Global MCQ Practice

🌐 Total MCQ
🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books

Logical Fallacies Quiz 34 (30 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. A parent argues, "The school should cancel all exams. Everyone knows that tests are unfair."
2. Violent video games are directly related to gun violence in schools and should be banned for teens. The school day should start an hour later.
3. These statements conclude that something must be true because many people believe it.
4. During a Bikini Bottom debate, SpongeBob criticized Squidward's character instead of addressing his argument. What is the effect of using an ad hominem attack?
5. Type of argument that limits itself not to the issue, but to the opposition by bringing the opposition's character into question
6. What is wrong with Tanya? She only has five hundred dollars saved and she's going away to college next year. That would be like letting my four-year-old brother go to Russia by hisself.
7. Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone misrepresented an argument to make it easier to attack?
8. Identify the logical fallacy: "Well, she's wearing Birkenstocks, so she probably knows all there is to know about solar energy."
9. What is it called when the conclusion of an argument is used in the premise of the same argument?
10. Identify the logical fallacy:Peter: "I believe gay people should be able to get married like everyone else!"Paul: "Oh, okay! Let's change the law so a few guys can strut down the aisle wearing a dress! Great!"
11. "You are either for us or against us."
12. A(n) ..... fallacy is one that attempts to invalidate an opponent's position based on a personal trait or fact about the opponent rather than through logic.
13. Which of the following statements is an appeal to authority?
14. Uses the conclusion as the proof that the argument has been proven.
15. Cell phones, high-tech devices that cause severe distractions and cyberbullying should be banned in schools.
16. "Ghosts exist ..... because I saw a ghost in my closet, " is an example of what logical fallacy?
17. Identify the logical fallacy:Gun sales increased during the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, guns must have caused the spread COVID-19.
18. General beliefs that we use to categorize people, objects, and events while assuming those beliefs are accurate generalizations of the whole group.
19. What characterizes a Straw Man Fallacy?
20. Canada is the best country to live in because it's better than the other countries!
21. Which logical fallacy presents information to distract from the main issue or argument being discussed.
22. "You can't borrow the car because I said no. And since I said no, you're not borrowing the car."
23. Also called an ethical appeal, this strategy is used when the writer convinces readers of his or her credibility or character.
24. "There is no such thing as white privilege. The races have had equality since the 1960's." Mentioned Bahaa
25. Which of the following fallacies involves presenting only two options when there may be others?
26. The kid down the street lied to me. All kids in my neighborhood are liars.
27. A company advertises its product as "the choice of millions" to encourage more people to buy it. What logical fallacy is being employed?
28. Assuming that because two things happened, one caused the other.
29. Identify the logical fallacy:'If we allow students to redo their assignments, soon they'll expect to retake entire courses.'
30. What logical fallacy is being committed when someone presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong?
🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books