D265 WGU CRITICAL THINKING: REASON AND EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM

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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? b b b b b b



- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. -
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bANSWER: Where are thekeys to my car? b b b b b b b




Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is thepreside
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nt right 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? b b b b b




- 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. - ANSWER: It has had a great year.
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Propositions - ANSWER: Statements that can be true or false. b b b b b b b b b




Non-propositions - b


ANSWER: Sentences that are not statements about matters offact (or fiction). They d
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o not make a claim that can be true or false.
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Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
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- Birthday parties can be really fun. b b b b b




- 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 the UnitedStates.
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- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? -
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bANSWER: The cat atethe food, but did not like it. b b b b b b b b b b




If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new one orwill
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not be able to keep up productivity.
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Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into thesimpl
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e propositions?
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- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one. Theco
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mpany will not be able to keep up productivity.
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- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. Theco
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mpany will 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 willno
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t be able to keep up productivity.
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- The company does not have enough computers. -
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bANSWER: The computer isnot fixed. The company needs to buy a new compute
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r. The company will not beable to keep up productivity.
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Simple propositions - b b


bANSWER: Simple propositions have no internal logical structure, meaning whethe
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r they are true or false does not depend on whether partof them is true or false. They a
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re simply true or false on their own.
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Complex propositions - b b


bANSWER: Complex propositions have internal logicalstructure, meaning they a
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re composed of simple propositions. Whether they aretrue or false depends on wh
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ether their parts are true or false.
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If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. How man
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y times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness? Nobody likes a7 a.m. s
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tart time, but it was in the job description. We should remind the new employee how
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important this is. b b




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 on time. -
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ANSWER: The new employee wants to succeed.
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The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects many
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of us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works an
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d are not sure where they can go to get care. What can be done to improvethis? If chan
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ges are not made soon, the problem will only get worse.
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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 affectsm
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any of us. b b




- What can be done to improve this?
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- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works and ar
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e not sure where they can go to get care. -
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bANSWER: Many people are not surewhere they can go to get care. b b b b b b b b b b b b

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Bad inferential structure -
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bANSWER: Every argument with the same structure as this argument is bad (invalid
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or weak). The premises do not, in fact, demonstrate ormaybe even support the conclu
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sion. In other words, we can accept the premises as true without being compelled to a
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ccept the conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's general structur
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e.


False premise - b b


ANSWER: This particular argument has a premise/assumptionthat is false. There
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is something wrong with this argument's particular content.
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Conclusion Indicators - b b


ANSWER: Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, thus,entails that, we may conclu
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de that, implies that, wherefore, as a result
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Premise Indicators - b b


ANSWER: Because, for, given that, in that, as, since, asindicated by
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"Since we cannot go out until the restaurant opens, and given that we are trying tosave
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money, we should just hang out here until closer to dinner."
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Which statements are the premises of the following argument? Choose 2 answers.
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- We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
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- We are trying to save money.
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- We should just hang out here until closer to dinner.
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- We can have a good time without spending money. - ANSWER: -
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bWe cannot goout until the restaurant opens.
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- We are trying to save money.
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Most students in the class scored less than 70% on the exam. This means that theexam
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was too difficult to accurately assess student learning. Therefore, as exams
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