PHIL Exam 3 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Determine the category of the passage below:
Global warming is not caused by human activity—and the latest polls show the majority of Americans
agree.
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER fallacious appeal to popularity
Determine the category of the passage below:
My son thinks Galaxies are better than iPhones, and he should know since he is a teenager. -
CORRECT ANSWER fallacious appeal to authority
Determine the category of the passage below:
One guy: The guy Paulson shot had climbed through a window and was coming down the darkened
hallway.
Another guy: Doesn't matter; he still should have been charged with murder because the guy he shot
was unarmed. - CORRECT ANSWER accident
Determine the category of the passage below:
Well I'll be! Look at the great gas mileage we got on this trip! Not a whole lot better than usual, but
still nothing to sneeze at. Shows what a tune-up will do. - CORRECT ANSWER post hoc, ergo
propter hoc/cum hoc, ergo propter hoc
Determine the category of the passage below:
Gay parents cannot raise children correctly. Reverend Jacobs says that, and as a man of God, he
should know. - CORRECT ANSWER fallacious appeal to authority
, Determine the category of the passage below:
I had a great time at the party last night; I'll bet all university parties are great. - CORRECT ANSWER
hasty generalization/generalizing from exceptional cases
Determine the category of the passage below:
I didn't pray hard enough. That's why my prayers weren't answered. - CORRECT ANSWER
untestable explanation
Determine the category of the passage below:
They want to make it illegal for a running back to hit someone with his helmet? Next thing you know
they won't even allow tackling. - CORRECT ANSWER slippery slope
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you can't trust this witness. Counsel for the defense has not
produced a shred of evidence that he is trustworthy. - CORRECT ANSWER misplacing the
burden of proof
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
The Republican budget can't be all bad, when you consider the Democrats haven't proposed a budget
in four years. - CORRECT ANSWER irrelevant conclusion
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
That's nuts. That's just something someone like Ayn Rand would think. - CORRECT ANSWER
argumentum ad hominem
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Determine the category of the passage below:
Global warming is not caused by human activity—and the latest polls show the majority of Americans
agree.
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER fallacious appeal to popularity
Determine the category of the passage below:
My son thinks Galaxies are better than iPhones, and he should know since he is a teenager. -
CORRECT ANSWER fallacious appeal to authority
Determine the category of the passage below:
One guy: The guy Paulson shot had climbed through a window and was coming down the darkened
hallway.
Another guy: Doesn't matter; he still should have been charged with murder because the guy he shot
was unarmed. - CORRECT ANSWER accident
Determine the category of the passage below:
Well I'll be! Look at the great gas mileage we got on this trip! Not a whole lot better than usual, but
still nothing to sneeze at. Shows what a tune-up will do. - CORRECT ANSWER post hoc, ergo
propter hoc/cum hoc, ergo propter hoc
Determine the category of the passage below:
Gay parents cannot raise children correctly. Reverend Jacobs says that, and as a man of God, he
should know. - CORRECT ANSWER fallacious appeal to authority
, Determine the category of the passage below:
I had a great time at the party last night; I'll bet all university parties are great. - CORRECT ANSWER
hasty generalization/generalizing from exceptional cases
Determine the category of the passage below:
I didn't pray hard enough. That's why my prayers weren't answered. - CORRECT ANSWER
untestable explanation
Determine the category of the passage below:
They want to make it illegal for a running back to hit someone with his helmet? Next thing you know
they won't even allow tackling. - CORRECT ANSWER slippery slope
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you can't trust this witness. Counsel for the defense has not
produced a shred of evidence that he is trustworthy. - CORRECT ANSWER misplacing the
burden of proof
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
The Republican budget can't be all bad, when you consider the Democrats haven't proposed a budget
in four years. - CORRECT ANSWER irrelevant conclusion
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
That's nuts. That's just something someone like Ayn Rand would think. - CORRECT ANSWER
argumentum ad hominem
Determine the fallacy present in the passage below:
