D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason and Evidence Exam Questions and answers 2025 .

D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason
and Evidence Exam Questions and
answers 2025
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PROPOSITIONS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Are ,statements ,that ,can ,be ,true ,or ,false


NON-PROPOSITONS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Are ,sentences ,that ,are ,not
,statements ,about ,matters ,of ,fact ,or ,fiction. ,They ,do ,not ,make ,a ,claim ,that ,can
,be ,true ,or ,false.




SIMPLE ,PROPOSITIONS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Have ,no ,internal ,logic ,structure,
,meaning ,whether ,they ,are ,true ,or ,false ,does ,not ,depend ,on ,whether ,a ,part ,of
,them ,is ,true ,or ,false. ,They ,are ,simply ,true ,or ,false ,on ,their ,own. ,(Example:
,Harry ,Potter ,wears ,glasses. ,The ,sky ,is ,blue.)




COMPLEX ,PROPOSITIONS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Have ,internal ,logic ,structure,
,meaning ,they ,are ,composed ,of ,simple ,propositions. ,Whether ,they ,are ,true ,or
,false ,depends ,on ,whether ,their ,parts ,are ,true ,or ,false. ,(Example: ,The ,sky ,is
,blue, ,but ,it ,does ,not ,look ,blue ,to ,me ,right ,now. ,The ,cat ,ate ,the ,food, ,but ,he
,did ,not ,like ,it. ,The ,GDP ,of ,Canada ,is ,either ,$3 ,trillion ,or ,$12 ,trillion.)




Words ,used ,to ,identify ,Independent ,Propositions ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-AND,
,OR, ,EITHER, ,BUT, ,IF, ,THEN.




CONCLUSION ,INDICATORS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-THEREFORE, ,SO, ,IT
,FOLLOWS ,THAT, ,HENCE, ,THUS, ,ENTAILS ,THAT, ,WE ,MAY ,CONCLUDE ,THAT,
,IMPLIES ,THAT, ,WHEREFORE, ,AND ,AS ,A ,RESULT.

, PREMISE ,INDICATORS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-BECAUSE, ,FOR, ,GIVEN ,THAT,
,AS, ,SINCE, ,AS ,INDICATED ,BY.




DEDUCTIVE ,ARGUMENTS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Arguments ,where ,the ,premises
,guarantee ,or ,necessitate ,the ,conclusion.
-mathematical ,arguments, ,logical ,arguments, ,arguments ,from ,definition.


INDUCTION ,ARGUMENTS ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Arguments ,where ,the ,premises
,make ,the ,conclusion ,probable.
-analogies, ,authority, ,causal ,inferences, ,extrapolations, ,etc.


INFERENCE ,TO ,THE ,BEST ,EXPLANATION ,OR ,ABDUCTION ,- ,CORRECT
,ANSWER-Arguments ,where ,the ,best ,available ,explanation ,is ,chosen ,as ,the
,correct ,explanation.




FORMAL ,FALLACY ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Concerns ,the ,structure ,of ,an
,argument




INFORMAL ,FALLACY ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Concerns ,the ,informational ,content
,of ,an ,argument




A ,FORMAL ,FALLACY ,IS ,A ,TYPE ,OF ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Bad ,Argument
,Structure




Which ,piece ,of ,information ,would ,be ,the ,most ,helpful ,to ,know ,in ,assessing ,the
,credibility ,of ,a ,news ,story? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Whether ,the ,name ,of ,the
,author ,and ,the ,publication ,are ,identified




Which ,questions ,are ,most ,appropriate ,for ,evaluating ,the ,credibility ,of ,an
,information ,source? ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-Who ,funded ,it? ,& ,Does ,it ,try ,to ,get
,you ,to ,distrust ,other ,sources?




While ,researching ,a ,topic ,on ,the ,internet, ,a ,student ,encounters ,two ,different
,websites, ,one ,of ,that ,looks ,more ,official ,than ,the ,other ,and ,includes ,tables,
,charts, ,and ,statistics, ,while ,the ,other ,does ,not.