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Logical Fallacies Quiz 15 (60 MCQs)

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1. You absolutely have to do your chores by 5:00. If you are a few minutes late, the next time it will be a few hours, and before you know it, you'll never do your chores again!
2. Only a selfish, non-caring person would believe that this is ok.
3. Which statement appeals to popularity as evidence for its truth?
4. The Equivocation fallacy is using the same word with two different meanings.
5. Encouraged to take some action because other people are doing the same thing.
6. Which is an example of Ad Populum?Most of the kids on my team prefer Gatorade over Powerade. That means .....
7. Every year more people die in car crashes than in plane crashes. You will be much safer if a plane crashes.
8. Which logical fallacy involves misrepresenting an opponent's position?
9. "There are so many dishes all over the place! You never do your dishes!""What about you?! You never take out the trash!"
10. When an author uses someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue
11. Cardenas roots for a British football team. Clearly he's unfit to be a chef at the new restaurant
12. Supports a claim with the claim itself
13. Let's play detective! Can you spot the Two Wrongs Fallacy in these statements?
14. Which of the following is an example of a slippery slope argument?
15. The conclusions that one thing caused another simply because one happened before the other.
16. Which logical fallacy is present in the statement:'If we don't act now, our children will never know what a real winter is like.'?
17. What does a hasty generalization often result from?
18. Identify the logical fallacy:I used to work with a girl who had blonde hair, and she was an air-head; all blondes are unintelligent.
19. What is the logical fallacy in which someone misrepresents an argument to make it easier to attack?
20. "Everyone else believes it, so it must be true."
21. This is a conclusion that oversimplifies the argument by reducing it to only two sides or choices.
22. If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will have gained back the 15 pounds you lost.
23. Every city is developing recycling programs so we should too.
24. What is the fallacy in the statement:'If we don't lower taxes, our economy will collapse'?
25. You can either eat at this restaurant or have a sad TV dinner alone.
26. Spongebob is worried that if he doesn't get an A on his next test, he will fail the class, not graduate, and never find a job. Which fallacy exaggerates possible outcomes?
27. How can you identify a false equivalence fallacy?
28. A music fan argues that a singer's new song is the best ever because it has the most views on YouTube. What logical fallacy is being employed?
29. Cars cause many more deaths than firearms do, so if we are going to ban firearms, we should also ban cars.
30. We should move to the Midwest because Mujtaba from the Wall Street Journal says the cost of living is cheaper there.
31. It should be okay to destroy property when you are angry because angry people destroy things.
32. Yesterday you were 5 minutes late, today 10, and tomorrow you won't even show up!
33. A teacher says, "You have to complete this assignment because that's the rule."
34. Let's play detective! Can you spot the 'Begging the Question' fallacy among these sneaky suspects?
35. "My wife wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with the patio furniture, because it's just sitting in the garage taking up space."
36. Identify the logical fallacy in this argument:I deserve a higher grade on a paper because I've been going through a tough time lately and need a break, rather than demonstrating that my work merits a higher grade.
37. "Eating five candy bars and drinking two sodas before a test helps me get better grades. I did that and got an A on my last test."
38. This statement introduces an irrelevant topic to distract from the original issue.
39. The level of mercury in seafood may be unsafe, but what will fishers do to support their families?
40. An argument that assumes the truth of what it is trying to prove.
41. Which logical fallacy misleads or distracts the readers' attention from the original topic with irrelevant information?
42. Which type of logical fallacy is happening here? Person 1: "Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do."Person 2:Self-driving cars aren't safe! Did you hear about the self-driving Uber SUV that killed a pedestrian in Arizona?
43. Which logical fallacy assumes that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second event?
44. Which type of logical fallacy is going on here? Scientist:Evolution explains how animals developed, adapted and diversified over millions of years.Opponent:If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? And why don't we have three arms? Wouldn't that give me a competitive advantage?
45. Sometimes kids ride skateboards and fall off, breaking their arms or legs. Clearly, riding a skateboard is extremely dangerous. Don't you think skateboards should be banned?
46. Which type of logical fallacy has been committed by the following argument? People who have to have a cup of coffee every morning before they can function have no less a problem than alcoholics who have to have their alcohol each day to sustain them.
47. "The two courses I took at OSU were not very interesting. I don't think its a good university."
48. Which of the following is a slippery slope argument?
49. You must follow the laws of the country because it is illegal to break the law.
50. Which logical fallacy is presented?"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
51. Why is this a logical fallacy? "Don't listen to Mr. Schrute when he says don't run in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears khaki pants?"
52. What is the logical fallacy in which someone argues that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen?
53. Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.
54. There's no way you know this-you're clearly too young to understand!
55. Part B.What evidence supports your choice for part A?
56. Which fallacy involves drawing a conclusion based on insufficient evidence?
57. Which logical fallacy attacks the character of a person instead of arguing against their ideas?
58. Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. The cat caused Joan's fever.
59. Using an argument's conclusion as a premise for proving the argument
60. Which of the following is an example of "false authority?"
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