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WGU
WGU D265 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2026/2027)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Genetic Fallacy - ANS ✓Condemning an argument because of where it began,
how it began, or who began it.
straw man fallacy - ANS ✓instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a
weaker version of argument
red herring fallacy - ANS ✓when a speaker introduces an irrelevant issue or
piece of evidence to divert attention from the subject of the speech
appeal to authority fallacy - ANS ✓error of accepting a claim merely because an
authority figure endorses it
Appeal to Force - ANS ✓Arguer threatens reader/listener
ad populum - ANS ✓This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to
"everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do."
WGU D265
WGU
WGU D265 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2026/2027)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Genetic Fallacy - ANS ✓Condemning an argument because of where it began,
how it began, or who began it.
straw man fallacy - ANS ✓instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a
weaker version of argument
red herring fallacy - ANS ✓when a speaker introduces an irrelevant issue or
piece of evidence to divert attention from the subject of the speech
appeal to authority fallacy - ANS ✓error of accepting a claim merely because an
authority figure endorses it
Appeal to Force - ANS ✓Arguer threatens reader/listener
ad populum - ANS ✓This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to
"everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do."
WGU D265
