Quiz about AdvM Benchmark 1 Review

Question 1

Which of the following is the INVERSE of the statement below?

If an animal is black and white,

then it is a penguin.

Accepted Answer

If an animal is not black and white, then it is not a penguin

Answer

If an animal is a penguin, then it is black and white.

Answer

If an animal is not a penguin, then it is not black and white.

Answer

There is no inverse of the statement.

Question 2

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?

If a species walks on two feet, then

it is human.

Accepted Answer

If a species is not human, then it does not walk on two feet.

Answer

If a species is human, then it walks on two feet.

Answer

If a species does not walk on two feet, then it is not human.

Answer

There is no contrapositive of the statement.

Question 3

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?

If a gem is a ruby, then it is red.

Accepted Answer

If a gem is not red, then it is not a ruby.

Answer

If a gem is not a ruby, then it is not red.

Answer

If a gem is red, then it is a ruby.

Answer

There is no contrapositive statement.

Question 4

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?

If a species is a fish, then it lives in

water.

Accepted Answer

If a species does not live in water, then it is not a fish.

Answer

If a species is not a fish, then it does not live in water.

Answer

If a species lives in water, then it is a fish.

Answer

There is not contrapositive of the statement.

Question 5

Which of the following is the BICONDITIONAL of the statement below?

If there is lightning, then there is thunder.

Accepted Answer

There is lightning if and only if (iff) there is thunder.

Answer

If there is not lightning, then there is not thunder.

Answer

If there is thunder, then there is lightning.

Answer

There is no biconditional statement.

Question 6

This symbol, /\, means?

Accepted Answer

AND

Answer

NOT

Answer

OR

Answer

IF/ THEN

Question 7

This symbol, V, means?

Accepted Answer

OR

Answer

AND

Answer

NOT

Answer

IF AND ONLY IF

Question 8

What type of logic is this table showing:

Accepted Answer

AND

Answer

OR

Answer

IF/ THEN

Question 9

Which of the following set of values would correctly complete this table?

Accepted Answer

T F F F

Answer

T T F F

Answer

T T T F

Answer

F T F T

Question 10

Which of the following combinations of truth values would be correct for this truth table?

Accepted Answer

T T T F

Answer

T F T F

Answer

F T F T

Answer

T F F T

Question 11

Which of the following sets of truth values would correctly complete this truth table?

Accepted Answer

T F T T

Answer

F F F T

Answer

F T T F

Answer

F T F T

Question 12

Which set of truth values would correctly complete this table?

Accepted Answer

F F F T

Answer

T F T F

Answer

F T T T

Answer

F F T T

Question 13

Use the logic condition to find the value of Y:

A or B or C

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 14

Use the logic condition to find the value of X:

A or (B and C)

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 15

Use the logic condition to find the value of W:

not A or B or C

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 16

You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

Accepted Answer

Slippery Slope

Answer

Non Sequitur

Answer

Red herring

Answer

Faulty analogy

Question 17

A very broad claim based on very little evidence

Accepted Answer

Hasty Generalization

Answer

False Causation

Answer

False Dichotomy

Answer

Straw Man

Question 18

You never even finished law school, so why should I trust you to watch my children?

Accepted Answer

Ad Hominem

Answer

Appeal to Nature

Answer

Bandwagon

Answer

Circular Reasoning

Answer

Guilt by Association

Question 19

No one in your family surfs? But I thought you said you lived in California before this.

Accepted Answer

Hasty Generalization

Answer

False Causation

Answer

False Dichotomy

Answer

Straw Man

Question 20

Attacks the arguer instead of the argument

Accepted Answer

Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man

Answer

Slippery slope

Answer

False dilemma

Answer

straw man

Question 21

Assumes that a proposed step will set off a chain of uncontrollable events.

Accepted Answer

slippery slope

Answer

begging the question/circular reasoning

Answer

either or fallacy otherwise called false dilemma

Answer

red herring

Question 22

Teenagers are bad drivers.

Accepted Answer

Hasty generalization

Answer

Bandwagon

Answer

Ad Hominem

Answer

Stacking the deck/Bias

Question 23

Assumes that a proposed step will set off a chain of uncontrollable events.

Accepted Answer

slippery slope

Answer

begging the question/circular reasoning

Answer

either or fallacy otherwise called false dilemma

Answer

red herring

Question 24

There's no way you know this - you're clearly too young to understand!

Accepted Answer

Ad Hominem

Answer

Bandwagoning

Answer

Circular Argument

Answer

False Dilemma

Question 25

Yesterday you were 5 minutes late, today 10, and tomorrow you won't even show up!

Accepted Answer

Slippery Slope

Answer

Ad Hominem

Answer

Circular Argument

Answer

Strawman

Question 26

Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

Accepted Answer

False Dilemma

Answer

Hasty Generalization

Answer

Post Hoc

Answer

Bandwagon Appeals

Question 27

Which is it?

Accepted Answer

Appeal to Tradition

Answer

Ad Hominem

Answer

Slippery Slope

Answer

Either/Or

Question 28

Stating that something should be done a certain way simply because it has been done that way in the past.

Accepted Answer

Appeal to Tradition

Answer

Ad Hominem

Answer

Bandwagon

Answer

False Analogy

Question 29

Stating that only two alternatives exist when there are actually more than two.

Accepted Answer

False Dilemma

Answer

Hasty Generalization

Answer

Oversimplification

Answer

Slippery Slope

Question 30

Assumption that if one thing is allowed, then it will be the first step in a downward spiral.

Accepted Answer

Slippery Slope

Answer

Oversimplification

Answer

Hasty Generalization

Answer

False Dilemma

Question 31

Which graph could be used to indicate a greater increase in the number of books checked out? Why?

Accepted Answer

Bar graph, because it looks like a 100% increase, while the picture graph looks like a smaller increase

Answer

Picture graph, because the bars in the bar graph are appropriate, while the picture graph shows difference in the size of the books

Answer

Both the graphs show greater increase

Answer

They should use a more relevant graph to answer the question

Question 32

Which graph can Paul use to show his aunt that he spends more time on homework than play? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The bar graph, because the bar corresponding to homework is double the size for play

Answer

The circle graph, because each sector in the circle graph is drawn appropriately

Answer

Both of the graphs show 100% more time no homework than play

Answer

We cannot make a determination

Question 33

Ken feels that the bar graph is more appropriate than the picture graph to show the increase in his salary from the 2000 to 2001. Choose a valid reason as to why he is right.

Accepted Answer

The salary in the year 2001 is double that of 2000, which matches the size of the bars in the bar graph.

Answer

Ken is wrong, the picture graph is more appropriate.

Answer

The bars in the graph does not make the difference in the annual income look as large as the picture graph

Answer

The salary in the year 2000 is double that of 2001, which matches the size of the bars in the bar graph

Question 34

The graphs show the number of motorbikes sold each year by a particular automobile dealer. Which one of these graphs is misleading and why?

Accepted Answer

Graph 1 is misleading, because it appears to show a more rapid decrease in sales than graph2 since they did not start the vertical axis (y-axis) at 0

Answer

Graph 2 is misleading, because the vertical scale use there contains multiples of 40.

Answer

Both graphs are correct and not misleading

Answer

We cannot make a determination from these graphs

Question 35

The two graphs show the annual snowfall in a city in the years 2001 and 2002. Which graph gives the impression that the snowfall in the year 2002 is more than twice as much as 2001? Explain why it is misleading .

Accepted Answer

Graph 2 is misleading, because the differences between 2001 and 2002 are exaggerated

Answer

Graph 1 is misleading, because the vertical scale (y-axis) is truncated

Answer

Graph 2 is misleading, because the two bars are not the same size

Answer

Both graphs are correct and aren't misleading

Question 36

The graph represents the scores of four students in an examination. Tell whether the graph is misleading or not and why.

Accepted Answer

Yes, because the vertical (y-axis) does not start at 0

Answer

No, it represents the data clearly

Answer

Yes, because the vertical (y-axis) increases by 5% instead of by 1%

Question 37

Do the two graphs plot the same data?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 38

Why is the graph misleading?

Accepted Answer

Vertical axis (y-axis) does not start at 0

Answer

Uneven values on the vertical axis (y-axis)

Answer

Unequal spacing of lines

Answer

Horizontal axis (x-axis) does not start at 0

Question 39

The graph shows the rainfall in October and November at some location. Is the graph misleading?

Accepted Answer

Yes, because it makes it look like November's rainfall is twice as much as October, but it isn't

Answer

Yes, because the vertical (y-axis) doesn't start at 0

Answer

Yes, because none of the other months are shown

Answer

No, it's not misleading since the vertical (y-axis) zero-break

Question 40

_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has na equal chance of being selected.

Accepted Answer

Random Sample

Answer

Sample

Answer

Population

Answer

Quartile

Question 41

_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.

Accepted Answer

Population

Answer

Sample

Answer

Random Sample

Answer

Quartile

Question 42

A new cable TV station wants to study the viewing habits of households.  The station surveys every household that purchased a new TV within the last 2 years in New York.  Is this random sampling?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 43

A U.S. senator from Maine wants to find out the opinion of the voters in his state on issues concerning education.  The office of the senator sends out a survey to a random sample of registered voters in Maine.  Is this random sampling?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 44

The TV station wants to get the opinion of viewers on the look of a new game-show set.  The station's staff calls random people in the phone book.  Is this biased or unbiased?

Accepted Answer

Unbiased

Answer

Biased

Question 45

A student wants to know which type of pizza the students at his high school prefer. Which option would give a unbiased, representative sample:

Average

Accepted Answer

Asking 10 random students from each homeroom.

Answer

Asking all the students in the hot lunch line.

Answer

Asking every other student who gets off a school bus.

Answer

Asking all the 10th graders.

Question 46

The choir director in a high school wants to know how the students in the school feel about singing. If the director selects 100 girls and 100 boys to complete a survey, which method will result in a biased sample?

Accepted Answer

The students will be selected from the choir

Answer

The students will be selected randomly throughout the school

Answer

The choir director will randomly select five students from each of the forty homerooms in the school

Answer

Every 4th student entering the school that day was selected to survey.

Question 47

A points system is used to determine the winner of this voting method. Voters must also rank the candidates from favorite to least favorite.

Accepted Answer

Borda Count

Answer

Plurality

Answer

Plurality with Elimination

Answer

Pairwise Comparison

Question 48

Determine the BORDA COUNT winner

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

No Borda Count Winner

Question 49

Who is the winner by the Borda Count Method?
*Hint: Borda Method: Award points to candidates based on preference schedule, then declare the winner to be the candidate with the most points.

Accepted Answer

John; 221 votes

Answer

Roger; 207 votes

Answer

Bill; 172 votes

Answer

John; 100

Question 50

What is gerrymandering?

Accepted Answer

the use of redistricting to unfairly disenfranchise specific groups of people.

Answer

a federally governed process designed to ensure equal representation.

Answer

a system of checks and balances used to ensure fairness in the House of Representatives.

Answer

a legal process that helps parties keep power.

Question 51

Gerrymandering is:

Accepted Answer

When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power

Answer

When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population

Answer

When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.

Answer

A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years

Question 52

What is the goal of gerrymandering?

Accepted Answer

To manipulate electoral districts for political advantage.

Answer

To increase voter turnout

Answer

To ensure equal voting rights

Answer

To promote fair representation

Question 53

Which of the following best describes gerrymandering?

Accepted Answer

Manipulating electoral boundaries

Answer

Reducing the voting age

Answer

Increasing voter turnout

Answer

Ensuring equal representation

Question 54

Using only the information that can be ascertained from maps above, how have legislative districts changed from the map on the left to the map on the right

Accepted Answer

There is less evidence of gerrymandering in the map on the right

Answer

There is more evidence of gerrymandering in the map on the right

Answer

The districts are equal in geographic size.

Answer

The legislative districts have stayed the same over the past 20 years

AdvM Benchmark 1 Review

60 questions

Which of the following is the INVERSE of the statement below?
If an animal is black and white,
then it is a penguin.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?
If a species walks on two feet, then
it is human.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?
If a gem is a ruby, then it is red.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?
If a species is a fish, then it lives in
water.

Which of the following is the BICONDITIONAL of the statement below?
If there is lightning, then there is thunder.

If the conditional statement was "If an angle is acute, then it has a measure less than 90°.", which type of statement is the following?
If an angle does not have a measure less than 90°, then it is not acute.

If the conditional statement was "If an angle is acute, then it has a measure less than 90°.", which type of statement is the following?
If an angle has a measure less than 90°, then it is acute.

This symbol, /\, means?

This symbol, V, means?

What type of logic is this table showing:

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AdvM Benchmark 1 Review

60 questions

Which of the following is the INVERSE of the statement below?If an animal is black and white,then it is a penguin.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?If a species walks on two feet, thenit is human.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?If a gem is a ruby, then it is red.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?If a species is a fish, then it lives inwater.

Which of the following is the BICONDITIONAL of the statement below?If there is lightning, then there is thunder.

If the conditional statement was "If an angle is acute, then it has a measure less than 90°.", which type of statement is the following?If an angle does not have a measure less than 90°, then it is not acute.

If the conditional statement was "If an angle is acute, then it has a measure less than 90°.", which type of statement is the following?If an angle has a measure less than 90°, then it is acute.

This symbol, /\, means?

This symbol, V, means?

What type of logic is this table showing:

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Which of the following is the INVERSE of the statement below?
If an animal is black and white,
then it is a penguin.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?
If a species walks on two feet, then
it is human.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?
If a gem is a ruby, then it is red.

Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?
If a species is a fish, then it lives in
water.

Which of the following is the BICONDITIONAL of the statement below?
If there is lightning, then there is thunder.

If the conditional statement was "If an angle is acute, then it has a measure less than 90°.", which type of statement is the following?
If an angle does not have a measure less than 90°, then it is not acute.

If the conditional statement was "If an angle is acute, then it has a measure less than 90°.", which type of statement is the following?
If an angle has a measure less than 90°, then it is acute.