Test 1 Results for Marcus Coetzee

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Score for this quiz: 57 out of 60

Submitted Oct 20 at 10:37am
This attempt took 41 minutes.

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Question 1

The following is a statement: "Mr B has rocket engines attached to his back."

True

False

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Question 2

The following is a statement: "Mr B, change my grade."

True

False

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Question 3

The following is a statement: "I believe Mr B has free rocket engines for us to
use."

True
 False

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Question 4

The following is a statement: "Mr B, may I borrow one of your rocket engines,
even though it will hurt you to give it to me?"

True

False

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Question 5

Which is a self-supporting statement?

All Logicalians are citizens of Logicalia.

Logicalians can live without oxygen for long periods of time.

Logicalians live in the gaps between reality one and reality two.

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Question 6

"The Universe is a creation of God and it is not." I am a:

Self-Supporting Statement

Supported Statement
 Self-Report

Nonsense

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Question 7

"I want Mr B to get a haircut and act like a grown up." I am a:

Self-Report and a Self-Supporting Statement

Self-Contradiction and a Self-Report

Selfie

GoPro Possibility

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Question 8

"Mr B got a haircut last night." I am a:

Statement and a Sentence

A Sentence

Tautology

Opinion
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Question 9

"At that very moment, the church bells rang, or they did not." I am a:

Tautology

Self-Contradiction

True Statement

Line of poetry

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Question 10

Supported Statements are true or false.

True

False

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Question 11

Supported Statements need outside support to determine their status as

statements.

True

False
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Question 12

Supported Statements need outside support to determine their truth value.

True

False

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Question 13

You should never try to determine the truth value of a Supported Statement
by means of deduction.

True

False

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Question 14

A question can be true or false because it has truth value.

True

False

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Question 15
Here are the kinds of sentences that are NOT statements:

Questions, Commands, Nonsense

Question, Nonsense

Nonsense, Interrogatives, Performatives

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Question 16

Match the following:

The number 51 is divisible Supported by deduc!on

by 3

I believe in God the Self-report

Father,maker of heaven and
earth

This is my last hurrah, but it Self-contradic!on

not my last hurrah

The sun is often visible at False by defini!on

night

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Question 17

These two are consistent statements: "Sally told a lie once" & "Sally usually
tells the truth."
 True

False

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Question 18

The first statement implies the second: "Honey is sweet" & "I hate honey"

True

False

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Question 19

These two are logically equivalent statements: "No Baptists are Americans"
& "No Americans are Baptists."

True

False

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Question 20

Match the following:

No man has free will; All Real disagreement

men have free will
 I enjoy poetry that is sung; I Apparent disagreement
enjoy poetry that is recited

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Question 21

Consider the following two statements:

"Some soldiers are painters"

"Some soldiers are not painters"

The first statement implies the second.

True

False

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Question 22

Consider the following two statements:

"Some soldiers are painters"

"Some soldiers are not painters"

These statements are independent.

True

False

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Question 23
Match the following:

The three steps involved in changing ordinary statements into standard form
are

Identify/write entire subject Step 1

Choose proper "to be"verb Step 2

Rewrite entire predicate as a Step 3

noun.

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Question 24

Tense does not matter when changing an ordinary statement into standard
form.

True

False

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Question 25

Match the following:

No S are P Universal Nega!ve

Some S are not P Par!cular Nega!ve

 Some S are P Par!cular Arma!ve

All S are P Universal Arma!ve

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Question 26

Some petunias are artificial flowers.

Particular Affirmative

Universal Affirmative

Universal Negative

Particular Negative

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Question 27

All goblins were seem-to-show-up-at-my-door beings.

A statement

E statement

I statement

O statement
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Question 28

This is in standard categorical form: "All the goblins seemed to show up at

my door."

True

False

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Question 29

Logic is a science, not an art.

True

False

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Question 30

A concept that is expressed precisely in one or more words is:

A term

An idea

A statement

A disputable argument
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Question 31

A genus:

Is a broad term with other terms under it

Is a really smart dog named Winston

Is a term only used in biology

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Question 32

Lexical definitions are not much help in removing ambiguity because they
simply come from the dictionary.

True

False

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Question 33

Find on the right the synonym for the term on the left.

Stone Rock

Rescue Salva!on

Lovely
 Beau!ful

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Question 34

Match the words on the left to their function in a definition by genus &
difference

Male Dierence

Sibling Genus

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Question 35

A statement that gives meaning to a term is

A definition

A great help in debate

Never useful to an advocate

Always provided from the dictionary

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Question 36
A species

is a term more specific than an original term, which is its genus

A type of worm

A term only used in biology

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Question 37

What type of definition reduces vagueness?

Precising

Stipulative

Theoretical

Persuasive

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Question 38

Find the item below which is not an example of the term "sport"

Reading

Football

Baseball
 Hockey

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Question 39

Fill in the blank: The building blocks of logic are ________, statements and
arguments.

Terms

Ideas

Sentences

Symbols

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Question 40

Which of the following is NOT a purpose for Definitions?

Settle disagreement

Remove ambiguity

Influence attitudes

Explain concepts theoretically

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Question 41
Genus and species are relative terms because most terms can be both at the
same time.

True

False

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Question 42

The vagueness of a term means that it is unclear in extent.

True

False

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Question 43

Defining by example is basically the same as:

Providing a species

Providing a difference

Providing a synonym

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Question 44

In logic, the quality of an argument depends upon the quality of relationship

between all of its statements.

True

False

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Question 45

A lexical definition:

Removes ambiguity

Stipulates a definition of unknown terms

Influences attitudes

Should be made up during the discussion

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Question 46

The term "digital clock" has a greater extension than the term "device."

True

False

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Question 47
What type of definition is this? "A human being is an evolved primate."

Theoretical

Persuasive

Precising

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Question 48

Which method of defining relies on using descriptive (adjectival) language?

Genus & Difference

Example

Synonym

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Question 49

"Terms" are identical to "words" in logic.

True

False

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Question 50
The term "digital clock" has a greater intension than the term "timepiece."

True

False

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Question 51

For the following term and description on the left, match the term on the
right:

"Finger" (genus) Digit

"Finger" (species) Ring finger

Another species of the Thumb

original genus

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Question 52

The Laws of Thought are like rules for thinking and arguing that are
sometimes broken.

True

False
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Question 53

The sum of all individual objects to which a term applies is called

Its extension

Its Intension

Its total meaning

It partial definition

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Question 54

Which of these is NOT one of the Laws of Thought?

Excluded Identity

Excluded Middle

Identity

Non-Contradiction

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Question 55

Which list is in the order of decreasing intension?

Object, Slinky, Toy

 Toy, Slinky, Object

Slinky, Dinky, Do

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Question 56

Providing examples is an acceptable method of definition.

True

False

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Question 57

We will study three main branches of logic in this course.

True

False

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Question 58

You should never use synonyms to define terms.

True

False
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Question 59

Which branches of logic are the main branches?

Formal and Informal

Formal and Casual

Casuist and Relativist

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Question 60

Match the words on the left to their function in a definition by genus &
difference

Monarch Genus

Female Dierence

Quiz Score: 57 out of 60