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Chapter 3: Identifying and Evaluating Arguments
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 01
1. The two basic forms of argument are…
a. Valid and invalid
b. Deductive and inductive
c. Abductive and inductive
d. Sound and cogent
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 02
2. A deductive argument is intended to provide…
a. Probable support for its conclusion
b. Persuasive support for its conclusion
c. Logically conclusive support for its conclusion
d. Tentative support for its conclusion
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 03
3. A deductive argument that succeeds in providing logically conclusive support is said to be…
a. Strong
b. Probabilistic
c. Invalid
d. Valid
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 04
4. An argument intended to provide probable support for its conclusion is …
a. Deductive
b. Valid
c. Weak
d. Inductive
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 05
5. A sound argument is…
a. Weak with valid premises
b. Valid with true premises
c. Strong with true premises
d. Valid with false premises
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 06
6. A deductively valid argument that has true premises is said to be…
a. Strong
b. Sound
c. Cogent
d. Probable
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 07
7. An inductively strong argument with true premises is said to be…
a. Sound
b. Valid
c. Invalid
d. Cogent
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 08
8. Words like probably, likely, and plausibly signal a(n)…
a. Deductive argument
b. Invalid argument
c. Inductive argument
d. Valid argument
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 09
9. The first step in uncovering implicit premises is to search for a credible premise that would make the argument…
a. Strong
b. Complete
c. Valid
d. Plausible
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 10
10. An argument intended to provide logically conclusive support for its conclusion is…
a. Inductive
b. Valid
c. Deductive
d. Sound
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 11
11. An inductive argument that succeeds in providing probable, but not conclusive, logical support for its conclusion is said to be…
a. Inductive
b. Cogent
c. Weak
d. Strong
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 12
12. A deductively valid argument cannot have…
a. True premises and a false conclusion
b. False premises and a true conclusion
c. True premises and a true conclusion
d. False premises and a false conclusion
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 13
13. The first step in investigating possible implicit premises is to…
a. Search for a credible premise that would make the argument as strong as possible
b. Rewrite the argument
c. Search for a credible premise that would make the argument valid
d. Make a bad argument good
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 14
14. The best way to learn how to assess long passages is to…
a. Memorize the arguments
b. Ignore the meaning of the passages
c. Pick out the words the words therefore and thus.
d. Practice
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 15
15. Truth-preserving arguments are …
a. Deductive
b. Inductive
c. Invalid
d. Persuasive
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 16
16. This classic argument—“All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal”—is…
a. Inductively strong
b. Deductively cogent
c. Deductively invalid
d. Deductively valid
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 17
17. A deductive argument is...
a. Always valid
b. Rarely valid
c. Cogent
d. Truth preserving
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 18
18. The first step in assessing long arguments is to…
a. Identify the logical structure
b. Find the conclusion
c. Study the text until you understand it thoroughly
d. Identify the premises
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 19
19. This argument—“All dogs have flippers. All cats are dogs. Therefore, all cats have flippers.”—is…
a. Invalid
b. Cogent
c. Valid
d. Weak
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 20
20. Part of the challenge in evaluating extended passages is that …
a. Only a small portion of the prose may contain premises and a conclusion.
b. The arguments are always highlighted.
c. The authors may not know what an argument is.
d. The authors sometimes announce their conclusion at the beginning of a passage.
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 01
1. What is the procedure for determining whether an argument is deductive or inductive, valid or invalid, and strong or weak?
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 02
2. According to the text, what is the difference between persuading and reasoning?
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 03
3. Why can’t a valid argument have true premises and a false conclusion?
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 04
4. According to the text, what are the four basic steps in assessing a long argument?
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 05
5. What is the difference between a deductive argument’s truth and its validity? How are these two related?