Logic Test Answer All the Following Questions.

Logic Test

Answer ALL the following questions. All the questions in this Assignment are multiple choice. For each question, exactly one of the several possible answers is correct. Tick just one.

If you think that the following discourse contains no argument, tick (f) below. If you think it does contain an argument that involves no fallacy, tick (e). If you think that the discourse contains an argument that involves a fallacy, which of (a), (b), (c) or (d) might reasonably be construed as the fallacy in this argument?

Pass is not Fail, so it should be a good mark.

(a) Ambiguity of scopes

(b) Black and White

(c) Inappropriate Standards

(d) Ad ignorantiam

(e) No fallacy

(f) No argument

Question 2.

If you think that the following discourse contains no argument, tick (f) below. If you think it does contain an argument that involves no fallacy, tick (e). If you think that the discourse contains an argument that involves a fallacy, which of (a), (b), (c) or (d) might reasonably be construed as the fallacy in this argument?

If light cannot travel in a straight line then sharp shadows are not possible. But in actual fact light can travel in a straight line. Therefore, sharp shadows are possible.

(a) Affirming the consequent

(b) Division

(c) Denying the antecedent

(d) Equivocation

(e) No fallacy

(f) No argument

Question 3.

Is the following true or false?

It may well be that in a fallacious argument the premises and the conclusion are all true.

(a) True

(b) False

Question 4.

Is the following true or false?

If an argument involves a fallacy, then it is not deductively valid.

(a) True

(b) False

Question 5.

If you think that the following discourse contains no argument, tick (f) below. If you think it does contain an argument that involves no fallacy, tick (e). If you think that the discourse contains an argument that involves a fallacy, which of (a), (b), (c) or (d) might reasonably be construed as the fallacy in this argument?

Are loans for education a blessing or a curse for university students? Well, if your loan leaves you indebted for years after graduation, how can you call it a blessing? So loans for education should be a curse, then.

(a) False dichotomy

(b) Ambiguity of scopes

(c) Denying the antecedent

(d) Ignoring circularity

(e) No fallacy

(f) No argument

Question 6.

Is the following true or false?

If an argument is deductively valid, then it satisfies the following two conditions: firstly, its conclusion is true; secondly, it involves no fallacy.

(a) True

(b) False

Question 7.

Is the following true or false?

If an argument involves a fallacy, then at least one of its premises is false.

(a) True

(b) False

Question 8.