Test Bank Answers Ch1 Critical Thinking, Facts, And Feelings

Chapter 1: Critical Thinking, Facts, and Feelings

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 01

1. Critical thinking is fundamentally concerned with…

a. The quantity of your beliefs

b. The quality of your beliefs

c. What causes your beliefs

d. What, rather than how, you think

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 02

2. The systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs by rational standards is known as…

a. Logic

b. Rational psychology

c. Creative thinking

d. Critical thinking

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 03

3. The word critical in “critical thinking” refers to…

a. Using careful judgment or judicious evaluation

b. A fault-finding attitude

c. Attempts to win an argument

d. A lack of respect for other people

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 04

4. An assertion that something is or is not the case is known as a(n)…

a. Predicate

b. Premise

c. Argument

d. Statement

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 05

5. Statements backed by good reasons are…

a. To be believed with certainty

b. Worthy of strong acceptance

c. Beyond doubt

d. Deserving of weak acceptance

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 06

6. A group of statements in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them (the conclusion) is known as a(n)…

a. Chain argument

b. Claim

c. Argument

d. Reason

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 07

7. Words like because, since, and given that are known as…

a. Premise indicator words

b. Logical connectives

c. Conclusion indicator words

d. Argument components

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 08

8. Words like therefore, thus, and consequently are known as…

a. Premise indicator words

b. Logical connectives

c. Conclusion indicator words

d. Argument components

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 09

9. When you show why or how something is the way it is, you are…

a. Stating an argument

b. Offering an explanation

c. Showing that a statement cannot be proved

d. Showing that a statement is in dispute

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 10

10. According to the text, if you passively accept beliefs that have been handed to you by your culture, then those beliefs are…

a. Worthy of acceptance

b. Not really yours

c. Critically examined

d. Worthy of rejection

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 11

11. The process of reasoning from a premise or premises to a conclusion based on those premises is called…

a. Critical thinking

b. Deduction

c. Inference

d. Explanation

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 12

12. An assertion that something is or is not the case is…

a. An exclamation

b. A statement

c. A premise

d. An equivocation

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 13

13. The statements (reasons) given in support of another statement are called…

a. An argument

b. The conclusion

c. The premises

d. The complement

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 14

14. In most extended argumentative passages…

a. Premises and conclusions make up a large portion of the total wordage

b. Premises and conclusions make up only a small portion of the total wordage

c. Premises and conclusions are usually clearly labeled

d. Premises and conclusions are equal in number

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 15

15. A central goal of higher education is to enable students to…

a. Justify preconceived notions

b. Avoid questioning cultural beliefs

c. Discard strongly held ideas

d. Think critically and carefully for themselves

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 16

16. Critical thinking is the enemy of…

a. Unwarranted assumptions

b. Subjective beliefs

c. Persuasion

d. Creative thinking

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 17

17. When statements are backed by good reasons, they are…

a. Acceptable to everyone

b. Clear

c. Beyond criticism

d. Worthy of belief

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 18

18. These two statements—“The Wall Street Journal says that people should invest heavily in stocks. Therefore, investing in stocks is a smart move.”—constitute…

a. A command or request

b. An explanation

c. An argument

d. Two conclusions

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 19

19. An explanation tells us…

a. Why or how something is the case

b. That something is the case

c. That a claim should be accepted

d. Why an argument should be believed

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 20

20. The sentence—“Stop telling lies. ”—is a(n)…

a. Statement

b. Command or request

c. Argument

d. Explanation

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 01

1. Why is it important to critically examine your beliefs?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 02

2. What is the role of reasons in critical thinking?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 03

3. How does an explanation differ from an argument?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 04

4. What is probably the best advice for anyone trying to evaluate an argument? What is the rationale behind this advice?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 01 Question 05

5. Why does critical thinking matter?