HSRT TEST PREP QUESTION BANK
2026 FULL SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Fallacy
Answer: a false belief; an error in thinking
◉ Formal Logical Fallacies
Answer: Poorly constructed arguments
◉ Informal Logical Fallacies
Answer: fallacies that appear in everyday reasoning
-Appeal to emotion
-Appeals to authority
◉ Strawman Fallacy
Answer: Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack
◉ Strawman Fallacy example
Answer: Person A: The children's winter concert at the school should
include non-Christmas songs too. Person B: You won't be happy until
Christmas songs are banned from being played on the radio!
◉ slippery slope fallacy
, Answer: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action
or result to another with unintended consequences that might seem
ludicrous
◉ slippery slope fallacy example
Answer: "If I allow my son to become an atheist, he'll start murdering
people for fun! Nothing will stop him from doing bad things, because
he'll have no morals at all!"
◉ Appeal to Emotion Fallacy
Answer: An appeal to emotion is an effort to win an argument without
facts, logic, or reason, but instead by manipulating the emotions of the
audience.
◉ appeal to emotion fallacy example
Answer: Power lines cause cancer. I met a little boy with cancer who
lived just 20 miles from a power line who looked into my eyes and said,
in his weak voice, "Please do whatever you can so that other kids won't
have to go through what I am going through." I urge you to vote for this
bill to tear down all power lines and replace them with monkeys on
treadmills.
◉ false cause fallacy
Answer: using what you are trying to disprove. That is, requiring the
truth of something for your proof that it is false. For example, using
science to show that science is wrong. Or, arguing that you do not exist,
2026 FULL SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Fallacy
Answer: a false belief; an error in thinking
◉ Formal Logical Fallacies
Answer: Poorly constructed arguments
◉ Informal Logical Fallacies
Answer: fallacies that appear in everyday reasoning
-Appeal to emotion
-Appeals to authority
◉ Strawman Fallacy
Answer: Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack
◉ Strawman Fallacy example
Answer: Person A: The children's winter concert at the school should
include non-Christmas songs too. Person B: You won't be happy until
Christmas songs are banned from being played on the radio!
◉ slippery slope fallacy
, Answer: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action
or result to another with unintended consequences that might seem
ludicrous
◉ slippery slope fallacy example
Answer: "If I allow my son to become an atheist, he'll start murdering
people for fun! Nothing will stop him from doing bad things, because
he'll have no morals at all!"
◉ Appeal to Emotion Fallacy
Answer: An appeal to emotion is an effort to win an argument without
facts, logic, or reason, but instead by manipulating the emotions of the
audience.
◉ appeal to emotion fallacy example
Answer: Power lines cause cancer. I met a little boy with cancer who
lived just 20 miles from a power line who looked into my eyes and said,
in his weak voice, "Please do whatever you can so that other kids won't
have to go through what I am going through." I urge you to vote for this
bill to tear down all power lines and replace them with monkeys on
treadmills.
◉ false cause fallacy
Answer: using what you are trying to disprove. That is, requiring the
truth of something for your proof that it is false. For example, using
science to show that science is wrong. Or, arguing that you do not exist,
