WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND
EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | 2025/2026 GUIDE
My opponent argues that the earth is round because Dr. Evil shaped it
that way using his satellite mounted laser. Since Dr. Evil is a fictitious
character, you must reject the argument that the earth is round.
This is an example of which type of logic error?
Denying the antecedent
Affirming the consequent
Begging the question
The fallacy fallacy
- Correct Answer - The fallacy fallacy
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in
assessing the credibility of a news story?
Whether the political party affiliation of the author is identified
Whether the article contains video footage
Whether the name of the author and the publication are identified
Whether there is widespread agreement with the story on social media
- Correct Answer - Whether the name of the author and the publication
are identified
,Which two statements depict the fallacy of presumption called begging
the question? Choose 2 answers.
- The universe could not have been created from nothing, so it must
have been created by the big bang.
- People who lack humility have no sense of beauty, because everyone
who has a sense of beauty also has humility.
- Real estate is the best investment because every other type of
investment is inferior.
- Washington DC is the capital city of the United States of America.
- Correct Answer - - People who lack humility have no sense of beauty,
because everyone who has a sense of beauty also has humility.
- Real estate is the best investment because every other type of
investment is inferior.
There is a conversation in which a woman expresses disappointment
with her friend for not picking her up at the airport. In response, the
friend says, "Well, you never returned the wheelbarrow I let you borrow."
Which response best matches this fallacy of relevance?
Red herring
False cause
Genetic fallacy
Straw figure
- Correct Answer - Red herring
, "A recent study found that dairy milk is healthier than soy milk. But that
finding is obviously false because the study was conducted by the dairy
industry."
Which fallacy of relevance is depicted in this example?
Post hoc ergo propter
Irrelevant appeal
Begging the question
Genetic fallacy
- Correct Answer - Genetic fallacy
Aircraft and ships have gone missing all over the planet under unknown
circumstances, but a number of these disappearances have occurred in
an area of the North Atlantic Ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle. So
the claim that the Bermuda Triangle is haunted must be true.
Which fallacy of weak induction best describes this argument?
Burden of proof shifting
Slippery slope
Appeal to ignorance
Texas sharpshooter
- Correct Answer - Texas sharpshooter
Texas Sharpshooter
EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | 2025/2026 GUIDE
My opponent argues that the earth is round because Dr. Evil shaped it
that way using his satellite mounted laser. Since Dr. Evil is a fictitious
character, you must reject the argument that the earth is round.
This is an example of which type of logic error?
Denying the antecedent
Affirming the consequent
Begging the question
The fallacy fallacy
- Correct Answer - The fallacy fallacy
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in
assessing the credibility of a news story?
Whether the political party affiliation of the author is identified
Whether the article contains video footage
Whether the name of the author and the publication are identified
Whether there is widespread agreement with the story on social media
- Correct Answer - Whether the name of the author and the publication
are identified
,Which two statements depict the fallacy of presumption called begging
the question? Choose 2 answers.
- The universe could not have been created from nothing, so it must
have been created by the big bang.
- People who lack humility have no sense of beauty, because everyone
who has a sense of beauty also has humility.
- Real estate is the best investment because every other type of
investment is inferior.
- Washington DC is the capital city of the United States of America.
- Correct Answer - - People who lack humility have no sense of beauty,
because everyone who has a sense of beauty also has humility.
- Real estate is the best investment because every other type of
investment is inferior.
There is a conversation in which a woman expresses disappointment
with her friend for not picking her up at the airport. In response, the
friend says, "Well, you never returned the wheelbarrow I let you borrow."
Which response best matches this fallacy of relevance?
Red herring
False cause
Genetic fallacy
Straw figure
- Correct Answer - Red herring
, "A recent study found that dairy milk is healthier than soy milk. But that
finding is obviously false because the study was conducted by the dairy
industry."
Which fallacy of relevance is depicted in this example?
Post hoc ergo propter
Irrelevant appeal
Begging the question
Genetic fallacy
- Correct Answer - Genetic fallacy
Aircraft and ships have gone missing all over the planet under unknown
circumstances, but a number of these disappearances have occurred in
an area of the North Atlantic Ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle. So
the claim that the Bermuda Triangle is haunted must be true.
Which fallacy of weak induction best describes this argument?
Burden of proof shifting
Slippery slope
Appeal to ignorance
Texas sharpshooter
- Correct Answer - Texas sharpshooter
Texas Sharpshooter
