Question 1

A syllogism is an argument with two premises and a conclusion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

No welfare recipients are NBA all-stars. All welfare recipients are poor. Therefore, no NBA all-stars are poor. This argument is

Accepted Answer

A)  deductive, valid 
B)  deductive, invalid 
C)  inductive, strong 
D)  inductive, weak

Question 3

If a deductive argument has true premises and a false conclusion, then the argument is

Accepted Answer

A)  weak. 
B)  uncogent. 
C)  strong but not necessarily uncogent. 
D)  invalid.

Question 4

An argument in which the conclusion is claimed to follow probably from the premises is

Accepted Answer

A)  implicative. 
B)  inductive. 
C)  deductive. 
D)  none of the above

Question 5

An inductive argument that is strong and has all true premises is

Accepted Answer

A)  sound. 
B)  cogent. 
C)  valid. 
D)  valid but not necessarily sound.

Exam 3: Basic Logical Concepts

A syllogism is an argument with two premises and a conclusion.