WGU D265 Study Exam 2025/2026
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1. A political candidate is maligned by an opponent for having experimented with recreat
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ional drug in college.Which fallacy of relevance is this an example of?
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A. Straw man t
B. Slippery slope. t
C. circular reasoning t
D Ad Hominem attack: Ad Hominem attack
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2. Blake lives in Hawaii, so she must spend her weekends surfing.Which
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two statements accurately summarize the argument? Choose 2 answers: The argument in
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cludes a single conclusion t t t
The argument includes a single premise
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3. The grass is green in color: An example of a proposition
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4. Which is a non proposition? t t t t
A. the earth is flat t t t
B. the sun is a star t t t t
C. do not work on that essay
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D. red is a primary color: Do not work on that essay
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5. What is the key feature of a simple proposition?
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A. An internal structure
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C. No internal structure t t
D. Contains multiple propositions: No internal structure t t t t t
6. Which is a simple proposition? t t t t
A. The person had cake, but did not enjoy it.
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B. I am a bird or I am a human.
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D. Either I am smart, or they are fools and do not understand the issue: Empa-
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thy should be practiced by everyone
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7. All bears are wild Smokey is a bear.Therefore, Smokey is wild. Which ter
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m describes this argument?: Deductive
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8. A student states: "Road A is straight. Road B is winding. Roads A and B intersect."W
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hich term describes this type of argument?
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A. Inductive argument t
B. True argument t
C. Invalid argument t
D. Non-argument: Non-argument t
9. A professor of logic stated an arithmetical argument can be valid or invalid because of t
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he structure of the argument?they gave an example of 1 +1 =2,
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4-2=2 hence 1+1=4-2What structure represents the premise
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,A. A+B=C, B+D= F t t
B. A+C=B, D+B= C t t
C. A+B=C, D+E= C t t
D. A+B=C, D+E= F: A+B=C, B+D= F t t t t t
10. If I am a scientist, then I am intelligent. I am not a scientist.Therefore. I am not intellige
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nt Which type of logic error is this an example of?
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A. Affirming the consequent t t
B. Begging the question t t
C. Denying the antecedent t t
D. The fallacy fallacy: Denying the antecedent
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11. If Spencer is hungry, then Spencer is tired. Spencer is not hungry.There-
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t fore, Spencer is not tired
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This is an example of which type of logic error? Choose one
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A. Denying the antecedent t t
B. The fallacy fallacy
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C. Begging the question t t
D. Affirming the consequent: Denying the antecedent t t t t t
12. Which kind of fallacy arise when the premise of an argument presupposes the truth of
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the conclusion, rather than providing evidence for it?
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A. Straw man t
B. Red Herring t
C. Begging the question t t
D. genetic: Begging the question t t t
13. Two friends discussed pets and made two statements:
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, Friend 1 "More people i know have dog than any other pets, so dogs are the most popular
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t pets":
Friend 2." The argument relies on the fallacy of anecdotal evidence to support this claim, s
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o it can't be correct that dogs are popular pets.which type of fallacy is friend 2 committing?
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A. The fallacy -fallacy t t
B. Hasty generalization fallacy t t
C. Bandwagon fallacy t
D. Straw man fallacy: the fallacy fallacy
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14. Some penguins live on Antarctica, therefore penguins are not birds.what type of fall
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acy is occurring in the above given scenario?
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A. Genetic
B. Irrelevant appeal (also known as a non sequitur)t t t t t t t
C. Ad Populum t
D. False Dilemmas: Irrelevance appeal
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