WGU D265 Critical Thinking: Reason and
Evidence | 125 Questions with 100% Correct
answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024
Which sentence is a non-proposition?
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a
window.
- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Where are the keys to my car?
- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - Correct answer
Where are the keys to my car?
Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is
the president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
- Where is the president right now?
- Did the company really close that deal?
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
- It has had a great year. - Correct answer It has had a great year.
Propositions - Correct answer Statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions - Correct answer Sentences that are not statements
about matters of fact (or fiction). They do not make a claim that can be true
or false.
Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
- Birthday parties can be really fun.
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work environments in the
United States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? - Correct answer
The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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,If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new
one or will not be able to keep up productivity.
Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the
simple propositions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one.
The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer.
The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or
will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The company does not have enough computers. - Correct answer The
computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The
company will not be able to keep up productivity.
Simple propositions - Correct answer Simple propositions have no internal
logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend
on whether part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on
their own.
Complex propositions - Correct answer Complex propositions have
internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple
propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether their parts
are true or false.
If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time.
How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
Nobody likes a 7 a.m. start time, but it was in the job description. We
should remind the new employee how important this is.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- The new employee wants to succeed.
- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
- The employees look out for each other.
- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on
time. - Correct answer The new employee wants to succeed.
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively
affects many of us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health
insurance coverage works and are not sure where they can go to get care.
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, What can be done to improve this? If changes are not made soon, the
problem will only get worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively
affects many of us.
- What can be done to improve this?
- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage
works and are not sure where they can go to get care. - Correct answer
Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
Bad inferential structure - Correct answer Every argument with the same
structure as this argument is bad (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in
fact, demonstrate or maybe even support the conclusion. In other words,
we can accept the premises as true without being compelled to accept the
conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's general
structure.
False premise - Correct answer This particular argument has a
premise/assumption that is false. There is something wrong with this
argument's particular content.
Conclusion Indicators - Correct answer Therefore, so, it follows that,
hence, thus, entails that, we may conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as
a result
Premise Indicators - Correct answer Because, for, given that, in that, as,
since, as indicated by
"Since we cannot go out until the restaurant opens, and given that we are
trying to save money, we should just hang out here until closer to dinner."
Which statements are the premises of the following argument? Choose 2
answers.
- We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
- We are trying to save money.
- We should just hang out here until closer to dinner.
- We can have a good time without spending money. - Correct answer -
We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
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Evidence | 125 Questions with 100% Correct
answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024
Which sentence is a non-proposition?
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a
window.
- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Where are the keys to my car?
- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - Correct answer
Where are the keys to my car?
Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is
the president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
- Where is the president right now?
- Did the company really close that deal?
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
- It has had a great year. - Correct answer It has had a great year.
Propositions - Correct answer Statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions - Correct answer Sentences that are not statements
about matters of fact (or fiction). They do not make a claim that can be true
or false.
Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
- Birthday parties can be really fun.
- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work environments in the
United States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? - Correct answer
The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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,If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new
one or will not be able to keep up productivity.
Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the
simple propositions?
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one.
The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer.
The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or
will not be able to keep up productivity.
- The company does not have enough computers. - Correct answer The
computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The
company will not be able to keep up productivity.
Simple propositions - Correct answer Simple propositions have no internal
logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend
on whether part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on
their own.
Complex propositions - Correct answer Complex propositions have
internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple
propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether their parts
are true or false.
If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time.
How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
Nobody likes a 7 a.m. start time, but it was in the job description. We
should remind the new employee how important this is.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- The new employee wants to succeed.
- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
- The employees look out for each other.
- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on
time. - Correct answer The new employee wants to succeed.
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively
affects many of us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health
insurance coverage works and are not sure where they can go to get care.
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, What can be done to improve this? If changes are not made soon, the
problem will only get worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively
affects many of us.
- What can be done to improve this?
- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage
works and are not sure where they can go to get care. - Correct answer
Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
Bad inferential structure - Correct answer Every argument with the same
structure as this argument is bad (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in
fact, demonstrate or maybe even support the conclusion. In other words,
we can accept the premises as true without being compelled to accept the
conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's general
structure.
False premise - Correct answer This particular argument has a
premise/assumption that is false. There is something wrong with this
argument's particular content.
Conclusion Indicators - Correct answer Therefore, so, it follows that,
hence, thus, entails that, we may conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as
a result
Premise Indicators - Correct answer Because, for, given that, in that, as,
since, as indicated by
"Since we cannot go out until the restaurant opens, and given that we are
trying to save money, we should just hang out here until closer to dinner."
Which statements are the premises of the following argument? Choose 2
answers.
- We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
- We are trying to save money.
- We should just hang out here until closer to dinner.
- We can have a good time without spending money. - Correct answer -
We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
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