ETHC445 Week 3 Quiz Latest 2017 March

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. You've seen how you either need to drive one of these or take the bus!"

This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.

circumlocution

the ad hominem argument

hasty generalization fallacy

the straw man fallacy

appeal to emotions

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 :

Measuring our country's health by measuring the consumption of petroleum

is like measuring a person's health my how much medical care he or she buys.

What kind of fallacy is operating here?

Hasty generalization

Questionable statistics

False analogy

Invalid in form

Confusing assumptions with facts