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Logical Fallacies Quiz 7 (25 MCQs)

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1. Teacher:If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of:
2. 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."
3. Definition:making assumptions without supplying support
4. Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit in the head in order to make them work, so must employees.
5. 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.'
6. Which logical fallacy is presented?"We lost the game because Wilson missed the last shot."
7. "Those heartless corporations are destroying our town with their greedy actions!"
8. "Yes, we have safety issues in our factory. But we work really hard to make a good product."
9. Diverts attention from the original issue by shifting to another issue/topic
10. Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers
11. These are extreme statements which present only two choices, omitting the possibility of other options.
12. Which of the following fallacies involves presenting a weak analogy or comparison as evidence?
13. Identify the logical fallacy: "How can she be smart? Look at all those tattoos!"
14. I'm cut my hand on a thorn! I'm bleeding to death!
15. Identify the logical fallacy in this statement:'You can't trust Jane's opinion on climate change; she's not a scientist.'
16. Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone moved the goalposts or made up an exception when their claim was shown to be false?
17. "Every time a rooster crows, the sun comes up. Crows must be the creators of the universe."
18. "Hot dogs are better than nothing. Nothing is better than hamburgers. Therefore, hot dogs are better than hamburgers."
19. Claiming that something is true just because a lot of people believe it.
20. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of critical thinkers?
21. When you attack a person's character rather than the quality of their ideas
22. 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.
23. What is the term for a fallacy that assumes a cause-and-effect relationship based on mere correlation?
24. What is the ad populum fallacy?
25. What is hasty generalization and how does it relate to logical fallacies?
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