WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 1 WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2 PROPOSITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER Are statements that can be true or false NON -PROPOSITONS - CORRECT ANSWER Are sentences that are not statements about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a cla im that can be true or false. SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example : Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.) COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER Have internal logic structure, meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Exa mple: The sky is blue, but it does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like it. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.) Words used to identify Independent Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN. CONCLUSION INDICATORS - CORRECT ANSWER THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT. WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 3 PREMISE INDICATORS - CORRECT ANSWER BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED B Y. DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - CORRECT ANSWER Arguments where the premises guarantee or necessitate the conclusion. -mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition. INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - CORRECT ANSWER Arguments where the premises make the conclusion probable. -analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc. INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION - CORRECT ANSWER Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as the correct explanation. FORMAL FAL LACY - CORRECT ANSWER Concerns the structure of an argument INFORMAL FALLACY - CORRECT ANSWER Concerns the informational content of an argument A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF - CORRECT ANSWER Bad Argument Structure Which piece of information wou ld be the most helpful to know in assessing the credibility of a news story? - CORRECT ANSWER Whether the name of the author and the publication are identified WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 4 Which questions are most appropriate for evaluating the credibility of an information source ? - CORRECT ANSWER Who funded it? & Does it try to get you to distrust other sources? While researching a topic on the internet, a student encounters two different websites, one of that looks more official than the other and includes tables, charts, an d statistics, while the other does not. What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine which site is more credible? - CORRECT ANSWER It is not feasible to determine which site is more credible from the information provided. In wh ich way should an information source be approached if it is stating that it is the only source of real information and that other sources cannot be trusted? - CORRECT ANSWER Skeptically, because the source may lack credibility. PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY - CORRECT ANSWER The principle of charity suggests we should try to understand ideas before criticizing them. Which of the following are reasons for applying the principle of charity? - CORRECT ANSWER It is morally right to give others the benefit of the doubt. It allows for a clearer understanding of the issue. Smith is committed to the belief that technologi cal advancement is always beneficial and thus never detrimental to human life. Smith reads a carefully written and sufficiently argued essay in which the author contends that the
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