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Week 4 - Quiz
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 57 minutes 25 out of 25
Score for this attempt: 25 out of 25
Submitted Nov 21 at 9:39pm
This attempt took 57 minutes.
Question 1
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<11{1[4(23)23]}> 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:
is not a noted painting expert.
relies on contradictory facts.
misinterprets a key term.
provides no evidence.
Question 2
pts
<21{1[1(13)13]}> 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:
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relies on a sample that is too small to represent the entire corporate
workforce.
fails to describe the effects the sleep deprivation has.
is based on evidence that is statistically impossible.
assumes that corporate employees are more sleep deprived than other
people.
Question 3
pts
<11{1[1(19)19]}> All sages provide both wisdom and inspiration. Since
Dasha’s speech contained wisdom and greatly inspired her audience,
Dasha is a sage.
Which one of the following points out the flaw in the argument above?
Just because Dasha is a sage doesn’t mean that she is always wise and
inspirational.
Just because Dasha’s speech provided wisdom and inspiration doesn’t mean
that it provided more wisdom than inspiration.
Just because Dasha satisfied two requirements of being a sage doesn’t
necessarily mean that she satisfies all the requirements of being a sage.
Just because Dasha provided wisdom and inspiration in a speech doesn’t
mean that all sages use speeches to provide wisdom and inspiration.
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Question 4
pts
<11{1[3(02)02]}> Catherine goes to her local movie theater only to see
romantic comedies. Since Catherine did not go to the movies yesterday,
there is not a romantic comedy playing at her local theater.
The reasoning above is flawed because the evidence:
does not suggest that Catherine goes to see every romantic comedy that
plays at her local movie theater.
implies that Catherine is uninterested in most types of movies.
does not indicate whether Catherine watches only romantic comedies at
home.
suggests that Catherine’s local movie theater hardly ever shows romantic
comedies.
Question 5
pts
<11{1[4(17)17]}> 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:
more students may have taken the test in the afternoon than in the morning.
25.LATEST 2022
Week 4 - Quiz
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 57 minutes 25 out of 25
Score for this attempt: 25 out of 25
Submitted Nov 21 at 9:39pm
This attempt took 57 minutes.
Question 1
pts
<11{1[4(23)23]}> 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:
is not a noted painting expert.
relies on contradictory facts.
misinterprets a key term.
provides no evidence.
Question 2
pts
<21{1[1(13)13]}> 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:
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25.LATEST 2022
relies on a sample that is too small to represent the entire corporate
workforce.
fails to describe the effects the sleep deprivation has.
is based on evidence that is statistically impossible.
assumes that corporate employees are more sleep deprived than other
people.
Question 3
pts
<11{1[1(19)19]}> All sages provide both wisdom and inspiration. Since
Dasha’s speech contained wisdom and greatly inspired her audience,
Dasha is a sage.
Which one of the following points out the flaw in the argument above?
Just because Dasha is a sage doesn’t mean that she is always wise and
inspirational.
Just because Dasha’s speech provided wisdom and inspiration doesn’t mean
that it provided more wisdom than inspiration.
Just because Dasha satisfied two requirements of being a sage doesn’t
necessarily mean that she satisfies all the requirements of being a sage.
Just because Dasha provided wisdom and inspiration in a speech doesn’t
mean that all sages use speeches to provide wisdom and inspiration.
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25.LATEST 2022
Question 4
pts
<11{1[3(02)02]}> Catherine goes to her local movie theater only to see
romantic comedies. Since Catherine did not go to the movies yesterday,
there is not a romantic comedy playing at her local theater.
The reasoning above is flawed because the evidence:
does not suggest that Catherine goes to see every romantic comedy that
plays at her local movie theater.
implies that Catherine is uninterested in most types of movies.
does not indicate whether Catherine watches only romantic comedies at
home.
suggests that Catherine’s local movie theater hardly ever shows romantic
comedies.
Question 5
pts
<11{1[4(17)17]}> 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:
more students may have taken the test in the afternoon than in the morning.
