WGU EXAM
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Exam Solution
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Critical Thinking:Reasoning and Evidence D265 (WGU)
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2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
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VERIFIED ANSWERS (99D32) +t +t
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Proposition
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Expressed in sentences that can be either true or false.
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Non-proposition
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Expressed in sentences that cannot be either true or false.
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Complex Proposition
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ANSWER
Depends on the truth of their parts & their internal logic. (Terms: Either, and, if , then, or)
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QUESTION 4 +t
Arguments
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Purportedly rational movements from one or more premises to a conclusion.
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Non- Argument +t
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Includes explanations, stories, or sets of statements without an inference.
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Premise
ANSWER
A statement supporting an arguments conclusion. (Phrases: Because, for ,a s a since, given that, as indic
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QUESTION 7 +t
Conclusion
ANSWER
A statement supported by an arguments premises (Phrases: Therefore, so , as a result, thus, it follows t
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hat, we may conclude that, consequently)
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QUESTION 8 +t
Premise indicator words +t +t
ANSWER
because, since, given that, for, as, as indicated by
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QUESTION 9 +t
Conclusion indicator words +t +t
ANSWER
therefore, thus, so, consequently, it follows that, we can conclude that, ergo, hence
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QUESTION 10 +t
Deductive arguments +t
ANSWER
To provide evidence that the conclusion must necessarily be true.
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Exam Solution
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Critical Thinking:Reasoning and Evidence D265 (WGU)
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2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
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VERIFIED ANSWERS (99D32) +t +t
QUESTION 1 +t
Proposition
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Expressed in sentences that can be either true or false.
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Non-proposition
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Expressed in sentences that cannot be either true or false.
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QUESTION 3 +t
Complex Proposition
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ANSWER
Depends on the truth of their parts & their internal logic. (Terms: Either, and, if , then, or)
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QUESTION 4 +t
Arguments
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Purportedly rational movements from one or more premises to a conclusion.
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Non- Argument +t
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Includes explanations, stories, or sets of statements without an inference.
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QUESTION 6 +t
Premise
ANSWER
A statement supporting an arguments conclusion. (Phrases: Because, for ,a s a since, given that, as indic
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QUESTION 7 +t
Conclusion
ANSWER
A statement supported by an arguments premises (Phrases: Therefore, so , as a result, thus, it follows t
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hat, we may conclude that, consequently)
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QUESTION 8 +t
Premise indicator words +t +t
ANSWER
because, since, given that, for, as, as indicated by
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QUESTION 9 +t
Conclusion indicator words +t +t
ANSWER
therefore, thus, so, consequently, it follows that, we can conclude that, ergo, hence
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QUESTION 10 +t
Deductive arguments +t
ANSWER
To provide evidence that the conclusion must necessarily be true.
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