DeVry ETHC445 Week 3 Quiz latest october 2016

Question 1. Question :

Inductive reasoning falls into fallacy when which of the following happens?

Hasty generalizations are made

One tries to deduce a conclusion from false premises

One has a large enough sample set of data on which to base inductions

Data cannot support the claims made for the logical reasoning

One tries to work out syllogisms

Question 2. Question :

A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him:

"Buddy! You gotta buy this car. Please! If you don't buy it, my boss will fire me!"

This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.

: the ad hominem argument

the hasty generalization fallacy

the straw man fallacy

emotional appeal to popularity

special pleading

Question 3. Question :

Do you have only a few select friends or a large circle of friends?

What fallacy is operating here?

Straw man

Appeal to fear

Ad hominem

False dilemma

Questionable statistics

Question 4. Question :

All those old people are cheap.

They never give me a fair tip when I park their cars in the valet parking lot.

What kind of fallacy is operating here?

Straw man

Appeal to fear

Hasty generalization

Questionable statistics

Slippery slope

Question 5. Question :

If a ban on issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens is a violation of civil rights,

then a ban on issuing drivers licenses to blind people is also a violation of civil rights.

What kind of fallacy is operating here?

Red herring

Appeal to authority

False analogy

Ad hominem

Special pleading