Exam 7: Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "My brother told me it is unwise to buy that phone. Therefore, that phone is bad."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. No, I don't think I believe in "three strikes and you're out" for convicted felons. Next thing it will be two strikes, then one strike. Then we'll be sticking people in jail for life for misdemeanors. It's not good policy.

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Hey, it works! After I sprinkled Arm and Hammer around the sink, the ants disappeared."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Well I'll be! Look at the great gas mileage we got on this trip! Not a whole lot better than usual, but still nothing to sneeze at. Shows you what a tune-up will do."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Toads do cause warts. People have known that for centuries.

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. From a letter to the editor: "The news media can never be trusted. Shortly before the Geneva summit, the Washington Post decided that a news scoop concerning a confidential letter from the secretary of defense to the president was more important news than a coordinated posture by our negotiating team."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. From an ad for APC (a power supply brand): 30 million computer users don't trust the power grid. They do trust AP C.Shouldn't you?

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Shoot, millions of people sunbathe. It can't hurt you."

"They say Japanese carmakers put out the best cars in the world, all things considered. But that can't be right-the Toyota I bought last year had to be returned to the shop five times!" This is

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "It was a mistake giving the Oscar to Daniel Day-Lewis. A survey the very next day showed more people thought Ben Affleck deserved it."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Yawns are contagious. Ask anyone."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "My kindergarten class seemed unusually antsy today. I wonder if they were all on a sugar high."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. Housing is far too expensive in this country. Why, the median price of a home in most of California is now over $350 ,000.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Sure, driving after you've been drinking can get you into trouble with the law, but if you're careful I don't think there's anything wrong with it. After all, everyone does it, right?

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Seals are dying at an unprecedented rate at the very same time ocean temperatures are rising. They are being killed by global warming."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "A lot more people are near-sighted these days. Check out those kids over there on their computers. They all wear glasses."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "When I fell off my bike in that city, no one around offered to help. I guess everyone in that city is unfriendly."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "The Constitution doesn't give you the right to own grenade launchers; therefore it doesn't give you the right to own assault rifles."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. "Paranoia is rampant in Chico again. The latest lie is that wood stove and fireplace burning is extremely detrimental to your health. People, stop being so gullible and think hard, look at all the locals that have lived here all their lives-some well into their 90s. They, as well as all humans for the last 6,000 years have lived with wood smoke. Our locals in addition have grown up during the rice burning and smudge pot years. Why don't you wood burning-a-phobics worry about how fat and sanitary you and your children are. Your alcohol use and your SUVs are polluting the air daily, not just during the winter months. All those things are the real killers of today's society."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "He says health care in England stinks. He should know. He speaks with an English accent."