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Logic, baby!

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Person 1: Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation.

Person 2: We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians.

a)

Band Wagon

b)

Either/Or

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Straw Man

2.

People either like coffee or hate it.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Either/Or

c)

Red herring

d)

Band Wagon

3.

I am voting Mr. Green for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.

a)

A terrible idea

b)

Straw Man

c)

Bandwagon Appeal

d)

Appeal to False Authority

4.

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.

a)

Non Sequitur

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Red herring

d)

Faulty analogy

5.

I saw Vinnie the the Thumb in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Either/Or

d)

Appeal to False Authority

6.

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

a)

appeal to nature

b)

ad hominem

c)

non sequitur

d)

bandwagon fallacy

7.

When a source is viewed negatively because of its connection with another person or group.

a)

straw man argument

b)

ad hominem

c)

bandwagon fallacy

d)

guilt by association

8.

An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.

a)

straw man argument

b)

false causation

c)

red herring

d)

hasty generalization

9.

The belief or suggestion that something natural is always better than unnatural.

a)

circular reasoning

b)

bandwagon fallacy

c)

red herring

d)

appeal to nature

10.

"I had a bad teacher once; therefore, all teachers must be bad."

a)

straw man argument

b)

ad hominem

c)

bandwagon fallacy

d)

guilt by association

11.

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

a)

Appeal to False Authority

b)

Either/ Or

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Slippery Slope

12.

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Sentimental Appeal

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Ad Hominem

13.
 Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of 
a)
Argument from Authority
b)
The Bandwagon Fallacy
c)
An Ad Hominem attack
d)
The Slippery Slope Fallacy
14.

"Good morning! Have you gotten over the grouchy mood you were in?"

a)

Loaded question

b)

Ad hominem

c)

False dilemma

d)

False analogy

15.

What is a logical fallacy?

a)

An argument with a premise and a conclusion

b)

An argument that contains a non-statement

c)

An argument that contains mistake in reasoning

d)

Sorry sir, please slap me

16.
Bias is 
a)
writing something so that it portrays someone or something in a positive or negative way.
b)

Thinking about thinking critically

c)

Thinking about the way things might work when you are older

17.
An opinion is 
a)
something that can be proven.
b)
always based on facts
c)
a view or judgement about something
18.
An ad hominem attack
a)
is a very effective debate strategy
b)
goes after a person's argument.
c)
is always against a popular idea.
d)
is an attack on the person, not the argument 
19.
He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.
a)
ad hominem
b)
bandwagon appeal
c)
either-or fallacy
d)
hasty generalization
20.

______________ _________ is the tendency to seek out information that confirms pre-existing beliefs.

a)

Framing Effect

b)

Confirmation Bias

c)

Selective Attention

d)

Congruence Bias

21.
Attractive people are more likely to be hired for a position that has nothing to do with their looks. This is due to which cognitive bias?
a)
Sunk cost fallacy
b)
Halo affect
c)
Availability heuristic 
d)
Confirmation bias
22.

Even though no one has ever gotten a lead in the school play their Freshman year, Nick knows that he has a special level of talent, and is bound to get the lead role.

a)

Anchoring Bias

b)

Attentional Bias

c)

Self-Serving Bias

d)

Optimism Bias

23.
The tendency to believe that a random act can influence the outcome of a future event is known as...
a)
Confirmation Bias
b)
Gambler's Fallacy
c)
Clustering Illusion
d)
Wishful Thinking