Logic Chapter 2 Practice Test True / False: Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false by circling as appropriate. 1. True or False: No types of definition can be true or false. 2. True or False: Words have either emotive meaning or cognitive meaning but never both. 3. True or False: You could use the genus and difference definitional technique to produce a précising definition. 4. True or False: Craftsman bungalow is part of the extension of the term ‘house’. 5. True or False: All terms with empty extension are terms from works of fiction. 6. True or False: The only way to create a series of terms with increasing intension but non-­‐decreasing extension is to use terms with empty extension. 7. True or False: If X is a necessary condition for Y, then X probably has less intension than Y. Intension / Extension: 1. Put the following concepts in order of increasing extension: animal, Labrador retriever, dog, mammal, domesticated dog. 2. Create a series of terms with increasing intension but non-­‐decreasing extension beginning with the term ‘the world’s largest diamond.’ 3. List five members of the extension of the term ‘famous pop musicians.’ 4. Create a series of five terms with decreasing intension beginning with the term ‘human.’ Definitional Types: Circle the answer that best describes the type of definition in each of the following. 1. ‘Fault’ means flaw. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 2. ‘Religion’ means an institutionalized belief in fairy tales that undermines our capacity to reason. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 3. ‘Gold’ means an element composed of 79 protons, 118 neutrons, and 79 electrons which is characterized by it high electrical and thermal conductivity. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 4. ‘Freedom’ means that sweet nectar of choice that makes us capable of goodness and makes life worth living. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 5. ‘University’ means an institution of higher education where many subjects at taught at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 6. ‘Chugniator’ is the name of my new device for drinking Ski faster than ever before possible. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 7. ‘Hill’, for purposes of cartography, means a sloped geological formation with an overall height of less than 800 feet and slopes of not greater than 20 degrees. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 8. ‘Wootaholic’ is what I call people who buy lots of stuff from daily deal websites like woot.com. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 9. ‘Mound’ means a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll; a heap or raised mass. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 10. ‘Crystal’ means any substance whose molecular structure is a regular repeating lattice that can be constructed through a series of well-­‐defined geometric translations of the basic lattice to form the whole. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 11. ‘Kaskaskia College’ means that last great bastion of learning and personal development where all may come to study the greatest achievements of Western civilization. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 12. ‘Abuse’, for legal purposes, means an intentional act that does lasting harm to the victim to which the victim did not consent. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 13. ‘Stoop’ means to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position; to bow or lean. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 14. ‘Master’ means to become adept in; to conquer or overcome. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive 15. ‘Fast’ means any professional running back, wide receiver, or defensive back who can run the 40 yard dash in less than 4.5 seconds and any lineman who can run the 40 yard dash in less than 4.7 seconds. a. Stipulative b. Lexical c. Precising d. Theoretical e. Persuasive Definitional Techniques: Circle the answer that best describes the technique used in each of the following definitions. 1. ‘Hill’ means a sloped geological formation with an overall height of less than 800 feet and slopes of not greater than 20 degrees. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 2. ‘Automobile’ means a truck, car, van, or SUV. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 3. ‘Bright’ means any light that causes you to see white spots for thirty seconds after glancing at the object. a. Demonstrative b. Enumerative c. Definition by subclass d. Etymological e. Operational 4. ‘Fool’ means him and her and him and him (as you point to a several people). a. Demonstrative b. Enumerative c. Definition by subclass d. Etymological e. Operational 5. ‘Precedent’ is a word derived from the Latin word praecedere meaning to come before. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 6. ‘Watch’ means a small portable timepiece. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 7. ‘Bird’ means a robin, sparrow, finch, swallow, crow, and so on. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 8. The definition of ‘cooked Salmon’ is that which flakes when pulled apart by a knife and fork. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 9. ‘Philosopher’ means Immanuel Kant, William James, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Bertrand Russell. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Operational e. Genus and difference 10. ‘Fault’ means mistake. a. Enumerative b. Definition by subclass c. Etymological d. Synonymous e. Genus and difference