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D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason
and Evidence 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
PROPOSITIONS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Are statements that can be true or false
NON-PROPOSITONS - 🧠 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 - 🧠 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 - 🧠 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.)
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Words used to identify Independent Propositions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AND, OR,
EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
CONCLUSION INDICATORS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔THEREFORE, SO, IT
FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE
THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
PREMISE INDICATORS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT,
AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Arguments where the premises
guarantee or necessitate the conclusion.
-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition.
INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Arguments where the premises
make the conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as the correct
explanation.
FORMAL FALLACY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Concerns the structure of an argument
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INFORMAL FALLACY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Concerns the informational content of
an argument
A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bad Argument
Structure
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the
credibility of a news story? - 🧠 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? - 🧠 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.
What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine which site is
more credible? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It is not feasible to determine which site is more
credible from the information provided.
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D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason
and Evidence 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
PROPOSITIONS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Are statements that can be true or false
NON-PROPOSITONS - 🧠 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 - 🧠 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 - 🧠 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.)
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Words used to identify Independent Propositions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AND, OR,
EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
CONCLUSION INDICATORS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔THEREFORE, SO, IT
FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE
THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
PREMISE INDICATORS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT,
AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Arguments where the premises
guarantee or necessitate the conclusion.
-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition.
INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Arguments where the premises
make the conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as the correct
explanation.
FORMAL FALLACY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Concerns the structure of an argument
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INFORMAL FALLACY - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Concerns the informational content of
an argument
A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bad Argument
Structure
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the
credibility of a news story? - 🧠 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? - 🧠 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.
What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine which site is
more credible? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It is not feasible to determine which site is more
credible from the information provided.
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