GEN499 Critical Thinking Quiz.
Score for this attempt: 25 out of 25
The average height of members of the high school basketball team is six feet, three inches. Jerry is on the high school basketball team, so Jerry must be taller than six feet.
The argument above is flawed because it confuses:
o an...
GEN499 Critical Thinking Quiz.
Score for this attempt: 25 out of 25
The average height of members of the high school basketball team is six feet, three inches. Jerry is on the high school basketball team, so Jerry must be taller than six feet.
The argument above is flawed because it confuses:
oan average for the individuals that make up that average. opeople who are six feet three inches tall for people who are exactly six feet tall othe members of one team with the members of another team
oJerry with other members of the team
Points Received:1 of 1
Mrs. Orlof teaches two history classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Yesterday she gave the same test to both classes. Anyone who failed the test must take a retest. Since a greater percentage of students who took the morning test failed the test than students who took the afternoon test, more of Orlof’s morning history students than afternoon history students will have to take the retest. The conclusion above is not necessarily valid because: orrect!
omore students may have taken the test in the afternoon than in the morning.
osome of the students who passed the afternoon test may have received information about the test from morning students.
osome students may have been absent from both classes.
omore students in the morning class may have passed the test than failed the test.
Points Received:1 of 1
People have claimed that Jamie’s paintings have given them the blues. Clearly this cannot be entirely correct, since many of Jamie’s paintings contain no blue at all. The argument above is flawed because the author:
ois not a noted painting expert.
orelies on contradictory facts.
omisinterprets a key term.
oprovides no evidence.
Points Received:1 of 1 A recent study of 100 employees from six departments of a major corporation found 65% to be sleep deprived. The researchers concluded that the majority of corporate employees are sleep deprived. The researcher’s conclusion is suspect because it:
orelies on a sample that is too small to represent the entire corporate workforce. ofails to describe the effects the sleep deprivation has. ois based on evidence that is statistically impossible.
oassumes that corporate employees are more sleep deprived than other people.
Points Received:1 of 1
Reporter: A new campaign finance reform bill being considered by Congress would limit the amount of campaign contributions that political candidates can receive. However, a survey of candidates running for mayor,
governor, and senate seats shows that not one of them favors the bill. Clearly, there is no desire among politicians to limit campaign contributions. Which one of the following points out the flaw in the reporter’s argument above?orrect! oThe views of candidates currently running for office do not necessarily represent the views of all politicians.
oThe reporter wrongly assumes that no politician has ever supported a bill intended to limit campaign contributions.
oThe evidence provided by the reporter suggests that most politicians are in favor of the new bill.
oThe reporter doesn’t indicate the amount that the new bill would limit campaign contributions.
Points Received:1 of 1
Since Jessica’s participation in local politics increased significantly after she joined her school’s political science club, it is clear that her involvement in that club led her to take an interest in politics. The argument above is flawed because: oit doesn’t say which political issues Jessica is interested in.
oit states that the only purpose of the political science club is to spark an interest in politics.
oit misuses the word “significantly.”
oit’s possible that an interest in politics caused Jessica to join the political science club.
Points Received:1 of 1
The untimely death of Professor Hathaway halted his groundbreaking research into the uses of solar power. It therefore appears that Hathaway’s
research will not result in practical applications.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
oResearchers at other universities are conducting research into the potential applications of solar power.
oOfficials at Professor Hathaway’s university have refused requests to make Professor Hathaway’s research public.
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