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1

What is another way to express "Only birds have feathers" is:
A)All animals with feathers are birds.
B)All birds are animals with feathers.
C)No animals with feathers are birds.
D)No birds are animals with feathers.
E)Some animals with feathers are not birds.
F)Some birds are not animals with feathers.
G)Some birds are animals with feathers.
2

What are the two ways to express "A unless B"? Circle two.
A)Either A or B.
B)A and B.
C)If A then B.
D)If not B then A.
E)If A then not B.
F)Either A or not B.
G)A and not B.
3

What is an example of DeMorgan's laws?
A)"If it rains, then we'll need an umbrella" is equivalent to "Either it does not rain or we'll nee3d an umbrella."
B)Either it rains or it'll snow. It did not rain, therefore it snowed.
C)All ducks are rain-lovers. All rain-lovers are swimmers. So, all ducks are swimmers.
D)"It neither rained nor snowed" is equivalent to "It did not rain and it did not snow."
E)It rained. It did not snow. So, it rained and it did not snow.
4

What is equivalent to "Not both tigers and giraffes have long necks"?
A)Tigers have long necks and giraffes do not have long necks.
B)Tigers do not have long necks and giraffes do have long necks.
C)Neither tigers nor giraffes have long necks.
D)Either tigers or giraffes have long necks.
E)Either tigers do not have long necks or giraffes do not have long necks.
F)Tigers and giraffes do not have long necks.
5

What is a key characteristic of a simple proposition?
A)It contains no contingent claims.
B)It is a contradiction.
C)It is a tautology.
D)It contains no logical connectives.
E)It contains more than two logical connectives.
6

What is the form of transposition?
A)"If A then B" is equivalent to "If B then A."
B)"If A then B" is equivalent to "If not A then not B."
C)"If A then B" is equivalent to "If not B then not A."
D)"If A then B" is equivalent to "Either not A or B."
E)"Only A is B" is equivalent to "If not A then not B."
7

"Not only vegetarians eat carrots" is equivalent to:
A)Some vegetarians are not carrot eaters.
B)Some carrot eaters are not vegetarians.
C)Some vegetarians are carrot eaters.
D)Some carrot eaters are vegetarians.
E)All carrot eaters are vegetarians.
F)All vegetarians are carrot eaters.
8

Another way to express "Water is necessary for the plants to survive" is (circle all):
A)If the plant has water it will survive.
B)Either the plant has water or it will survive.
C)If the plant does not have water it will not survive.
D)IF the plant does not survive then it does not have water.
E)If the plant survives, then it has water.
9

What is a proposition called that is always true:
A)A contingent claim.
B)A contradiction.
C)A valid proposition.
D)A tautology.
E)A deductive proposition.
10

Circle all the examples of a compound proposition:
A)If Ron goes skiing then he'll need a pair of gloves.
B)If Ron goes skiing and gets a new pair of gloves, then he'll be happy.
C)Ron went skiing.
D)Either Ron went skiing or he worked out at the gym.
E)If Ron either goes skiing or works out at the gym, then he'll not make it to the family barbeque.
F)Ron did not go skiing.
11

An example of a conjunction is:
A)Either cats or dogs bark.
B)Both cats and dogs chase mice.
C)If it's a cat, then it is not a dog.
D)Only cats are mice-chasers.
E)Cats are not dogs.
12

An "either/or" proposition is called a:
A)Disjunction
B)Conjunction
C)Conditional claim
D)Hypothetical
E)Contingent claim
F)Tautology
G)Contradiction
13

The antecedent of "If Mike brings his dog, then we'll go hiking" is:
A)Mike
B)His dog
C)We'll go hiking
D)Mike brings his dog
E)If
F)Then
14

What is the quality of this proposition: "Some shoes are slippers."
A)Particular
B)Universal
C)Positive
D)Negative
E)Shoes
F)Slippers.
15

An example of an "O" claim is:
A)Some dogs are not vicious animals.
B)Some dogs are vicious animals.
C)All dogs are vicious animals.
D)No dog is a vicous animals.
E)45% of dogs are vicious animals.
16

What does it mean for two propositions to be contradictories?
A)They are both true.
B)They are complementary.
C)The one is the obverse of the other.
D)They are both false.
E)They are opposite in truth value.
F)They are the same truth value.
17

What is the obverse of "All jurors are citizens"?
A)Some jurors are not citizens.
B)Some jurors are citizens.
C)No juror is a non-citizen.
D)No juror is a citizen.
E)Some jurors are not non-citizens.
18

What characterizes ssubcontraries?
A)They are opposite in truth value.
B)They are the same truth value.
C)They cannot both be true but they could both be false.
D)They cannot both be true.
E)They cannot both be false.
F)They cannot both be false but they could both be true.
19

What is the term "non-surgeons" in relationship to "surgeons"?
A)They are complements.
B)They are contraries.
C)They are subalterns.
D)They are contradictories.
E)They are obverses.
20

If the "A" claim "All angels have wings" is true, what do we know using the Contrary?
A)Some angels do not have wings.
B)Some angels have wings.
C)No angels have wings.
D)All non-angels have non-wings.
E)No angel has non-wings.







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