Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence WGU D265
(2025/2026) Exam with 100+ Questions and Correct Answers
1. Which sentence is a non-proposition?
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- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a window.
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- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
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- Where are the keys to my car?
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- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.: Where are the keys to mycar?
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2. Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year.Where is thepresident rig
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ht now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
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- Where is the president right now?
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- Did the company really close that deal?
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- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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- It has had a great year.: It has had a great year.
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3. Propositions: Statements that can be true or false. a a a a a a a
4. Non-
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,propositions: Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (orfiction). They do no
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t make a claim that can be true or false.
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5. Which sentence expresses a complex proposition? a a a a a
- Birthday parties can be really fun. a a a a a
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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- Too many employees are used to high-
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stress work environments in theUnited States.
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- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible?: The cat ate the food,but did not lik
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6. If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new oneor will not be
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able to keep up productivity.
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Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into thesimple propo
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sitions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one.Thecompany will
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not be able to keep up productivity.
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- The computer is not fixed.The company needs to buy a new computer.Thecompany will
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not be able to keep up productivity.
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- The computer is not fixed.The company either needs to buy a new one or willnot be able to
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keep up productivity. a a
- The company does not have enough computers.: The computer is not fixed.
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,The company needs to buy a new computer. The company will not be able to keepup productiv
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ity.
7. Simple propositions: Simple propositions have no internal logical structure, meaning whe
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ther they are true or false does not depend on whether part of them istrue or false. They are sim
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ply true or false on their own.
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8. Complex propositions: Complex propositions have internal logical structure, meaning th
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ey are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or falsedepends on whether t
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heir parts are true or false.
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9. If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on
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time. How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?Nobody likes
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a 7 a.m. start time, but it was in the job description. We should remind the new employee
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how important this is. a a a
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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- The new employee wants to succeed.
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- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
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- The employees look out for each other.
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- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up ontime.: The ne
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w employee wants to succeed.
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10. The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects many of
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us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurancecoverage works and are not s
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ure where they can go to get care. What can bedone to improve this? If changes are not ma
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de soon, the problem will only getworse.
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Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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, - Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
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- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affectsmany of us.
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- What can be done to improve this?
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- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage worksand are not s
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ure where they can go to get care.: Many people are not sure wherethey can go to get care.
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11. Bad inferential structure: Every argument with the same structure as this argument is ba
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d (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in fact, demonstrate or maybe even support the concl
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usion. In other words, we can accept the premises astrue without being compelled to accept t
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he conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's general structure.
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12. False premise: This particular argument has a premise/assumption that is false.There is so
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mething wrong with this argument's particular content.
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