ISYE 6501 FINAL QUIZZES V1, V2 AND V3
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Socrates' Recurring Questions.
Answer: 1. Clarifying concepts2. Probing assumptions3. Probing rationale4.
Questioning viewpoints and perspectives5. Probing implications and
consequences6. Questioning the question
◍ According to Parmenides, only change is real..
Answer: False
◍ Perhaps the greatest of the Sophists was _____ ..
Answer: Protagoras
◍ Bodhisattva means wandering monk..
Answer: False
◍ Plato's Allegory of the Cave.
Answer: explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and Truth.
Shadows play a role in the illustration of our ability, or inability to be freed
from illusion through wisdom and reason.
◍ College Admissions Back Door.
Answer: Paying a large sum of money directly to a university, in exchange
for them to review the application again.
◍ Thales believed that everything is composed of _____ ..
Answer: water
◍ Socrates trial.
Answer: Using his legal defense to embody his ethical values and principles
of rational inquiry; tried for not worshiping the Gods of the state and
, corrupting the youth.
◍ Sophistry.
Answer: Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
◍ Plato's Soul Perspective.
Answer: Thinking; Will Power; Appetite
◍ The literal meaning of Tao is "power.".
Answer: false
◍ Plato's Academy.
Answer: A school of philosophy established by Plato in ancient Athens,
named after a legendary Greek hero, Hecadamus. The academy continued in
operation for several hundred years.
◍ Siddhartha's parents tried to protect him from _____ ..
Answer: knowledge of suffering
◍ Sophists.
Answer: Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking; used
their appeal to emotion, their physical appearance, and their language to
"sell" their perspective.
◍ Telelogical Thinking.
Answer: A way of explaining or understanding a thing in terms of its
ultimate goal or final cause
◍ Plato's Apology.
Answer: Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends
himself against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in
the gods in whom the city believes"
◍ Socratic Seminar.
Answer: An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students
think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer
circle format.
◍ Metaphysics is the area of philosophy that _____ ..
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Socrates' Recurring Questions.
Answer: 1. Clarifying concepts2. Probing assumptions3. Probing rationale4.
Questioning viewpoints and perspectives5. Probing implications and
consequences6. Questioning the question
◍ According to Parmenides, only change is real..
Answer: False
◍ Perhaps the greatest of the Sophists was _____ ..
Answer: Protagoras
◍ Bodhisattva means wandering monk..
Answer: False
◍ Plato's Allegory of the Cave.
Answer: explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and Truth.
Shadows play a role in the illustration of our ability, or inability to be freed
from illusion through wisdom and reason.
◍ College Admissions Back Door.
Answer: Paying a large sum of money directly to a university, in exchange
for them to review the application again.
◍ Thales believed that everything is composed of _____ ..
Answer: water
◍ Socrates trial.
Answer: Using his legal defense to embody his ethical values and principles
of rational inquiry; tried for not worshiping the Gods of the state and
, corrupting the youth.
◍ Sophistry.
Answer: Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
◍ Plato's Soul Perspective.
Answer: Thinking; Will Power; Appetite
◍ The literal meaning of Tao is "power.".
Answer: false
◍ Plato's Academy.
Answer: A school of philosophy established by Plato in ancient Athens,
named after a legendary Greek hero, Hecadamus. The academy continued in
operation for several hundred years.
◍ Siddhartha's parents tried to protect him from _____ ..
Answer: knowledge of suffering
◍ Sophists.
Answer: Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking; used
their appeal to emotion, their physical appearance, and their language to
"sell" their perspective.
◍ Telelogical Thinking.
Answer: A way of explaining or understanding a thing in terms of its
ultimate goal or final cause
◍ Plato's Apology.
Answer: Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends
himself against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in
the gods in whom the city believes"
◍ Socratic Seminar.
Answer: An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students
think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer
circle format.
◍ Metaphysics is the area of philosophy that _____ ..
