D265 - Section 1 Test UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

D265 - Section 1 Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - carefully think and reason, self-reflect



Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER - statements that can be true or false



What are three facts about propositions? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) not all sentences are
propositions
2) arguments are constructed from propositions
3) always 2 propositions per argument, as premise and conclusions are propositions


Premise - CORRECT ANSWER - proposition providing reasons that the conclusion is true



Simple Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER - no internal logic structure
true or false on its own
"the sky is blue"


Complex Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER - internal logic structure
true or false depending
composed of simple props
"the sky is blue, but it does not look blue to me right now"


Non-Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER - about matters of fact



Bad Inferential Structure - CORRECT ANSWER - premises do not support conclusion



False Premise - CORRECT ANSWER - premises are not true

, What are the conclusion indicators? - CORRECT ANSWER - therefore
so
it follows that
hence
thus
entails that
we may conclude that
implies that
wherefore
as a result


What are the premise indicators? - CORRECT ANSWER - because
for
given that
in that
as
since
as indicated by


Argument - CORRECT ANSWER - rational movement from premises to conclusion



Inductive Inference - CORRECT ANSWER - premises do not guarantee conclusion, but
support to the point of being probably true


Deductive Inference - CORRECT ANSWER - premises guarantee conclusion