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Logical Fallacies Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Arguing that something is true simply because most people believe it
2. "Almost everyone at my school will be at the party Friday night. It must be the right thing to do."
3. Occurs when two or more points are rolled into one and the reader is expected to accept or reject both at the same time, when one point may be satisfactory while the other is not
4. Identify the logical fallacy of this argument:Everyone goes to Starbucks for coffee so their coffee must be the best.
5. What is the name of the fallacy that involves presenting only two options when more exist?
6. My Uber driver in Cincinatti, Ohio was loud and obnoxious. Everyone from that city is annoying.
7. If we allow our 14 year-old to have her first date tonight, what's next? A wedding, kids?
8. My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.
9. What is the main purpose of understanding logical fallacies?
10. "All teenagers are irresponsible because I saw one teenager littering."
11. George Bush is a good communicator because he speaks effectively.
12. Starbucks pledged to hire 10, 000 refugees in stores worldwide. They should be hiring veterans and military spouses instead!
13. Which type of logical fallacy is presented?"Architects believe that building in this form and shape may not be well planned and designed."
14. When an unspecified source is used as evidence for the claim.
15. Occurs when an argument which is supposed to prove something concludes something else instead
16. "All people from Crete are liars."
17. What is a bandwagon?
18. Which logical fallacy involves attacking the character of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself?
19. Which fallacy is this? McDonalds ' burgers must be good; Michael Jordan eats them.
20. "The police should stop environmental demonstrators from inconveniencing the general public. We pay our taxes." "Surely global meltdown is infinitely worse than a little inconvenience?"
21. What is the false analogy fallacy?
22. There is a proposal that we should require all high school students to participate in some type of community service. I don't know what you think about that, but teachers don't get paid enough for all of the things that we do.
23. Asthma can be reversed, as my sister cured hers buy spending fifteen minutes out in the cold every day last winter.
24. My grandmother ate 10 cloves of raw garlic every day. Not surprisingly, she lived to be 102.
25. Since Anna Camacho became vice president of the parent-teacher association, student performance has declined and teacher morale is down. We on the school board believe that Camacho bears sole responsibility for the downtrend.
26. "Why are you even asking for a later curfew? Shouldn't you be focused on improving your grades instead?"
27. Which of the following is the best definition for slippery slope?
28. Definition:appealing to emotional biases while ignoring the issues
29. Teacher:If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of:
30. Which logical fallacy is presented?"A black cat crossed my path at noon. An hour later, my mother had a heart-attack. Because the first event occurred earlier, it must have caused the bad luck later."
31. Definition:making assumptions without supplying support
32. Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit in the head in order to make them work, so must employees.
33. What is the main issue with the following argument? 'If we allow students to redo their exams, soon they will expect to redo every assignment.'
34. Which logical fallacy is presented?"We lost the game because Wilson missed the last shot."
35. "Those heartless corporations are destroying our town with their greedy actions!"
36. "Yes, we have safety issues in our factory. But we work really hard to make a good product."
37. Diverts attention from the original issue by shifting to another issue/topic
38. Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers
39. These are extreme statements which present only two choices, omitting the possibility of other options.
40. Which of the following fallacies involves presenting a weak analogy or comparison as evidence?
41. Identify the logical fallacy: "How can she be smart? Look at all those tattoos!"
42. I'm cut my hand on a thorn! I'm bleeding to death!
43. Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone moved the goalposts or made up an exception when their claim was shown to be false?
44. "Every time a rooster crows, the sun comes up. Crows must be the creators of the universe."
45. "Hot dogs are better than nothing. Nothing is better than hamburgers. Therefore, hot dogs are better than hamburgers."
46. Claiming that something is true just because a lot of people believe it.
47. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of critical thinkers?
48. When you attack a person's character rather than the quality of their ideas
49. What type of logical fallacy is presented:Even though it's only the first day, I can tell this is going to be a boring course.
50. What is the term for a fallacy that assumes a cause-and-effect relationship based on mere correlation?
51. What is the ad populum fallacy?
52. What is hasty generalization and how does it relate to logical fallacies?
53. Which logical fallacy involves attacking the person making the argument instead of addressing their position?
54. A student says, "If my friend failed the math test after wearing a blue shirt, then blue shirts must bring bad luck."
55. A student argues, "Either the school should serve only fast food, or no one will eat in the cafeteria."
56. What is the definition of strawman?
57. Oversimplified of and attack on the viewpoint of another or the misrepresentation of the viewpoint of another.
58. Which logical fallacy is presented?"Caroline says that she thinks her friends should not be so rude to the new girl. Jenna says that she cannot believe that Caroline is choosing to be better friends with the new girl than the girls who have always known her."
59. Which type of logical fallacy has been committed by the following argument? I deserve to have a later curfew this year because I'm older and therefore more responsible than I was last year.
60. What type of logical fallacy is presented:If we allow the children to choose the movie this time, they are going to expect to be able to choose the school they go to or the doctors they visit.
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