BIO 2000 CH 3 Practice Questions with Correct Answers

All animals have skin. All mammals are animals. Lions are mammals. Lions have skin. In the given argument, there _____. A. are three premises and a conclusion B. is no premise C. are more than four premises D. is no conclusion A Identify a true statement about inductive arguments. A. Inductive arguments are not truth-preserving. B. Inductive arguments are always strong arguments. C. Inductive arguments can sometimes have no premise. D. Inductive arguments can have multiple conclusions. A In the context of enumerative induction, the group under study, the entire class of individuals one's interested in, is known as the _____. A. relevant property B. example C. sample D. target group D In the context of informal fallacies, if the premises of an argument fail to eliminate reasonable grounds for doubt, then they _____. A .are truth-preserving B. are not fallacious C. provide a firm basis for accepting the conclusion D. do not justify the conclusion D An argument begs the question when _____. A. it has no premise B. it has a weak conclusion C. its premises are always logically false D. its conclusion is used as one of its premises D In a hypothetical syllogism, every statement is _____. A. an argument B. a conclusion C. conditional D. based on false premise C