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Logical Fallacies Quiz 4 (25 MCQs)

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1. Occurs when the argument quotes an expert who's not qualified in the particular subject matter
2. "Your coach's policy is that no one can be a starter on game day if they miss practice. So, if you miss basketball practice today, you won't be a starter in Friday's game. Then you won't be the first freshman to start on the Varsity basketball team at our school."
3. Identify the logical fallacy in the following argument:'You can't trust Jane's opinion on climate change; she's not a scientist.'
4. Mother:It's bedtime Jane Jane:Mom, how do ants feed their babies? Mother:Don't know dear, close your eyes now. Jane:But mama, do ant babies cry when they're hungry?
5. All celebrities are really rude. Selena Gomez refused to sign an autograph for me once, and she told me I was annoying.
6. Presenting a false choice between only two options when other options exist
7. Which type of logical fallacy is presented?"How could you possibly know about those things? You didn't even finish college."
8. Spongebob saw Patrick and Squidward being rude in a store and concluded that all sea creatures are disrespectful. What is the main issue with Spongebob's conclusion & what type of fallacy is it?
9. In advertising, which fallacy involves suggesting that a product is superior because it is associated with a famous person?
10. This fallacy is also called the ad populum appeal and it implies that something is the best because it is very popular.
11. An attack on a person's character or personal attributes in order to discredit their argument
12. What is the logical fallacy in which someone presumes that a relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other?
13. After meeting two people from a new city who were rude, Sam claims, "People from that city are all unfriendly!" What is wrong with Sam's conclusion?
14. "Since we can't prove that ghosts aren't real, they must exist!" What is the fallacy in this reasoning?
15. What logical fallacy did Homer use when attacking his opponent? (hint:he attacked his character rather than his policies or ideas)
16. Imagine Aria and Grace are in a lively debate. Aria says, "We shouldn't be discussing how to improve homework; the real issue is whether school should even have homework." What kind of argument is Aria making?
17. You never even finished law school, so why should I trust you to watch my children?
18. A teacher says, "You shouldn't listen to his argument about homework. He never turns in his assignments anyway."
19. An appeal that presents the thoughts of a group of people in order to persuade someone to think the same way.
20. A conclusion based on the premise, "if this, then that" often, the assembly of a causal chain of events that result in an unlikely or extreme outcome
21. Identify the logical fallacy: "Oh, you don't fool me! All of you environmentalists are really out to undermine our American way of life and replace it with socialism."
22. I am not a liar because I never lie.
23. No one in your family surfs? But I thought you said you lived in California before this.
24. Which logical fallacy involves making a broad conclusion based on limited evidence?
25. "All social media does is rot your brain and make people obsessed with getting likes."
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