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Phil. 103: Introduction to Logic
General Education Assessment Project
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Virginia Dumont-Poston
English 373 Section 04∗
Version 0.1 ©c2002 OPL October 29, 2002
1 Directions
The following questions reflect some of the aims of our Introduction to Logic Course. Choose the best response in each of the following questions, and circle the letter corresponding to the best answer.
2 General Education Logic Assessment
- Which of the following sentences is a statement?
a. Congratulations on your recent successes! b. Good evening. c. Please leave the door open after you leave. d. The planet Pluto is essentially an iceball.. e. How many minutes are in a year?
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Figure 1: Post Test Question 1: Statement
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- What is the conclusion of the following passage?
You probably have a low blood iron level because you have pale lips, your have white fingernails, and you don’t have much en- ergy.
a. You probably have a low blood iron level. b. You have pale lips. c. You have white fingernails. d. You don’t have much energy. e. No conclusion can reasonably be drawn.
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Figure 2: Post Test Question 2: Conclusion
- Evaluate the following disagreement.
John: Susan is an incessant chatterbox. Mary: Not at all. Susan is refreshingly outspoken.
a. John and Mary agree on the facts and agree in their attitude toward the facts. b. John and Mary agree on the facts but disagree in their attitude to- ward the facts.. c. John and Mary disagree both on the facts and in their attitude toward the facts. d. John and Mary disagree on the facts but agree in their attitude to- ward the facts. e. Either John is right or Mary is right, but both persons can’t be right.
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Figure 3: Post Test Question 3: Disagreements
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Figure 5: Post Test Question 5: ad ignorantiam
- What statement logically follows from the following statement?
Some students at Tech are persons who obey the honor code.
a. All students at Tech are persons who obey the honor code. b. No students a Tech are persons who obey the honor code. c. Some students at Tech are not persons who obey the honor code. d. Some students at Tech are not persons who disobey the honor code. e. Some persons who obey the honor code are not students at Tech.
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Figure 6: Post Test Question 6: Immediate Inference
- What statement logically follows from the following statement?
Not all graduating students are educated students.
a. If you are an educated student, then you will graduate. b. If you graduate, then you are educated. c. Some educated students graduate, and some don’t. d. If you are uneducated, then you won’t graduate. e. Make sure you get a good education.
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Figure 7: Post Test Question 7: Exceptive Statement
- Evaluate the following argument.
No college graduates are persons who cannot write clearly, but all persons who cannot write clearly are poor writers, so no college graduates are poor writers.
a. The argument proves its conclusion, if the premisses are known to be true. b. The argument does not prove its conclusion even if the premisses are true. c. The argument is good simply because all the statements are true. d. The argument is not valid, and the reasoning is flawed because all the statements are false. e. The argument might be good in some specific cases.
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Figure 8: Post Test Question 8: Syllogism
- What can most probably be concluded from the following statement?
The belongings in little Mary’s room were strewn about in gay profusion.
a. Little Mary’s room was brightly and carefully decorated. b. Little Mary has many belongings and so is probably wealthy. c. Little Mary likes to throw things–including all her belongings. d. Little Mary has too many clothes. e. Little Mary doesn’t put things away.
