Logic Premock Examination

Logic is aptly defined formally as :

• The science of critical thinking

• Connected thought expressed in words

• The science which distinguishes correct form in correct reasoning

• Science of argument

Which of these is the purpose for the study of logic?

• To win cases in court

• To read people’s minds

• To reason correctly

• To study the process of thinking

Identify this type of reasoning “A rat ate the corn” in the bags. It follows that every rat eat corn

• Deductive

• Analogy

• Inductive

• Analogical

Identify the law of thought expressed in the statement «a goat is a goat»

• Non-contradiction

• Excluded middle

• Sufficient reason

• Identity

The activity of the mind where by ideas are formed is known as:

• Reasoning

• Simple apprehension

• Judging

• Inference

The representation of something in the mind is referred to as:

• Idea

• Term

• Reasoning

• Thinking

When one defines a term by stating its genus and species, it is considered as:

• Simulative

• Nominal

• Analytical

• Theoretical

Which of the following is an ostensive definition?

• That is a school

• A man is a rational animal

• Booster bring out the power in you.

• Logic means logos

The definition “a teacher is not a learner” can be considered as

• Incongruous

• Obscured

• Extraneous

• Negative

Fruits are classified according to their nature, thus: soft, fruits, stone fruits and citrus fruits. Identify the Fundamentum division:

• Stone and citrus

• Fruits

• Citrus and soft

• Fruits nature