FSU PHIL110 Quiz Chapter 3B Latest 2020 February

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Quiz Chapter 3B

Question 1A syllogism is an argument with

  Exactly 2 premises and one conclusion

  Exactly 1 premise and 2 conclusions

  Exactly 2 premises and 2 conclusions

  Exactly 2 premises with no conclusion

 Question 2The first statement in a conditional premise is referred to as

  Antecedent

  Consequent

  Modus Ponens

  Syllogism

 Question 3A consequent is

  The second statement in a conditional premise

  The first statement in a conditional premise

  The statement that comes right after the word “if” in a conditional statement

  None of the answers given is correct

 Question 4hypothetical syllogisms are often referred to as

  Chain arguments

  Antecedent

  Consequent

  Modus Ponens

 Question 5Both Modus Pollens and Modus Tollens are

  Deductively valid

  Deductively invalid

  Inductively valid

  Inductively invalid

 Question 6The three-line argument with three conditional statements or premises (if-then) premises are referred to as

  Hypothetical syllogism

  Disjunctive syllogism

  Modus Ponens

  Modus Tollens

 Question 7A police officer arrested one of the critical thinking students based upon this argument:

“If the student was guilty, then he would be nervous. He was nervous; therefore, he was guilty.” The police officer’s argument is

 

  invalid because it affirms the consequent

  valid because it affirms the consequent

  invalid because it affirms the antecedent

  valid because it affirms the antecedent

 Question 8If it rains, the ground will be wet. It has rained. Therefore, the ground is wet. This is an example of

  Modus Ponens

  Modus Tollens

  Disjunctive syllogism

  Hypothetical syllogism

 Question 9If you reside in New York, then you live in the USA. You don’t live in the USA. Therefore, you don’t live in New York. This is an example of

  Modus Tollens

 Modus Ponens

  Hypothetical syllogism

  Disjunctive syllogism

 Question 10

Either you study hard or you will make an F in this class. You don’t study hard. Therefore, you will make an F. This is an example of

  Disjunctive syllogism

  Hypothetical syllogism

  Modus Ponens

  Modus Tollens

 Question 11If I do not study hard, then I cannot pass this class. If I don’t pass this class, then my gpa will drop.  Therefore, if I do not study hard, then my gpa will drop.” This is an example of

  Hypothetical syllogism

  Disjunctive syllogism

  Modus Ponens

  Modus Tollens

 Question 12The general pattern of affirming the consequent is as follows:

  If p then q, q, therefore p

  if p then q, p, therefore q

  If p then q, not p, therefore not q

  If p then q, p, therefore not q

 Question 13The general pattern of affirming the antecedent is as follows:

  if p then q, p, therefore q

  If q then p, q, therefore p

  If p then q, not p, therefore not q

  If p then q, p, therefore not q

 Question 14The components of a disjunctive proposition p and q are called

  disjuncts

  conjuncts

  syllogism

  Tollens

 Question 15An arguments which follows this pattern is referred to as:

Either p or q

Not p.

Therefore, q

  Disjunctive syllogism

 Hypothetical syllogism

  Modus Ponens

  Modus Tollens

 Question 16This week, we discussed six deductive argument forms. Of the six, how many are valid?

  4

  2

  None of them

  All of them

 

Question 17″If the New York Times comes out in favor of the liberal democrats, then they will win the next election. But the newspaper will not come out in favor of the liberal democrats, so they will not win the next election.”

This argument is

  invalid because it denies the antecedent

  valid because it denies the antecedent

  invalid because it denies the consequent

  valid because it denies the antecedent

 Question 18If CNN coverage of the Trump Administration is negative, then Trump will dismiss the CNN coverage as “fake news”. CNN coverage of the Trump Administration is negative, Therefore, Trump will dismiss the CNN coverage as “fake news”.

This argument is

  Modus Ponens (it affirms the antecedent) hence it is valid

  Modus Ponens (it affirms the antecedent) hence it is invalid

  Modus Tollens (it denies the consequent), hence it is invalid

  None of the answers is correct

 Question 19Affirming the antecedent is also referred to as Modus Ponens

  True

  False

 Question 20Affirming the consequent is also referred to as Modus Tollens

  True

  False