Question 1

Which of the following statements expresses a value claim?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima killed over 100,000 people. 
B)  Jobs at Home Depot pay more than jobs at McDonald's. 
C)  Abortion is considered a sin by the Catholic Church. 
D)  Elizabeth Warren is regarded as a progressive by most voters. 
E)  Today's fashions are positively awful. 
A)  Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima killed over 100,000 people. 
B)  Jobs at Home Depot pay more than jobs at McDonald's. 
C)  Abortion is considered a sin by the Catholic Church. 
D)  Elizabeth Warren is regarded as a progressive by most voters. 
E)  Today's fashions are positively awful.

Question 2

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Possible' means anything that is not impossible" may be criticized as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Being too narrow. 
B)  Being too broad. 
C)  Being figurative. 
D)  Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined. 
E)  Being negative. 
A)  Being too narrow. 
B)  Being too broad. 
C)  Being figurative. 
D)  Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined. 
E)  Being negative.

Question 3

In the definition "'Mission' means a specific task that a person is sent to perform" the definiendum is:

Accepted Answer

A)  A specific task that a person is sent to perform. 
B)  Mission. 
C)  Task. 
D)  Person. 
E)  Sent to perform. 
A)  A specific task that a person is sent to perform. 
B)  Mission. 
C)  Task. 
D)  Person. 
E)  Sent to perform.

Question 4

Which of the following are all denoted by the term "novelist"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter, Gone With the Wind. 
B)  Melville, Hawthorne, Mitchell. 
C)  Love story, horror story, adventure story. 
D)  Creative, literary, imaginative. 
E)  Melville, Moby Dick, adventure story. 
A)  Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter, Gone With the Wind. 
B)  Melville, Hawthorne, Mitchell. 
C)  Love story, horror story, adventure story. 
D)  Creative, literary, imaginative. 
E)  Melville, Moby Dick, adventure story.

Question 5

Which of the following are both intensional definitions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Definition by genus and difference, enumerative definition. 
B)  Definition by genus and difference, definition by subclass. 
C)  Etymological definition, ostensive definition. 
D)  Demonstrative definition, synonymous definition. 
E)  Etymological definition, synonymous definition. 
A)  Definition by genus and difference, enumerative definition. 
B)  Definition by genus and difference, definition by subclass. 
C)  Etymological definition, ostensive definition. 
D)  Demonstrative definition, synonymous definition. 
E)  Etymological definition, synonymous definition.

Question 6

The definition "'Physicist' means someone such as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, or Werner Heisenberg" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  A synonymous definition. 
B)  A definition by genus and difference. 
C)  A definition by subclass. 
D)  An enumerative definition. 
E)  A scientific definition. 
A)  A synonymous definition. 
B)  A definition by genus and difference. 
C)  A definition by subclass. 
D)  An enumerative definition. 
E)  A scientific definition.

Question 7

In the definition "'Cloth' means a fabric made by weaving or knitting" the species term is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Weaving. 
B)  Fabric. 
C)  Weaving or knitting. 
D)  Fabric made by weaving or knitting 
E)  Cloth. 
A)  Weaving. 
B)  Fabric. 
C)  Weaving or knitting. 
D)  Fabric made by weaving or knitting 
E)  Cloth.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is ambiguous?

Accepted Answer

A)  The hunter shot a deer standing in the meadow. 
B)  Investing decisions should never be based on fear. 
C)  The new student in the class is quite tall. 
D)  A shadow industry of scammers preys upon aspiring writers. 
E)  The nursing profession has good prospects for job growth. 
A)  The hunter shot a deer standing in the meadow. 
B)  Investing decisions should never be based on fear. 
C)  The new student in the class is quite tall. 
D)  A shadow industry of scammers preys upon aspiring writers. 
E)  The nursing profession has good prospects for job growth.

Question 9

The primary danger of emotively charged words is that they:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cause arguments to be invalid. 
B)  Lead us to confuse premises with conclusion. 
C)  Cause arguments to be unsound. 
D)  Prompt us to leap to unjustified conclusions. 
E)  Incline us to confuse inductive arguments with deductive arguments. 
A)  Cause arguments to be invalid. 
B)  Lead us to confuse premises with conclusion. 
C)  Cause arguments to be unsound. 
D)  Prompt us to leap to unjustified conclusions. 
E)  Incline us to confuse inductive arguments with deductive arguments.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is vague?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States was the first nation to develop nuclear weapons. 
B)  This shirt is made entirely of cotton. 
C)  Joe talked to Tom in his dorm room. 
D)  The water in this pool is quite warm. 
E)  Felicity's birthday is on July 12. 
A)  The United States was the first nation to develop nuclear weapons. 
B)  This shirt is made entirely of cotton. 
C)  Joe talked to Tom in his dorm room. 
D)  The water in this pool is quite warm. 
E)  Felicity's birthday is on July 12.

Question 11

The definition "'Rat' means (1) a long-tailed rodent, (2) a scoundrel, (3) an informer" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  A biological definition. 
B)  An operational definition. 
C)  A lexical definition. 
D)  A stipulative definition. 
E)  A theoretical definition. 
A)  A biological definition. 
B)  An operational definition. 
C)  A lexical definition. 
D)  A stipulative definition. 
E)  A theoretical definition.

Question 12

The definition "'Monster moo' means milk produced by genetically engineered cows" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  A persuasive definition. 
B)  A precising definition. 
C)  A definition by subclass. 
D)  A lexical definition. 
E)  A stipulative definition. 
A)  A persuasive definition. 
B)  A precising definition. 
C)  A definition by subclass. 
D)  A lexical definition. 
E)  A stipulative definition.

Question 13

The definition "'Singer' means someone such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  A demonstrative definition. 
B)  A stipulative definition. 
C)  An enumerative definition. 
D)  A precising definition. 
E)  A definition by subclass. 
A)  A demonstrative definition. 
B)  A stipulative definition. 
C)  An enumerative definition. 
D)  A precising definition. 
E)  A definition by subclass.

Question 14

As a lexical definition, the definition "Sex is the salt of life" may be criticized as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Being too broad. 
B)  Being figurative. 
C)  Being negative. 
D)  Being too narrow. 
E)  Being circular. 
A)  Being too broad. 
B)  Being figurative. 
C)  Being negative. 
D)  Being too narrow. 
E)  Being circular.

Question 15

The definition "A basketball is 'properly inflated' if and only if it rebounds to 60% of the height from which it is dropped" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  A persuasive definition. 
B)  A pneumatic definition. 
C)  A demonstrative definition. 
D)  An operational definition. 
E)  A theoretical definition. 
A)  A persuasive definition. 
B)  A pneumatic definition. 
C)  A demonstrative definition. 
D)  An operational definition. 
E)  A theoretical definition.

Question 16

In the definition "'Gloat' means to indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction" the definiendum is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Indulge. 
B)  Gloat. 
C)  Satisfaction. 
D)  To indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction. 
E)  Malicious or excessive satisfaction. 
A)  Indulge. 
B)  Gloat. 
C)  Satisfaction. 
D)  To indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction. 
E)  Malicious or excessive satisfaction.

Question 17

Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of decreasing extension?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carbonated soft drink, drink, soft drink Pepsi. 
B)  Soft drink, carbonated soft drink, Pepsi, drink. 
C)  Pepsi, carbonated soft drink, soft drink, drink. 
D)  Drink, soft drink, carbonated soft drink, Pepsi. 
E)  Pepsi, drink, carbonated soft drink, soft drink. 
A)  Carbonated soft drink, drink, soft drink Pepsi. 
B)  Soft drink, carbonated soft drink, Pepsi, drink. 
C)  Pepsi, carbonated soft drink, soft drink, drink. 
D)  Drink, soft drink, carbonated soft drink, Pepsi. 
E)  Pepsi, drink, carbonated soft drink, soft drink.

Question 18

Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing intension?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wineglass, glass, drinking vessel, vessel. 
B)  Vessel, drinking vessel, glass, wineglass. 
C)  Drinking vessel, wineglass, glass, vessel. 
D)  Glass, wineglass, vessel, drinking vessel. 
E)  Drinking vessel, wineglass, vessel, glass. 
A)  Wineglass, glass, drinking vessel, vessel. 
B)  Vessel, drinking vessel, glass, wineglass. 
C)  Drinking vessel, wineglass, glass, vessel. 
D)  Glass, wineglass, vessel, drinking vessel. 
E)  Drinking vessel, wineglass, vessel, glass.

Question 19

Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?

Accepted Answer

A)  Actor, actress. 
B)  Elf, gnome. 
C)  Football player, linebacker. 
D)  Professor, instructor. 
E)  Kansas, Nebraska. 
A)  Actor, actress. 
B)  Elf, gnome. 
C)  Football player, linebacker. 
D)  Professor, instructor. 
E)  Kansas, Nebraska.

Question 20

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Soap' means water soluble sodium palmitate" may be criticized as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Being ambiguous. 
B)  Being obscure. 
C)  Being too broad. 
D)  Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined. 
E)  Being vague. 
A)  Being ambiguous. 
B)  Being obscure. 
C)  Being too broad. 
D)  Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined. 
E)  Being vague.

Which of the following statements expresses a value claim?

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Possible' means anything that is not impossible" may be criticized as:

In the definition "'Mission' means a specific task that a person is sent to perform" the definiendum is:

Which of the following are all denoted by the term "novelist"?

Which of the following are both intensional definitions?

The definition "'Physicist' means someone such as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, or Werner Heisenberg" is an example of:

In the definition "'Cloth' means a fabric made by weaving or knitting" the species term is:

Which of the following statements is ambiguous?

The primary danger of emotively charged words is that they:

Which of the following statements is vague?

The definition "'Rat' means (1) a long-tailed rodent, (2) a scoundrel, (3) an informer" is an example of:

The definition "'Monster moo' means milk produced by genetically engineered cows" is an example of:

The definition "'Singer' means someone such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey" is an example of:

As a lexical definition, the definition "Sex is the salt of life" may be criticized as:

The definition "A basketball is 'properly inflated' if and only if it rebounds to 60% of the height from which it is dropped" is an example of:

In the definition "'Gloat' means to indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction" the definiendum is:

Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of decreasing extension?

Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing intension?

Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Soap' means water soluble sodium palmitate" may be criticized as:

Basic Concepts

Informal Fallacies

Categorical Propositions

Categorical Syllogisms

Propositional Logic

Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic

Predicate Logic

Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning

Causality and Mills Methods

Probability

Statistical Reasoning

Hypotheticalscientific Reasoning

Science and Superstition

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Exam 2: Language: Meaning and Definition

Which of the following statements expresses a value claim?

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Possible' means anything that is not impossible" may be criticized as:

In the definition "'Mission' means a specific task that a person is sent to perform" the definiendum is:

Which of the following are all denoted by the term "novelist"?

Which of the following are both intensional definitions?

The definition "'Physicist' means someone such as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, or Werner Heisenberg" is an example of:

In the definition "'Cloth' means a fabric made by weaving or knitting" the species term is:

Which of the following statements is ambiguous?

The primary danger of emotively charged words is that they:

Which of the following statements is vague?

The definition "'Rat' means (1) a long-tailed rodent, (2) a scoundrel, (3) an informer" is an example of:

The definition "'Monster moo' means milk produced by genetically engineered cows" is an example of:

The definition "'Singer' means someone such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey" is an example of:

As a lexical definition, the definition "Sex is the salt of life" may be criticized as:

The definition "A basketball is 'properly inflated' if and only if it rebounds to 60% of the height from which it is dropped" is an example of:

In the definition "'Gloat' means to indulge in malicious or excessive satisfaction" the definiendum is:

Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of decreasing extension?

Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing intension?

Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Soap' means water soluble sodium palmitate" may be criticized as:

Basic Concepts

Informal Fallacies

Categorical Propositions

Categorical Syllogisms

Propositional Logic

Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic

Predicate Logic

Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning

Causality and Mills Methods

Probability

Statistical Reasoning

Hypotheticalscientific Reasoning

Science and Superstition

Filters