Exam 8: Using Accounting Information to Make Managerial Decisions

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Professor Stooler wants to conserve clean air and water. If that doesn't make him a Conservative, I don't know what does.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. This institution is well known for its liberal thinkers. Therefore, each person in this institution is a liberal thinker.

To think that what holds of a group automatically holds of the individuals in the group is known as the fallacy of

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. For sure, if the test drive had gone well, Dwayne would have bought the car. But the test drive did not go very well, so he'll pass up the purchase.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Of course the girl was carrying binoculars! The witness said he saw her with binoculars.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Anybody who is well-informed reads at least one newspaper every day, and Murray reads two newspapers daily. So we can agree that Murray is a well-informed person.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. If you didn't take the final, you didn't pass the course. However, you did take the final. So you passed the course.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. The average family has two-and-a-half children. The Hansons, next door, are an average family, so they must have two-and-a-half children. I don't know, maybe a stepson or something.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Daryl likes to race cars. I bet he will become a professional race car driver rather than something boring like a retail salesperson or office clerk.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. If walking out of class seems right to you, then obviously it's your right to do it.

In the following passage, is an explanation clearly being offered as an excuse or justification? Harry: Mary couldn't make it to the event because she broke her ankle. Sam: Don't try to give excuses for her absence!

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. "Most rich people are old. Therefore, most old people are rich."