End
Complete Course Review | Scenario-Based Practice
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Exam Instructions
Directions: Choose the best answer for each question. Each item has one defensible answer. Complete
all 100 questions before consulting the answer key and explanations at the end.
Coverage: Propositions, arguments, and inference; evidence, sources, and statistical reasoning;
cognitive biases and heuristics; fallacies and argument mapping.
Part I - Questions 1-100
Propositions, Arguments, and Inference - Questions 1-25
1. Which statement is a proposition?
A. Please close the library.
B. The library closes at 8:00 p.m.
C. What time does the library close?
D. Wow, that library is enormous!
2. In an argument, what is the conclusion?
A. A statement that provides background only
B. Every sentence appearing before an indicator word
C. The claim the premises are intended to support
D. An objection that defeats the argument
3. Which phrase most commonly signals a premise?
A. Because
B. Consequently
C. Thus
D. It follows that
4. A mechanic states that a car stopped because its battery was dead, while everyone already accepts that
the car stopped. This is primarily:
A. An explanation
B. An argument for whether the car stopped
C. A deductively valid syllogism
D. An unrelated list of claims
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5. Which description best fits an inductive argument?
A. Its premises are intended to make the conclusion unavoidable
B. Its conclusion must be a definition
C. Its premises are intended to make the conclusion probable
D. Its validity depends only on grammar
6. Which situation proves that a deductive argument is invalid?
A. The premises can all be true while the conclusion is false
B. One premise happens to be false
C. The conclusion happens to be true
D. The argument is unpopular
7. A valid deductive argument contains one false premise. How should it be classified?
A. Sound
B. Cogent
C. Unsound
D. Necessarily invalid
8. An inductive argument is cogent when it is:
A. Valid and based on true premises
B. Strong and based on true premises
C. Weak but rhetorically effective
D. Sound even if its premises are false
9. What is a counterexample to a deductive argument?
A. A possible case with true premises and a false conclusion
B. A second argument with the same conclusion
C. A true conclusion reached from a false premise
D. An emotionally compelling objection
10. In the conditional statement 'If the alarm is set, then the light flashes,' what is the consequent?
A. The light flashes
B. The alarm is set
C. The light does not flash
D. The alarm is tested
11. If oxygen is necessary for ordinary human survival, which claim is accurate?
A. Oxygen alone guarantees indefinite survival
B. Anything exposed to oxygen is human
C. Oxygen is merely optional for survival
D. Ordinary human survival cannot continue without oxygen
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PASSPOINTPRO
WGU D265 Critical Thinking
REASON AND EVIDENCE
100-QUESTION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Multiple-Choice Questions
Answer Key and Explanations at the End
Complete Course Review | Scenario-Based Practice
D265 Comprehensive Exam | Page 1
, PASSPOINTPRO | D265 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Exam Instructions
Directions: Choose the best answer for each question. Each item has one defensible answer. Complete
all 100 questions before consulting the answer key and explanations at the end.
Coverage: Propositions, arguments, and inference; evidence, sources, and statistical reasoning;
cognitive biases and heuristics; fallacies and argument mapping.
Part I - Questions 1-100
Propositions, Arguments, and Inference - Questions 1-25
1. Which statement is a proposition?
A. Please close the library.
B. The library closes at 8:00 p.m.
C. What time does the library close?
D. Wow, that library is enormous!
2. In an argument, what is the conclusion?
A. A statement that provides background only
B. Every sentence appearing before an indicator word
C. The claim the premises are intended to support
D. An objection that defeats the argument
3. Which phrase most commonly signals a premise?
A. Because
B. Consequently
C. Thus
D. It follows that
4. A mechanic states that a car stopped because its battery was dead, while everyone already accepts that
the car stopped. This is primarily:
A. An explanation
B. An argument for whether the car stopped
C. A deductively valid syllogism
D. An unrelated list of claims
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5. Which description best fits an inductive argument?
A. Its premises are intended to make the conclusion unavoidable
B. Its conclusion must be a definition
C. Its premises are intended to make the conclusion probable
D. Its validity depends only on grammar
6. Which situation proves that a deductive argument is invalid?
A. The premises can all be true while the conclusion is false
B. One premise happens to be false
C. The conclusion happens to be true
D. The argument is unpopular
7. A valid deductive argument contains one false premise. How should it be classified?
A. Sound
B. Cogent
C. Unsound
D. Necessarily invalid
8. An inductive argument is cogent when it is:
A. Valid and based on true premises
B. Strong and based on true premises
C. Weak but rhetorically effective
D. Sound even if its premises are false
9. What is a counterexample to a deductive argument?
A. A possible case with true premises and a false conclusion
B. A second argument with the same conclusion
C. A true conclusion reached from a false premise
D. An emotionally compelling objection
10. In the conditional statement 'If the alarm is set, then the light flashes,' what is the consequent?
A. The light flashes
B. The alarm is set
C. The light does not flash
D. The alarm is tested
11. If oxygen is necessary for ordinary human survival, which claim is accurate?
A. Oxygen alone guarantees indefinite survival
B. Anything exposed to oxygen is human
C. Oxygen is merely optional for survival
D. Ordinary human survival cannot continue without oxygen
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