PRELIM EXAM
MC 1
LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING
NAME: _______________________________________
COURSE: BSN III
Read the following statements and choose the correct answer.
1. This is the art and science of correct thinking.
a. Logic
b. Critical thinking
c. Statement
d. Argument
2. It is a set of statements, some of which (the premises) attempt to provide a reason for thinking
that some other statement (the conclusion) is true.
a) Logic
b) Critical thinking
c) Statement
d) Argument
3. It is a type of sentence that can be true or false and corresponds to the grammatical category of
a “declarative sentence.”
a) Logic
b) Critical thinking
c) Statement
d) Argument
4.
It follows it is a statement that someone is trying to establish as true (i.e., a conclusion).
a. Premise indicator
b. Conclusion indicator
c. Substitution
d. Argument
5.
It follows it is a statement that is clearly intended to be a reason for thinking (i.e., a premise).
a) Premise indicator
b) Conclusion indicator
c) Substitution
d) Argument
6.
Use another word or phrase from the list of premise indicators or conclusion indicators and see
if the resulting sentence still makes sense.
a) Premise indicator
b) Conclusion indicator
c) Substitution
d) Argument
7.
“since, because , for, as, given that, seeing that, for the reason that, is shown by the fact that”
are examples of?
a) Premise indicator
b) Conclusion indicator
c) Substitution
d) Argument
8.
“Therefore, so, hence, thus, implies that, consequently, it follows that, we may conclude that”
are examples of?
a) Premise indicator
b) Conclusion indicator
c) Substitution
d) Argument
9.
We have two parts of an argument: the premise and the ___________.
a) Premise indicator
b) Conclusion indicator
c) conclusion
d) statement
10.
Typically, a conclusion will be supported by two or more ___________.
a) Premise indicator
b) Conclusion indicator
c) conclusion
d) premises
Read the following statements and identify which of the following are statements.
1. No one understands me but you.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
2. Alligators are on average larger than crocodiles.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
3. Is an alligator a reptile or a mammal?
o Statement
o Not a Statement
4. An alligator is either a reptile or a mammal.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
5. Don’t let any reptiles into the house.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
6. You may kill any reptile you see in the house.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
7. East Africans are not the best distance runners.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
8. Obama is not a Democrat.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
9. Some humans have wings.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
10. Some things with wings cannot fly.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
11. Was Obama born in Kenya or Hawaii?
o Statement
o Not a Statement
12. Oh no! A grizzly bear!
o Statement
o Not a Statement
13. Meet me in St. Louis.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
14. We met in St. Louis yesterday.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
15. I do not want to meet a grizzly bear in the wild.
o Statement
o Not a Statement
Read the following statements and identify which of the following are arguments.
1. The woman in the hat is not a witch since witches have long noses and she doesn’t have a long
nose.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
2. I have been wrangling cattle since before you were old enough to tie your own shoes.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
3. Albert is angry with me so he probably won’t be willing to help me wash the dishes.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
4. First I washed the dishes and then I dried them.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
5. If the road wasn’t icy, the car wouldn’t have slid off the turn.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
6. Albert isn’t a fireman and he isn’t a fisherman either.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
7. Are you seeing that rhinoceros over there? It is huge!
o Argument
o Not an Argument
8. The fact that obesity has become a problem in the U.S. is shown by the fact that obesity rates
have risen significantly over the past four decades.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
9. Bob showed me a graph with the rising obesity rates and I was very surprised to see how much
they’ve risen.
o Argument
o Not an Argument
10.Albert isn’t a fireman because Albert is a Greyhound, which is a kind of dog, and dogs can’t be
firemen.
o
o
Argument
Not an Argument
11.Charlie and Violet are dogs and since dogs don’t sweat, it is obvious that Charlie and Violet don’t
sweat.
o
Argument
o
Not an Argument
12.The reason I forgot to lock the door is that I was distracted by the clown riding a unicycle down our
street while singing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.”
o
o
Argument
Not an Argument
13.What Bob told you is not the real reason that he missed his plane to Denver.
o
o
Argument
Not an Argument
14.Samsung stole some of Apple’s patents for their smartphones, so Apple stole some of Samsung’s
patents back in retaliation.
o
o
Argument
Not an Argument
15.No one who has ever gotten frostbite while climbing K2 has survived to tell about it, therefore no one
ever will.
o
o
Argument
Not an Argument