Grading Summary
These are the automatically computed results Date Taken:
of your exam. Grades for essay questions, and Time Spent: 25 min , 11 secs
comments from your instructor, are in the Points Received: (100%)
"Details" section below. Number of Attempts: 1
Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct:
True/False 1 1
Multiple Choice 19 19
Grade Details - All Questions
Question 1. Question : Charles is hard to work with, since he always interrupts others. Therefore, I do not
want to work with Charles in the development committee.
Student Answer:
Inductive
Neither
Deductive
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 2.4, “Classifying Arguments,” of With Good Reason: A Guide
Explanation: to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 2. Question : “Cats are a billion times better than dogs” uses which rhetorical device?
Student Answer:
Proof Surrogate
Hyperbole
Weasel
Words
Euphemism
Innuendo
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 8.2, “Obstacles to Critical Thinking: Rhetorical Devices,”
Explanation: of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 3. Question : Both times I went to the movies at Northpark Mall the people watching the movies
were extremely disruptive. That movie theater is horrible.
Student Answer:
Hasty Generalization
, No Fallacy
Appeal to the majority
Fallacy of composition
The answer can be found in Section 7.1, “Fallacies of Support,” of With Good Reason:
A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Instructor
Explanation: 1 of 1
Question 4. Question : If you eat candy all that candy then you will get sick. If you get sick then you won’t be
able to go to the dance. If you don’t go to the dance you won’t be able to dance with
Hilary. If you don’t get to dance with Hilary then you will be miserable. So you
shouldn’t eat it.
What is the conclusion of this argument?
Student Answer: You shouldn’t eat all that candy
Misery is bad
Hilary hates
candy
You shouldn’t go to the dance
The answer can be found in Section 2.2, “Extracting Arguments in the Standard Form,” of With
Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Instructor
Explanation: 1 of 1
Question 5. Question : An argument is invalid if and only if .
Student Answer:
It is possible for all of its premises to be true and the conclusion false
Its reasoning is strong and its premises are true.
It is fallacious.
It has a false premise.
The answer can be found in Section 3.1, “Basic Concepts in Deductive Reasoning,” of With
Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Instructor Explanation:
1 of 1
These are the automatically computed results Date Taken:
of your exam. Grades for essay questions, and Time Spent: 25 min , 11 secs
comments from your instructor, are in the Points Received: (100%)
"Details" section below. Number of Attempts: 1
Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct:
True/False 1 1
Multiple Choice 19 19
Grade Details - All Questions
Question 1. Question : Charles is hard to work with, since he always interrupts others. Therefore, I do not
want to work with Charles in the development committee.
Student Answer:
Inductive
Neither
Deductive
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 2.4, “Classifying Arguments,” of With Good Reason: A Guide
Explanation: to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 2. Question : “Cats are a billion times better than dogs” uses which rhetorical device?
Student Answer:
Proof Surrogate
Hyperbole
Weasel
Words
Euphemism
Innuendo
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 8.2, “Obstacles to Critical Thinking: Rhetorical Devices,”
Explanation: of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 3. Question : Both times I went to the movies at Northpark Mall the people watching the movies
were extremely disruptive. That movie theater is horrible.
Student Answer:
Hasty Generalization
, No Fallacy
Appeal to the majority
Fallacy of composition
The answer can be found in Section 7.1, “Fallacies of Support,” of With Good Reason:
A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Instructor
Explanation: 1 of 1
Question 4. Question : If you eat candy all that candy then you will get sick. If you get sick then you won’t be
able to go to the dance. If you don’t go to the dance you won’t be able to dance with
Hilary. If you don’t get to dance with Hilary then you will be miserable. So you
shouldn’t eat it.
What is the conclusion of this argument?
Student Answer: You shouldn’t eat all that candy
Misery is bad
Hilary hates
candy
You shouldn’t go to the dance
The answer can be found in Section 2.2, “Extracting Arguments in the Standard Form,” of With
Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Instructor
Explanation: 1 of 1
Question 5. Question : An argument is invalid if and only if .
Student Answer:
It is possible for all of its premises to be true and the conclusion false
Its reasoning is strong and its premises are true.
It is fallacious.
It has a false premise.
The answer can be found in Section 3.1, “Basic Concepts in Deductive Reasoning,” of With
Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Instructor Explanation:
1 of 1
