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1. Question : Which of these could be seen as a premise in an argument?
Student Answer: Rectangles have four sides.
Apples are better than oranges.
John likes to read long books.
All of the above

2. Question : A valid deductive argument, the premises of which are accepted as true, shows
Student Answer: that the conclusion must be true.
that the conclusion must be false.
that arguments are best avoided.
that reasoning is overrated.

3. Question : "You didn't like that book; so you probably don't like to read" is
Student Answer: a weak inductive argument.
a strong deductive argument.
not an argument.
a valid inductive argument.

4. Question : In the statement, "You didn't like that restaurant; so you probably don't like to eat out," "you probably don't like to out" is the
Student Answer: premise.
pretense.
conclusion.
concussion.

5. Question : If a reason that is not relevant to the conclusion is given,
Student Answer: that reason must be false.
that reason must be true.
that reason must not have anything to do with the conclusion.
that reason is the only one needed to accept the conclusion.

6. Question : Which of the following is most likely to be a conclusion?
Student Answer: Given that Paris is in France
Consequently Paris is in France
Assuming Paris is in France
Have you ever been to Paris?

7. Question : Premises and conclusions have which of the following in common?
Student Answer: They are components of arguments
They are both expressed as sentences
A and B
None of the above

8. Question : A five year old boy who refuses to listen to reasons for going to bed could be called
Student Answer: irrational.
dogmatic.
skeptical.
chthonic.

9. Question : Reasons given to support a conclusion are called
Student Answer: pretenses.
prehensile.
premises.
preposterous.

10. Question : An argument can have
Student Answer: no more than five premises.
only false premises.
only false conclusions.
any number of premises.