Informal Logic

Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct:
Multiple Choice 10 10

Grade Details - All Questions
1. Question : A scientific hypothesis is

Student Answer: a tentative claim to be tested.

a clever remark designed to confuse an audience.

an appeal to radical skepticism.

a valid argument.

Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.

Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments:

2. Question : Karl Popper advocates, as a more efficient way to examine a scientific hypothesis, which of the following?

Student Answer: Gather as much data as possible supporting the hypothesis

Fake the data

Try to show the hypothesis is false

Meditate on what the hypothesis really means

Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.

Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments:

3. Question : One way to disconfirm the scientific hypothesis that chickens cannot fly would be to

Student Answer: ask someone.

look very hard for a chicken that can fly.

simply assert that chickens can fly.

simply assert that chickens cannot fly.

Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.

Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments:

4. Question : A strongly supported claim in science should be regarded as

Student Answer: correct, but something that can always be revised.

necessarily true.

meaningless but fun.

correct, and never needing revision.

Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.

Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments:

5. Question : An inactive substance or simulated medical procedure is called a

Student Answer: placenta.

placebo.

platypus.

pleonasm.

Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in