WGU - Critical Thinking & Logic
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Reasoned Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER- Statements that express opinions that are
supported by reasons and evidence.
Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER- A logical and systematic approach to thinking about
something.
Evidence - ...
Reasoned Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER- Statements that express opinions that are
supported by reasons and evidence.
Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER- A logical and systematic approach to thinking about
something.
Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER- The facts available to support a conclusion.
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER- The statement in an argument that we claim is implied
by the argument's premises.
Self-Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER- The act of examining one's thoughts, feelings and
motives.
Objective Statements - CORRECT ANSWER- Statements based on factual research that are
subject to forms of verification, but do not require critical thought.
Argument - CORRECT ANSWER- A set of statements containing at least one premise and a
conclusion.
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER- A method of approaching a problem or decision
that entails systematically evaluating arguments and reasoning.
Systematic - CORRECT ANSWER- A process performed according to a plan; Methodical.
Premises - CORRECT ANSWER- The set of accepted assumptions upon which an argument
is built.
, Fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER- An argument that is based on poor reasoning.
Inference Indicator - CORRECT ANSWER- A word that signal whether a sentence is a
premise or a conclusion.
Non-Arguments - CORRECT ANSWER- A set of statements that do not contain supporting
statements, and therefore they do not express reasoning.
Assumption - CORRECT ANSWER- Statements that the conclusion of an argument depend
on.
Antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER- In an "if-then" statement, the phrase that is prefaced
with "if".
Description - CORRECT ANSWER- A set of statements intended intended to draw a picture
in the mind of a listener; an example of an unsupported statement.
Deductive Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER- An approach to reasoning which attempts to
draw a conclusion that cannot be false if all the premises are true.
Broken Chain Fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER- An incorrectly formatted chain argument that
does not link a statement to the conclusion.
Inductive Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER- An approach that uses certain information to
reach a conclusion about what probably occurred, or to reach a conclusion about what is
expected to occur.
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER- A pattern of two events occurring around the same time.
This pattern can be coincidental, and happen by chance, or causal, when one event causes the
other event to occur.
Modus Ponens - CORRECT ANSWER- A pattern of deductive reasoning in which the first
part of an if-then phrase is confirmed, and as a result, it follows that the consequent or "then"
statement is also confirmed.
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