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12) Probably no life exists on Venus. Teams of scientists have conducted exhaustive studies of the planet’s surface and atmosphere, and no living organisms have been found. The fallacy is___
A) Appeal to ignorance
B) No fallacy (qualified authority)
C) Slippery slope
D) False Cause
Answer : B
13) We don’t dare let the animal rights activists get their foot in the door. If they sell us on the idea that dogs, cats, and dolphins have rights, next it will be chickens and cows. That means no more chicken Kiev or prime rib. Next it will be worms and insects. This will lead to the decimation of our agricultural
industry. The starvation of the human race will follow close behind. The fallacy is__
A) slippery slope
B) Hasty Generalization
C) Oversimplified cause
D) Ignorance
Answer : A
14) No one would buy a pair of shoes without trying them on. Why should anyone be expected to get married without premarital sex? the fallacy is__
A) Appeal to ignorance
B) Converse accident
C) Weak Analogy
D) No fallacy
Answer : C
15) All arguments that rely on analogies are logically weak.
A) True
B) False
Answer : B
16) Both inductive and deductive arguments can be fallacious.
A) True
B) False
Answer : A
17) Non causa pro causa fallacy concludes that just because one thing came before another that it is a cause of the second thing.
A) True
B) False
Answer : B ...ምክንያቱም non causa ሳይሆን post hoc... ነው... አንድ ድርጊት ከሌላኛው ድርጊት ከቀደመ የመጀመሪያው ድርጊት ለሁለተኛው ድርጊት መከሰት መንስኤ ነው ይላል። X occurs before Y and X causes Y ይላል።
18) I asked 10 people under the age of 21 in the audience at the Snoop Dogg concert how many had tried marijuana. All of them said yes. It must be that all youngsters try pot at one time or another. The fallacy is____
A) Appeal to ignorance (ad Ignorantium).
B) Hasty generalization.
C) Slippery slope fallacy.
D) No fallacy.
Answer : B
19) You should not watch shows on Netflix. If you watch one episode, you will want to binge watch the entire series. Before long, you will be unable to stop mid-series, and will watch one series after another. Then you will have no time for anything other than watching obscure TV shows. It is best not even to start.
A) Weak analogy.
B) Slippery slope fallacy.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) No fallacy.
Answer : B
20) Hydrangea bushes are native to Asia and have brightly colored flowers. Rose bushes also have brightly colored flowers and are native to Asia. Hydrangea bushes do not have thorns, so probably rose bushes do not either.
A) Hasty generalization.
B) Appeal to ignorance (ad Ignorantium).
C) Weak analogy.
D) No fallacy.
Answer : C
21) No one has even been able to create a working source of energy based on nuclear fusion technology. Therefore, it is impossible to do so.
A) Appeal to unqualified authority.
B) Appeal to ignorance (ad Ignorantium).
C) False cause.
D) No fallacy.
Answer : B
22) Fallacies of weak induction occur when the premises are both irrelevant and not strong enough to support the conclusion.
A) True
B) False
Answer : B ... Fallacies of weak induction ላይ premeses ለ conclusion relevant ናቸው ግን strong enough to support the conclusion አይደሉም።
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