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(2025/2026) D265 WGU Critical Thinking Reason and Evidence
Exam Questions and Verified Rationalized Answers
A+ Graded Pass




1. PROPOSITIONS: Are statements that can be true or false y y y y y y y y




2. NON-
PROPOSITONS: Are sentences that are not statements about matters offact or fictio y y y y y y y y y y y y




n.They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
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3. SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS: Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they
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are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are si
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mply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter wears glasses.The sky is blue.)
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4. COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS: Have internal logic structure, meaning they are compo
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sed of simple propositions.Whether they are true or false depends on whethertheir parts
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are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue, but it does not look blue to me right now.The
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cat ate the food, but he did not like it.The GDP of Canada is either
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$3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
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5. Words used to identify Independent Propositions: AND, OR, EITHER, BUT,IF, THE
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N.
6. CONCLUSION INDICATORS: THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE,THUS, E y y y y y y y y y




NTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHERE-
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FORE, AND AS A RESULT.
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7. PREMISE INDICATORS: BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS, SINCE, AS INDI-
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CATED BY.
y y

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,8. DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS: Arguments where the premises guarantee or ne-
y y y y y y y y




cessitate the conclusion.
y y y




-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition.
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9. INDUCTION ARGUMENTS: Arguments where the premises make the conclu-
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sion probable.
y y




-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
y y y y y




10. INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION: Argumentswhere ty y y y y y y y y




he best available explanation is chosen as the correct explanation.
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11. FORMAL FALLACY: Concerns the structure of an argument
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12. INFORMAL FALLACY: Concerns the informational content of an argument
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13. A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF: Bad Argument Structure
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14. Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessingthe cr
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edibility of a news story?: Whether the name of the author and the publica-
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tion are identified
y y y




15. Which questions are most appropriate for evaluating the credibility of aninfor
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mation source?: Who funded it? & Does it try to get you to distrust other sources?
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16. While researching a topic on the internet, a student encounters two differ-
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ent websites, one of that looks more official than the other and includes tables,char
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ts, and statistics, while the other does not.
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, What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine whichsite is
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more credible?: It is not feasible to determine which site is more credible from the info
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mation provided. y




17. In which way should an information source be approached if it is stating that it
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is the only source of real information and that other sources cannot betrusted?: Sk
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eptically, because the source may lack credibility. y y y y y y




18. PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY: The principle of charity suggests we should try tounder y y y y y y y y y y y y




stand ideas before criticizing them.
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19. Which of the following are reasons for applying the principle of charity?: Itis mor
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ally right to give others the benefit of the doubt.
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It allows for a clearer understanding of the issue.
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20. Smith is committed to the belief that technological advancement is alwaysben
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eficial and thus never detrimental to human life. Smith reads a carefully written a
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nd sufficiently argued essay in which the author contends that the human adoptio
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n of any new technology involves both advantages and disad-
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vantages to its adopters. Since Smith is a loyal technophile, Smith accepts theauth
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or's claims about the advantages of technology but rejects the author's claims ab
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out the disadvantages of technology.
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Which cognitive bias is Smith demonstrating?: Confirmation Bias
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21. CONFIRMATION BIAS: the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmationof o y y y y y y y y y y y




ne's existing beliefs or theories.
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22. COGNITIVE BIAS: a systematic thought process caused by the tendency ofthe h y y y y y y y y y y y y




uman brain to simplify information processing through a filter of personal experienc
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e and preferences.
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