Reasoning and Argumentation Quiz

What is the fundamental concept of deductive logic?

• Strength

• Weakness

• Soundness

• Validity

Which mode of persuasion appeals to the audience's ethics and the speaker's personal attributes?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• None of the above

• Logos

What type of argument is used to demonstrate or prove a conclusion?

• Inductive

• Deductive

• Causal

• Analogical

What is the primary purpose of an inductive argument?

• To weaken a conclusion

• To support a conclusion

• To demonstrate a conclusion

• To prove a conclusion

Which type of reasoning is intended to provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion?

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Analogical

• Causal

What is the Greek word for 'character' used in the context of rhetorical persuasion?

• Logos

• Pathos

• None of the above

• Ethos

Which type of argument is used to persuade an audience by logical thought, fact, and rationality?

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

• None of the above

What is the term used to denote inductive arguments whose premise makes the conclusion more likely than not?

• Strong

• Weak

• Valid

• Unsound

What is the logic of categorical arguments that relate categories?

• Categorical logic

• Sentential logic

• Propositional logic

• Truth-functional logic

Which type of argument inductively concludes that all or most members of a population have an attribute based on a sample of the population?

• Causal argument

• Argument from analogy

• De-generalizing

• Generalizing from the sample