ETEC 171 Final Practice Exam || A+ GRADED
SOLUTIONS!!
Statement or Nonstatement?
I'm so jealous of Fred! correct answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
2+2=5 correct answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
Would you like fries with that? correct answers Nonstatement
Statement or Nonstatement?
God created the earth in six days. correct answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
I wouldn't ride with a hemlet if I were you. correct answers Statement
True or False?
A person is guilty of practical inconsistency when he or she asserts or believes inconsistent
things about a particular matter. correct answers False
True or False?
Self-interested thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one's
own self-interest. correct answers True
True or False?
Self-serving bias is the tendency to overrate oneself--to see oneself as being better in some
respect than one actually is. correct answers True
True or False?
Conformism is the tendency to see one's own group (e.g., nation, tribe, sect, peer group) as
being inherently better than others. correct answers False
True or False?
Every argument consists of at least two statements. correct answers True
True or False?
, Inductive arguments always proceed from particular premises to a general conclusion. correct
answers False
True or False?
Certainly, conclusively, and it logically follows that are common deduction indicator words
and phrases. correct answers True
True or False?
If an arguer precedes his or her conclusion with the phrase "it must be the case that," then the
argument is definitely deductive. correct answers False
True or False?
According to the strict necessity test, if an argument's conclusion follows with strict logical
necessity from the premises, then the argument should always be treated as deductive. correct
answers True
True or False?
According to the principle of charity test, we should never attribute to an arguer a weaker
argument when the evidence reasonably permits us to attribute to him or her a stronger one.
correct answers True
True or False?
A syllogism is a three-line argument in which each premise begins with the words all, some,
or no. correct answers False
True or False?
Modus tollens is a deductively valid pattern of reasoning. correct answers True
True or False?
Affirming the consequent is a deductively valid pattern of reasoning. correct answers False
True or False?
Arguments based on mathematics are always deductive. correct answers False
True or False?
Inductive generalizations always proceed from particular premises to a general conclusion.
correct answers True
An argument in which the conclusion is claimed to follow necessarily from the premises is:
a. a valid argument.
SOLUTIONS!!
Statement or Nonstatement?
I'm so jealous of Fred! correct answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
2+2=5 correct answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
Would you like fries with that? correct answers Nonstatement
Statement or Nonstatement?
God created the earth in six days. correct answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
I wouldn't ride with a hemlet if I were you. correct answers Statement
True or False?
A person is guilty of practical inconsistency when he or she asserts or believes inconsistent
things about a particular matter. correct answers False
True or False?
Self-interested thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one's
own self-interest. correct answers True
True or False?
Self-serving bias is the tendency to overrate oneself--to see oneself as being better in some
respect than one actually is. correct answers True
True or False?
Conformism is the tendency to see one's own group (e.g., nation, tribe, sect, peer group) as
being inherently better than others. correct answers False
True or False?
Every argument consists of at least two statements. correct answers True
True or False?
, Inductive arguments always proceed from particular premises to a general conclusion. correct
answers False
True or False?
Certainly, conclusively, and it logically follows that are common deduction indicator words
and phrases. correct answers True
True or False?
If an arguer precedes his or her conclusion with the phrase "it must be the case that," then the
argument is definitely deductive. correct answers False
True or False?
According to the strict necessity test, if an argument's conclusion follows with strict logical
necessity from the premises, then the argument should always be treated as deductive. correct
answers True
True or False?
According to the principle of charity test, we should never attribute to an arguer a weaker
argument when the evidence reasonably permits us to attribute to him or her a stronger one.
correct answers True
True or False?
A syllogism is a three-line argument in which each premise begins with the words all, some,
or no. correct answers False
True or False?
Modus tollens is a deductively valid pattern of reasoning. correct answers True
True or False?
Affirming the consequent is a deductively valid pattern of reasoning. correct answers False
True or False?
Arguments based on mathematics are always deductive. correct answers False
True or False?
Inductive generalizations always proceed from particular premises to a general conclusion.
correct answers True
An argument in which the conclusion is claimed to follow necessarily from the premises is:
a. a valid argument.
