PHI 103 QUIZ 3 (6 VERSIONS) | RATED 100%PHI 103 QUIZ 3 VERSION 1 Question 1 1 / 1 pts “This hospital has had a few cases of negative patient outcomes.” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices? Euphemism Hyperbole Proof surrogate Innuendo No device used Question 2 1 / 1 ...
phi 103 quiz 3 version 1 question 1 1 1 pts “this hospital has had a few cases of negative patient outcomes” this statement employs which of the following rhetor
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PHI 103 QUIZ 3
VERSION 1
Question 1
pts
“This hospital has had a few cases of negative patient outcomes.” This statement employs which
of the following rhetorical devices?
Correct!
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Proof surrogate
Innuendo
No device used
Question 2
pts
“She is opposed to universal health care. She must be fine with sick people not being able to get
medical treatment.” This statement commits which of the following fallacies?
Accident
Correct!
Straw man
False dilemma
False cause
None of these
Question 3
pts
,In the _________ argument, if the first event occurs, then another will follow, and it this
happens, then another will follow, and this will be followed by progressively worse outcomes
leading to a most undesirable end. This chain of conditional inferences is fallacious only if one
or more of the chains is false or implausible, or if the indicated end is neither objectionable nor
undesirable.
ad hominem
appeal to popular belief or practice
appeal to authority
Correct!
slippery slope
Question 4
pts
“If you oppose gun control, then you must believe it’s ok for people to kill people all of the
time.” This statement commits which of the following fallacies?
Correct!
Straw man
False cause
Appeal to popular opinion
Appeal to inadequate authority
None of these
Question 5
pts
“Everybody says that candy is bad for you, so it must be.” This reasoning commits which of the
following fallacies?
Accident
Correct!
Appeal to popular opinion
,Appeal to inadequate authority
Argumentum ad librum
None of these
Question 6
pts
In the ______________ fallacy, the flawed reasoning lies in accepting that because most people
believe that X is the case, then it must be true that X is the case.
Ad hominem
Correct!
Appeal to popular opinion
Appeal to authority
Slippery slope
Question 7
pts
“Alien space ships have visited the earth; my friend told me so.” This reasoning commits which
of the following fallacies?
Appeal to fear
Hasty generalization
Correct!
Appeal to inadequate authority
Shifting the burden of proof
None of these
Question 8
pts
“He is a nerd.” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices?
Hyperbole
, Euphemism
Proof surrogate
Correct!
Dysphemism
No device used
Question 9
pts
“I am not going to use personal politics against my opponent, but at least with me you get
someone with good family values!” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical
devices?
Weaseler
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Correct!
Innuendo
No device used
Question 10
pts
Fallacies are __________.
arguments with false conclusions
Correct!
common patterns of reasoning with a high probability of leading to false conclusions
unsound arguments
arguments that are intended to be valid but are actually invalid
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