CRITICAL THINKING: REASON AND
EVIDENCE D265 EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Which sentence is a non-proposition?
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a window.
- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Where are the keys to my car?
- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - ANS Where are the keys to my car?
Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is the president right
now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
- Where is the president right now?
- Did the company really close that deal?
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
- It has had a great year. - ANS It has had a great year.
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,Propositions - ANS Statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions - ANS Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction).
They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
- Birthday parties can be really fun.
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work environments in the United States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? - ANS The cat ate the food, but did
not like it.
If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new one or will not be able
to keep up productivity.
Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the simple
propositions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one. The company will not
be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The company will not
be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or will not be able to
keep up productivity.
- The company does not have enough computers. - ANS The computer is not fixed. The
company needs to buy a new computer. The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
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,Simple propositions - ANS Simple propositions have no internal logical structure, meaning
whether they are true or false does not depend on whether part of them is true or false. They
are simply true or false on their own.
Complex propositions - ANS Complex propositions have internal logical structure, meaning
they are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether
their parts are true or false.
If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. How many times
have we heard the manager complain about tardiness? Nobody likes a 7 a.m. start time, but it
was in the job description. We should remind the new employee how important this is.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- The new employee wants to succeed.
- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
- The employees look out for each other.
- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. - ANS The new
employee wants to succeed.
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects many of us. Many
people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works and are not sure where
they can go to get care. What can be done to improve this? If changes are not made soon, the
problem will only get worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects many of us.
- What can be done to improve this?
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, - Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works and are not sure
where they can go to get care. - ANS Many people are not sure where they can go to get
care.
Bad inferential structure - ANS Every argument with the same structure as this argument is
bad (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in fact, demonstrate or maybe even support the
conclusion. In other words, we can accept the premises as true without being compelled to
accept the conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's general structure.
False premise - ANS This particular argument has a premise/assumption that is false. There is
something wrong with this argument's particular content.
Conclusion Indicators - ANS Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, thus, entails that, we may
conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result
Premise Indicators - ANS Because, for, given that, in that, as, since, as indicated by
"Since we cannot go out until the restaurant opens, and given that we are trying to save money,
we should just hang out here until closer to dinner."
Which statements are the premises of the following argument? Choose 2 answers.
- We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
- We are trying to save money.
- We should just hang out here until closer to dinner.
- We can have a good time without spending money. - ANS - We cannot go out until the
restaurant opens.
- We are trying to save money.
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EVIDENCE D265 EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Which sentence is a non-proposition?
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a window.
- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Where are the keys to my car?
- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - ANS Where are the keys to my car?
Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is the president right
now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
- Where is the president right now?
- Did the company really close that deal?
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
- It has had a great year. - ANS It has had a great year.
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,Propositions - ANS Statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions - ANS Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction).
They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
- Birthday parties can be really fun.
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work environments in the United States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? - ANS The cat ate the food, but did
not like it.
If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new one or will not be able
to keep up productivity.
Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the simple
propositions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one. The company will not
be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The company will not
be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or will not be able to
keep up productivity.
- The company does not have enough computers. - ANS The computer is not fixed. The
company needs to buy a new computer. The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
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,Simple propositions - ANS Simple propositions have no internal logical structure, meaning
whether they are true or false does not depend on whether part of them is true or false. They
are simply true or false on their own.
Complex propositions - ANS Complex propositions have internal logical structure, meaning
they are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether
their parts are true or false.
If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. How many times
have we heard the manager complain about tardiness? Nobody likes a 7 a.m. start time, but it
was in the job description. We should remind the new employee how important this is.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- The new employee wants to succeed.
- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
- The employees look out for each other.
- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. - ANS The new
employee wants to succeed.
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects many of us. Many
people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works and are not sure where
they can go to get care. What can be done to improve this? If changes are not made soon, the
problem will only get worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects many of us.
- What can be done to improve this?
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, - Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works and are not sure
where they can go to get care. - ANS Many people are not sure where they can go to get
care.
Bad inferential structure - ANS Every argument with the same structure as this argument is
bad (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in fact, demonstrate or maybe even support the
conclusion. In other words, we can accept the premises as true without being compelled to
accept the conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's general structure.
False premise - ANS This particular argument has a premise/assumption that is false. There is
something wrong with this argument's particular content.
Conclusion Indicators - ANS Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, thus, entails that, we may
conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result
Premise Indicators - ANS Because, for, given that, in that, as, since, as indicated by
"Since we cannot go out until the restaurant opens, and given that we are trying to save money,
we should just hang out here until closer to dinner."
Which statements are the premises of the following argument? Choose 2 answers.
- We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
- We are trying to save money.
- We should just hang out here until closer to dinner.
- We can have a good time without spending money. - ANS - We cannot go out until the
restaurant opens.
- We are trying to save money.
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