QUANTITATIVE REASONING
TEST 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
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, A logical argument always includes - Answer: at least one premise and one conclusion
A fallacy is - Answer: a deceptive argument
Which of the following could not qualify as a logical argument? - Answer: a list of premises that do not
lead to a conclusion
An argument in which the conclusion essentially restates the premise is an example of - Answer: circular
reasoning
The fallacy of appeal to ignorance occurs when - Answer: the fact that we cannot prove a statement p to
be true is taken to imply that p is false
Consider the argument "I don't support the President's tax plan because I don't trust his motives." What
is the conclusion of this argument? - Answer: I don't support the President's tax plan
Consider again the argument "I don't support the President's tax plan because I don't trust his motives."
This argument is an example of - Answer: the fallacy of personal attack
The argument "You don't like soccer so you can't be a sports fan" is an example of - Answer: the fallacy
of limited choice
Suppose that the fact that event A occurred before event B is used to conclude that A caused B. This is
an example of - Answer: the fallacy of false cause
When we speak of a straw man in an argument, we mean - Answer: a misrepresentation of someone
else's idea or belief
The statement Mathematics is fun is - Answer: a proposition
Suppose you know the truth value of a proposition p. Then you also know the truth value of this
proposition's - Answer: negation
TEST 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, A logical argument always includes - Answer: at least one premise and one conclusion
A fallacy is - Answer: a deceptive argument
Which of the following could not qualify as a logical argument? - Answer: a list of premises that do not
lead to a conclusion
An argument in which the conclusion essentially restates the premise is an example of - Answer: circular
reasoning
The fallacy of appeal to ignorance occurs when - Answer: the fact that we cannot prove a statement p to
be true is taken to imply that p is false
Consider the argument "I don't support the President's tax plan because I don't trust his motives." What
is the conclusion of this argument? - Answer: I don't support the President's tax plan
Consider again the argument "I don't support the President's tax plan because I don't trust his motives."
This argument is an example of - Answer: the fallacy of personal attack
The argument "You don't like soccer so you can't be a sports fan" is an example of - Answer: the fallacy
of limited choice
Suppose that the fact that event A occurred before event B is used to conclude that A caused B. This is
an example of - Answer: the fallacy of false cause
When we speak of a straw man in an argument, we mean - Answer: a misrepresentation of someone
else's idea or belief
The statement Mathematics is fun is - Answer: a proposition
Suppose you know the truth value of a proposition p. Then you also know the truth value of this
proposition's - Answer: negation
