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WEEK 3 QUIZ ON FALLACIES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John: I think we should hire someone to redesign our website.

Lola: You're saying we should throw our money away on external resources instead of building up our in-house design team? That's going to hurt our company in the long

a)

The Straw Man Fallacy

b)

The Bandwagon Fallacy

c)

The Appeal to Authority Fallacy

d)

The False Dilemma Fallacy

e)

The Hasty Generalization Fallacy

2.

The majority of people believe advertisers should spend more money on billboards, so billboards are objectively the best form of advertisement.

a)

The Straw Man Fallacy

b)

The Bandwagon Fallacy

c)

The Appeal to Authority Fallacy

d)

The False Dilemma Fallacy

e)

The Hasty Generalization Fallacy

3.

Despite the fact that our Q4 numbers are much lower than usual, we should push forward using the same strategy because our CEO Barbara says this is the best approach.

a)

The Straw Man Fallacy

b)

The Bandwagon Fallacy

c)

The Appeal to Authority Fallacy

d)

The False Dilemma Fallacy

e)

The Hasty Generalization Fallacy

4.

We can either agree with Barbara's plan, or just let the project fail. There is no other option.

a)

The Straw Man Fallacy

b)

The Bandwagon Fallacy

c)

The Appeal to Authority Fallacy

d)

The False Dilemma Fallacy

e)

The Hasty Generalization Fallacy

5.

Two members of my team have become more engaged employees after taking public speaking classes. That proves we should have mandatory public speaking classes for the whole company to improve employee engagement.

a)

The Straw Man Fallacy

b)

The Bandwagon Fallacy

c)

The Appeal to Authority Fallacy

d)

The False Dilemma Fallacy

e)

The Hasty Generalization Fallacy

6.

Even though every project Brad has managed in the last two years has run way behind schedule, I still think we can chalk it up to unfortunate circumstances, not his project management skills.

a)

The Slothful Induction Fallacy

b)

The Correlation/Causation Fallacy

c)

The Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy

d)

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

e)

The Middle Ground Fallacy

7.

Our blog views were down in April. We also changed the color of our blog header in April. This means that changing the color of the blog header led to fewer views in April.

a)

The Slothful Induction Fallacy

b)

The Correlation/Causation Fallacy

c)

The Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy

d)

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

e)

The Middle Ground Fallacy

8.

One of our clients doubled their conversions after changing all their landing page text to bright red. Therefore, changing all text to red is a proven way to double conversions.

a)

The Slothful Induction Fallacy

b)

The Correlation/Causation Fallacy

c)

The Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy

d)

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

e)

The Middle Ground Fallacy

9.

Lisa sold her first startup to an influential tech company, so she must be a successful entrepreneur. (She ignores the fact that four of her startups have failed since then.)

a)

The Slothful Induction Fallacy

b)

The Correlation/Causation Fallacy

c)

The Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy

d)

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

e)

The Middle Ground Fallacy

10.

Lola thinks the best way to improve conversions is to redesign the entire company website, but John is firmly against making any changes to the website. Therefore, the best approach is to redesign some portions of the website.

a)

The Slothful Induction Fallacy

b)

The Correlation/Causation Fallacy

c)

The Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy

d)

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

e)

The Middle Ground Fallacy

11.

Barbara believes the marketing agency's office is haunted, since no one has ever proven that it isn't haunted.

a)

The Burden of Proof Fallacy

b)

The Personal Incredulity Fallacy

c)

The "No True Scotsman" Fallacy

d)

The Ad Hominem Fallacy

e)

The Tu Quoque Fallacy

12.

I don't understand how redesigning our website resulted in more conversions, so there must have been another factor at play.

a)

The Burden of Proof Fallacy

b)

The Personal Incredulity Fallacy

c)

The "No True Scotsman" Fallacy

d)

The Ad Hominem Fallacy

e)

The Tu Quoque Fallacy

13.

John: No marketer would ever put two call-to-actions on a single landing page.

Barbara: Lola, a marketer, actually found great success putting two call-to-actions on a single landing page for our last campaign.

John: Well, no true marketer would put two call-to-actions on a single landing page, so Lola must not be a true marketer.

a)

The Burden of Proof Fallacy

b)

The Personal Incredulity Fallacy

c)

The "No True Scotsman" Fallacy

d)

The Ad Hominem Fallacy

e)

The Tu Quoque Fallacy

14.

Barbara: We should review these data sets again just to be sure they’re accurate.

Tim: I figured you would suggest that since you’re a bit slow when it comes to math.

a)

The Burden of Proof Fallacy

b)

The Personal Incredulity Fallacy

c)

The "No True Scotsman" Fallacy

d)

The Ad Hominem Fallacy

e)

The Tu Quoque Fallacy

15.

Lola: I don't think John would be a good fit to manage this project, because he doesn't have a lot of experience with project management.

John: But you don't have a lot of experience in project management either!

a)

The Burden of Proof Fallacy

b)

The Personal Incredulity Fallacy

c)

The "No True Scotsman" Fallacy

d)

The Ad Hominem Fallacy

e)

The Tu Quoque Fallacy