D265 readiness quiz

Which words are conclusion indicators? Choose two.

• Because

• Thus

• Hence

• Since

Which words are premise indicators? Choose two.

• For

• So

• Therefore

• As

I have psychic powers that allow me to predict the future with a very high degree of accuracy. At this moment, my psychic powers are telling me that the lottery ticket I purchased today is going to win the billion-dollar jackpot. Therefore, it is very likely that I am going to win the jackpot. Which term describes this argument?

• Strong

• Weak

• Cogent

• Sound

Brand X dog good is the healthiest dog food because no other brand of dog food is as nutritious. What fallacy is this an example of?

• Affirming the consequent

• Denying the antecedent

• Fallacy fallacy

• Begging the question

I heard Dylan say that "if it rained, then the ground should be wet; and since the ground is wet, it must have rained." Because Dylan committed the fallacy of affirming the consequent, we must reject Dylan's inference that it rained. Something else must have made the ground wet. Which type of logical error does this exemplify?

• Begging the question

• Denying the antecedent

• Fallacy fallacy

• Non-argument

While the internet has made sources easier to find, which of the following is a way that the internet has made it more difficult to identify reliable sources?

• Sources on the internet are never credible, so they cannot be trusted

• Sources on the internet are not consistently credible, so they need to be verified

• Sources on the internet are usually credible, so they sometimes need to be verified

• Sources on the internet are always credible, so there is no way to decide which to use

Why should a critical thinker read multiple articles from the same source? Choose two.

• To determine if the source advertises lots of interesting products

• To determine if the source consistently uses the same font and design features

• To determine if the source has a strong bias

• To determine if the source contains sensationalized stories

In what way are heuristics useful?

• They help us make the best choice in any situation

• They enable us to slow down and think carefully

• They allow us to make fast decisions

• They let us overcome biases

Bobbie considers whether to take a beach vacation and spend some time in the ocean. Suddenly Bobbie remembers the movie, Jaws, and concludes that the risk of getting eaten by a shark is too great. So Bobbie decides to rent a cabin in the woods instead. What form of bias does Bobbie's reasoning demonstrate?

• Anchoring bias

• Availability bias

• Confirmation bias

• Ideological bias

Which arguments contain the general-specific pattern? Choose two.

• All triangles have three sides, and that shape is a triangle. So that shape has three sides.

• A pentagon has five sides, and a hexagon has six sides. So a heptagon has seven sides.

• If something is a dessert, then it is sweet. Cake is dessert. So cake is sweet.

• If the cake is chocolate, the frosting is vanilla. The frosting is not vanilla. So the cake is not chocolate.