COMPLETE TEST BANK
Whats Included in the Test Bank ?
Multiple Choice Questions ✅
True False ✅
Short Questions Answers ✅
ANSWERS INCLUDED ✅
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Driving Blindfolded
2 Reasoning and Arguments
3 Vagueness, Generality, Ambiguity, and Definition
4 Believability of Claims and Credibility of Sources
5 Linguistic Persuasion Devices
6 Bogus Logos Part I: Relevance Fallacies
7 Bogus Logos Part II: Induction Fallacies
8 Bogus Logos III: Formal Fallacies, Fallacies of Ambiguity, and
Fallacies Involving Miscalculating Probabilities
9 Deductive Arguments I (Natural Deduction): Categorical Logic
10 Deductive Arguments II: Truth-Functional (Sentential) Logic
11 Inductive Reasoning
12 Moral, Legal, and Aesthetic Reasoning
, Chapter 01 - 2024 Release
1. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
Will a beverage begin to cool more quickly in the freezer or in the regular part of the refrigerator?
Well, of course it’ll cool faster in the freezer! There are lots of people who don’t understand
anything at all about physics and who think things may begin to cool faster in the fridge. But they’re
sadly mistaken.
No argument. Clearly, our speaker has an opinion on the subject, but no argument is given.
2. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
It’s true that you can use your television set to tell when a tornado is approaching. The reason is
that tornadoes make an electrical disturbance in the 55 megahertz range, which is close to the
band assigned to channel 2. If you know how to do it, you can get your set to pick up the current
given off by the twister. So your television set can be your warning device that tells you when to
dive for the cellar.
—Adapted from Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope
This passage might be taken as an explanation, but it is also an argument, since it is clearly
designed to convince us that its main point is correct.
, 3. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
Some of these guys who do Elvis Presley imitations actually pay more for their outfits than Elvis paid
for his! Anybody who would spend thousands just so he can spend a few minutes not fooling
anybody into thinking he’s Elvis is nuts.
No argument. No connection is made between the cost of the outfits and the psychological
deficiencies of Elvis impersonators.
4. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
"The argument advanced at a recent government hearing—that because we will not be dependent
on plutonium for more than a few hundred years it ‘will not be an important problem indefinitely’—
entirely misses the point. Though we may rely on plutonium for only a relatively brief period, the
plutonium produced during that period may be with us indefinitely, and it may jeopardize the lives of
many times the number of generations that profit from its use."
—Ronald M. Green, "International Justice and Environmental Responsibility"
Argument.
Whats Included in the Test Bank ?
Multiple Choice Questions ✅
True False ✅
Short Questions Answers ✅
ANSWERS INCLUDED ✅
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Driving Blindfolded
2 Reasoning and Arguments
3 Vagueness, Generality, Ambiguity, and Definition
4 Believability of Claims and Credibility of Sources
5 Linguistic Persuasion Devices
6 Bogus Logos Part I: Relevance Fallacies
7 Bogus Logos Part II: Induction Fallacies
8 Bogus Logos III: Formal Fallacies, Fallacies of Ambiguity, and
Fallacies Involving Miscalculating Probabilities
9 Deductive Arguments I (Natural Deduction): Categorical Logic
10 Deductive Arguments II: Truth-Functional (Sentential) Logic
11 Inductive Reasoning
12 Moral, Legal, and Aesthetic Reasoning
, Chapter 01 - 2024 Release
1. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
Will a beverage begin to cool more quickly in the freezer or in the regular part of the refrigerator?
Well, of course it’ll cool faster in the freezer! There are lots of people who don’t understand
anything at all about physics and who think things may begin to cool faster in the fridge. But they’re
sadly mistaken.
No argument. Clearly, our speaker has an opinion on the subject, but no argument is given.
2. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
It’s true that you can use your television set to tell when a tornado is approaching. The reason is
that tornadoes make an electrical disturbance in the 55 megahertz range, which is close to the
band assigned to channel 2. If you know how to do it, you can get your set to pick up the current
given off by the twister. So your television set can be your warning device that tells you when to
dive for the cellar.
—Adapted from Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope
This passage might be taken as an explanation, but it is also an argument, since it is clearly
designed to convince us that its main point is correct.
, 3. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
Some of these guys who do Elvis Presley imitations actually pay more for their outfits than Elvis paid
for his! Anybody who would spend thousands just so he can spend a few minutes not fooling
anybody into thinking he’s Elvis is nuts.
No argument. No connection is made between the cost of the outfits and the psychological
deficiencies of Elvis impersonators.
4. Award: 10.00 points
Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
"The argument advanced at a recent government hearing—that because we will not be dependent
on plutonium for more than a few hundred years it ‘will not be an important problem indefinitely’—
entirely misses the point. Though we may rely on plutonium for only a relatively brief period, the
plutonium produced during that period may be with us indefinitely, and it may jeopardize the lives of
many times the number of generations that profit from its use."
—Ronald M. Green, "International Justice and Environmental Responsibility"
Argument.
