Logic and Reasoning Vocab Quiz

What do you call a statement that is formed by connecting two statements with the word "and"?

• Disjunction

• Conjunction

• Negation

• Converse

What is the name for a statement that is formed by connecting two statements with the word "or"?

• Disjunction

• Conjunction

• Biconditional

• Inverse

• Biconditional

• Conditional statement

• Converse

• Contrapositive

• Biconditional

• Inverse

• Disjunction

• Negation

What is the term for a statement that is made by denying (using the word "not") a part of the original statement?

• Negation

• Converse

• Contrapositive

• Conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which reasoning process looks for patterns in specific examples to make general conclusions?

• Deductive reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

• Law of Detachment

• Law of Syllogism

What is the form of a conditional statement where the hypothesis and conclusion are switched?

• Converse

• Contrapositive

• Inverse

• Negation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What do you call an unproven rule or idea that appears to be true but has not yet been proven?

• Counterexample

• Conjecture

• Converse

• Inverse

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is an example that shows a statement is false?

• Converse

• Counterexample

• Contrapositive

• Biconditional

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the form of a conditional statement where the hypothesis and conclusion are both negated and switched?

• Converse

• Contrapositive

• Inverse

• Negation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D