Phi 210 Quiz 2
* Question 1
5 out of 5 points | | | The secretaries have asked us to provide a lounge area where they can spend their coffee breaks.This request will have to be refused.If we give them lounge areas, next they will be asking for spas and swimming pools. Then it will be racquetball courts, tennis courts, and fitness centers.Expenditures for these facilities for the secretaries will drive the company into bankruptcy.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Slippery slope | | | | | * Question 2
0 out of 5 points | | | People are driving their cars like maniacs tonight. There must be a full moon.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Composition | | | | | * Question 3
5 out of 5 points | | | White sheep eat more than black sheep (because there are more of them). Therefore, this white sheep eats more than that black sheep.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Division | | | | | * Question 4
5 out of 5 points | | | The twenty-story Carson Building is constructed of concrete blocks. Each and every concrete block in the structure can withstand an earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale. Therefore, the building can withstand an earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Hasty generalization | | | | | * Question 5
5 out of 5 points | | | A line is composed of points. Points have no length. Therefore, a line has no length.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Composition | | | | | * Question 6
5 out of 5 points | | | We know that induction will provide dependable results in the future because it has always worked in the past. Whatever has consistently worked in the past will continue to work in the future, and we know that is true because it has been established by induction.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Circular reasoning | | | | | * Question 7
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5 out of 5 points | | | The secretaries have asked us to provide a lounge area where they can spend their coffee breaks.This request will have to be refused.If we give them lounge areas, next they will be asking for spas and swimming pools. Then it will be racquetball courts, tennis courts, and fitness centers.Expenditures for these facilities for the secretaries will drive the company into bankruptcy.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Slippery slope | | | | | * Question 2
0 out of 5 points | | | People are driving their cars like maniacs tonight. There must be a full moon.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Composition | | | | | * Question 3
5 out of 5 points | | | White sheep eat more than black sheep (because there are more of them). Therefore, this white sheep eats more than that black sheep.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Division | | | | | * Question 4
5 out of 5 points | | | The twenty-story Carson Building is constructed of concrete blocks. Each and every concrete block in the structure can withstand an earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale. Therefore, the building can withstand an earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Hasty generalization | | | | | * Question 5
5 out of 5 points | | | A line is composed of points. Points have no length. Therefore, a line has no length.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Composition | | | | | * Question 6
5 out of 5 points | | | We know that induction will provide dependable results in the future because it has always worked in the past. Whatever has consistently worked in the past will continue to work in the future, and we know that is true because it has been established by induction.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Circular reasoning | | | | | * Question 7
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