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Question: Choose the best answer.
Don’t drive over the speed limit. It’s against the law. You don’t want a speeding ticket.
Which of the following claims represents the conclusion of this argument?

       Driving over the speed limit is against the law.
       You don’t want a speeding ticket.
       You should not drive over the speed limit.

Question: Choose the best answer.
Healthy. Delicious. Drink Ovaltine!
Which of the following claims represents the implied conclusion of this argument?

       Ovaltine is healthy.
       Ovaltine is delicious
       You should drink Ovaltine.
       None; this is not an argument.

Question: Identify the kind of argument.
Using a lemon when cooking is like using a lime. Given that limes can be added to bland foods to give them some zest, lemons, too, will give zest to bland foods.

       Analogical argument
       Categorical argument
       Truth-functional argument
       Causal argument

Question: Identify the kind of argument.
Unemployment is probably rising throughout most California counties, for the reason that it has been rising in Kern and Los Angeles counties.

Truth-functional argument
       Analogical argument
Categorical argument
       Inductive generalization

Question: Relate to the proper terminology.
What evaluative language should you use for categorical arguments?

       Valid/invalid; cogent/uncogent
       Valid/invalid; sound/unsound
       Strong/weak; cogent/uncogent
       Strong/weak; sound/unsound

Question:Select the answer that represents the proper standard form for the following statement.
Whenever the phone rings, the dog barks.

       All times that the dog barks are times the phone rings.
       All times that the phone rings are times that the dog barks.
       Some of the times the phone rings are times that the dog barks.

Help with the ones you can. Thank you.

Question: Choose the best answer.
Don’t drive over the speed limit. It’s against the law. You don’t want a speeding ticket.
Which of the following claims represents the conclusion of this argument?

       Driving over the speed limit is against the law.
       You don’t want a speeding ticket.
       You should not drive over the speed limit.

Explanation / Answer

Don’t drive over the speed limit. It’s against the law. You don’t want a speeding ticket.

The conclusion is You should not drive over the speed limit.

Healthy. Delicious. Drink Ovaltine!

The implied conclusion is You should drink Ovaltine.

Unemployment is probably rising throughout most California counties, for the reason that it has been rising in Kern and Los Angeles counties.

Since Los Angeles and Kern are specific examples and a generalization is drawn, this is Inductive generalization.

Whenever the phone rings, the dog barks. The proper standard form is All times that the phone rings are times that the dog barks.

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