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lOMoARcPSD|227893 81 lOMoARcPSD|227893 81 CPO Exam Update 2024 -2025 Questions and Cor rect answers A Graded 1. Major Premise: If a country has a strong economy, the government will be popular. Minor Premise: the government is not popular. Conclusion: Therefore, the country does not have a strong economy. Is this a valid argument? Yes 2. Major Premise: If a country has a strong economy, the government will be popular. Minor Premise: The government is not popular. Conclusion: Therefore, the country does not have a strong economy. What form does this argument take? Denying the consequent 3. Major Premise: If the president commits a criminal act, then he can be impeached. Minor Premise: The president does not commit a criminal act. Conclusion: Therefore, the president cannot be impeached. Is this a valid argument? No 4. Major Premise: If the president commits a criminal act, then he can be impeached. Minor Premise: The president does not commit a criminal act. Conclusion: Therefore, the president cannot be impeached. What form does this argument take? Denying the antecedent 5. Major Premise: If the president commits a criminal act, then he can be impeached. Minor Premise: The president cannot be impeached. Conclusion: Therefore, the president has not committed a criminal act. Is this a valid argument? Yes 6. Major Premise: If the president commits a criminal act, then he can be impeached. Minor Premise: The president cannot be impeached. Conclusion: Therefore, the president has not committed a criminal act. What form does this argument take? Denying the consequent 7. Major Premise: If a country employs proportional representation electoral rules, it will have many parties. Minor Premise: The country does not employ proportional representation electoral rules. Conclusion: Therefore, the country does not have many parties. Is this a valid argument? No 8. Major Premise: If a country employs proportional representation electoral rules, it will have many parties. Minor Premise: The country does not employ proportional representation electoral rules. Conclusion: Therefore, the country does not have many parties. What form does this argument take? Denying the antecedent 9. Major Premise: If Theory T is correct, all rich countries will be democracies. Minor Premise: All rich countries are democracies. Conclusion: Therefore, Theory T is correct. Is this a valid argument? No lOMoARcPSD|227893 81 10. Major Premise: If Theory T is correct, all rich countries will be democracies. Minor Premise: All rich countries are democracies. Conclusion: Therefore, Theory T is correct. What form does this argument take? Affirming the consequent 11. Major Premise: If Theory T is correct, all rich countries will be democracies. If you wanted to demonstrate that theory T was wrong, what would you have to observe? A rich dictatorship 12. Smoking increases the probability of getting cancer. Is this a scientific statement? Yes 13. The sun revolves around the earth. Is this a scientific statement? Yes 14. It always rains in England during the winter. Is this a scientific statement? Yes 15. Education spending increases under left-wing governments. Is this a scientific statement? Yes 16. Iceland is a country. Is this a scientific statement? No 17. Religious faith assures a person a place in the afterlife. Is this a scientific statement? No 18. Democracies are less likely to go to war than dictatorships. Is this a scientific statement? Yes 19. Sometimes it is hard to always know whether a statement is scientific or not. Much depends on how we define certain terms. Consider the following statement. If the Patriot Act is successfully implemented, then the US will not be attacked. Whether this statement is falsifiable depends on how we define "successfully implemented". On the one hand, if we define successful implementation in terms of not being attacked, then this statement becomes tautological or true by definition no observation could falsify it. On the other hand, if we define successful implementation in terms of actually passing the Patriot Act in Congress, then this statement becomes scientific it could be falsified by an attack on the US. Consider the following statement. All mainstream US Senators agree that the House bill is unacceptable. Is this statement scientific if "mainstream" is defined in terms of the acceptability of the House Bill? No 20. Consider the following statement. All mainstream U.S. Senators agree that the House bill is unacceptable . Is this statement scientific if “mainstream” is defined in terms of the ideology of the Senators? Yes 21. Consider the following statement: All good students get high grades . Is this statement scientific if good is defined in terms of a student’s grade? lOMoARcPSD|227893 81 No 22. Consider the following statement: All good students get high grades . Is this statement scientific if “good” is defined in terms of a student’s enthusiasm? Yes 23. Are the conditions shown in capital letters necessary or sufficient to produce the effects shown? If a person contracts measles, then she was EXPOSED TO THE MEASLES VIRUS. Necessary 24. Are the conditions shown in capital letters necessary or sufficient to produce the effects shown? If a DEMOCRACY IS WEALTHY, then it will stay a democracy. Sufficient 25. Are the conditions shown in capital letters necessary or sufficient to produce the effects shown? A country cannot maintain a democratic form of government unless IT HAS A CULTURE THAT PROMOTES CIVIC PARTICIPATION Necessary 26. Are the conditions shown in capital letters necessary or sufficient to produce the effects shown? Countries only have many parties WHEN THEY EMPLOY PROPORTIONAL ELECTORAL RULES. Necessary 27. Are the conditions shown in capital letters necessary or sufficient to produce the effects shown? Countries always have few parties WHEN THEY EMPLOY MAJORITARIAN ELECTORAL RULES. Sufficient 28. A falsifiable statement means that: The statement is potentially testable 29. Scientists never prove that their theories are correct. However, they can: Demonstrate that their theories are logically valid; use empirical evidence to show that their theories are wrong; and claim that some theories have more empirical support than others 30. You can reject a deterministic theory after one counter -example. True or False? True CPO2002 HW #2 1. What is the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium or equilibria of the game shown here?The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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