Natural Science Exam 2 ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Remark heard in a coffee shop: "There is a disproportionate percentage of left handed people in
politics." - CORRECT ANSWER - Requires further documentation
"Do you feel insecure? Or are you confident about your position in life? According to Dr. Ian
Cameron, how and where you stand in an elevation will reveal the answers to these questions." -
CORRECT ANSWER - Cannot properly be evaluated
"The yearly cancer rate for men in Glasgow, Scotland, is 130 cases per 100,000." - CORRECT
ANSWER - Probably true
What source best supports, Are schools of business turning out to many ill-prepared M.B.A.
Graduates
A. The dean of the school of business at the University of Chicago
B. The president of the Hewlett-Packard Packard Corporation
C. An editorial in the Wall Street journal
D. A recent graduate with the MBA - CORRECT ANSWER - C,B,A,D
What source best supports, What levels of mercury and other metals in fish are high enough to
make consumption of them hazardous to humans?
A. An article in a journal called Diet and Health, published for vegetarians
B. A commercial fisherman
C. A family medical doctor
D. A spokeswoman for the National Institutes of Health
E. A toxicologist who works for the Los Angeles coroner's office - CORRECT ANSWER -
D, E,C, A,B
, Relevance Fallacies, "It really gripes me to see Bill Clinton talking about how cigarette smoking
is a big contributor to public health costs. You want to know how much you can trust him on the
subjunctive? Well even he himself admits to smoking cigars!" - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ad hominem
Relevance Fallacies, "The administration's proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of acres of
federal land as 'roadless areas' is a huge mistake, and I'm against it. The whole point of the
proposal and it will succeed if the President gets his way is to lock the American people out of
those areas" - CORRECT ANSWER - Straw man
Relevance Fallacies, No, I do NOT believe that a murderer ought to be allowed to live. No way!
Murderers have forfeited the right to live because anyone who murders another person has lost
the right. - CORRECT ANSWER - Begging the question
Relevance Fallacies, No, I don't believe we ought to reinstate the death penalty in this state.
Doing it isn't going to prevent all crime, and you know it. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Perfectionist fallacy
Relevance Fallacies, All this talk about secondhand smoke causing cancer, I just don't get it.
How does it happen? WHEN does it happen? The first you take a breath in a smoky room? The
second time? The third? You can never pin it down exactly. - CORRECT ANSWER - Line
drawing fallacy (assuming the conclusion)
Relevance Fallacies, Those four officers who killed the innocent man in New York by mistake
should be found not guilty of any crime. None of them had ever been in any kind of trouble
before, and, tragically, this kind of this is just going to happen when we have aggressive police
work. - CORRECT ANSWER - In fact, two irrelevant conclusion
Relevance Fallacies, Was the president guilty of sexual harassment, as the Republicans said?
Hey, give me a break! What's important is hobs, health care, welfare reform. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Irrelevant conclusion
and CORRECT Answers
Remark heard in a coffee shop: "There is a disproportionate percentage of left handed people in
politics." - CORRECT ANSWER - Requires further documentation
"Do you feel insecure? Or are you confident about your position in life? According to Dr. Ian
Cameron, how and where you stand in an elevation will reveal the answers to these questions." -
CORRECT ANSWER - Cannot properly be evaluated
"The yearly cancer rate for men in Glasgow, Scotland, is 130 cases per 100,000." - CORRECT
ANSWER - Probably true
What source best supports, Are schools of business turning out to many ill-prepared M.B.A.
Graduates
A. The dean of the school of business at the University of Chicago
B. The president of the Hewlett-Packard Packard Corporation
C. An editorial in the Wall Street journal
D. A recent graduate with the MBA - CORRECT ANSWER - C,B,A,D
What source best supports, What levels of mercury and other metals in fish are high enough to
make consumption of them hazardous to humans?
A. An article in a journal called Diet and Health, published for vegetarians
B. A commercial fisherman
C. A family medical doctor
D. A spokeswoman for the National Institutes of Health
E. A toxicologist who works for the Los Angeles coroner's office - CORRECT ANSWER -
D, E,C, A,B
, Relevance Fallacies, "It really gripes me to see Bill Clinton talking about how cigarette smoking
is a big contributor to public health costs. You want to know how much you can trust him on the
subjunctive? Well even he himself admits to smoking cigars!" - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ad hominem
Relevance Fallacies, "The administration's proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of acres of
federal land as 'roadless areas' is a huge mistake, and I'm against it. The whole point of the
proposal and it will succeed if the President gets his way is to lock the American people out of
those areas" - CORRECT ANSWER - Straw man
Relevance Fallacies, No, I do NOT believe that a murderer ought to be allowed to live. No way!
Murderers have forfeited the right to live because anyone who murders another person has lost
the right. - CORRECT ANSWER - Begging the question
Relevance Fallacies, No, I don't believe we ought to reinstate the death penalty in this state.
Doing it isn't going to prevent all crime, and you know it. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Perfectionist fallacy
Relevance Fallacies, All this talk about secondhand smoke causing cancer, I just don't get it.
How does it happen? WHEN does it happen? The first you take a breath in a smoky room? The
second time? The third? You can never pin it down exactly. - CORRECT ANSWER - Line
drawing fallacy (assuming the conclusion)
Relevance Fallacies, Those four officers who killed the innocent man in New York by mistake
should be found not guilty of any crime. None of them had ever been in any kind of trouble
before, and, tragically, this kind of this is just going to happen when we have aggressive police
work. - CORRECT ANSWER - In fact, two irrelevant conclusion
Relevance Fallacies, Was the president guilty of sexual harassment, as the Republicans said?
Hey, give me a break! What's important is hobs, health care, welfare reform. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Irrelevant conclusion
