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Logic Premock Examination

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Logic is aptly defined formally as :

a)

The science of critical thinking

b)

Connected thought expressed in words

c)

The science which distinguishes correct form in correct reasoning

d)

Science of argument

2.

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

a)

To win cases in court

b)

To read people’s minds

c)

To reason correctly

d)

To study the process of thinking

3.

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

a)

Deductive

b)

Analogy

c)

Inductive

d)

Analogical

4.

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

a)

Non-contradiction

b)

Excluded middle

c)

Sufficient reason

d)

Identity

5.

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

a)

Reasoning

b)

Simple apprehension

c)

Judging

d)

Inference

6.

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

a)

Idea

b)

Term

c)

Reasoning

d)

Thinking

7.

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

a)

Simulative

b)

Nominal

c)

Analytical

d)

Theoretical

8.

Which of the following is an ostensive definition?

a)

That is a school

b)

A man is a rational animal

c)

Booster bring out the power in you.

d)

Logic means logos

9.

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

a)

Incongruous

b)

Obscured

c)

Extraneous

d)

Negative

10.

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

a)

Stone and citrus

b)

Fruits

c)

Citrus and soft

d)

Fruits nature

11.

Which rule of logical division have been violated in the group of terms; Pots, grater, knife, spoons and beds?

a)

Precise and clear

b)

Complete and inadequate

c)

One principle of division

d)

District

12.

In the expression the school senior prefect convoked the student to the general assembly ground at 4:30pm for an announcement, the term “assembly” is considered as:

a)

Collective term

b)

General term

c)

Common term

d)

Correlative term

13.

The technical meaning or export property of a term is referred to as:

a)

Extension

b)

Intension

c)

Denotation

d)

Connotation

14.

When logic examines the relation between a term and its referent, it is adequately known as:

a)

Linguistic

b)

Semantics

c)

Syntax

d)

Language

15.

Identify from below that which is false of the relation between language and thought:

a)

Language clarifies meaning

b)

Language can contextualise ideas

c)

Language can permit one to express ideas

d)

Language increases vocabulary

16.

The statement “please may I have some water?” most appropriately illustrate which function of language?

a)

Performatory

b)

Cognitive

c)

Emotion

d)

Informative

17.

The term about which the assertion is made in the proposition is adequately called:

a)

Subject term

b)

Predicate term

c)

Infinite term

d)

Correlative term

18.

Identify an assertoric modal position below:

a)

Yes after all, he is a politician

b)

Certainly the dry season begins in November

c)

Well, she may be a man.

d)

A rectangle must have four sides

19.

When a categorical proposition denies class inclusion totally by asserting that the members of the subject class are wholly excluded from the predicate class, it is referred to as:

a)

Universal affirmative

b)

Particular negative

c)

Universal negative

d)

Particular affirmative

20.

class are wholly excluded from the predicate class, it is referred to as:

a)

Universal affirmative

b)

Particular negative

c)

Universal negative

d)

Particular affirmative

21.

The statement “A large number of fishes have scales” can be optimally translated as:

a)

Some fishes are not scally creatures

b)

All fishes are scally creatures

c)

Some fishes are scally creatures

d)

All fishes have scales

22.

Identify a proposition below whose subject and predicate terms are undistributed and distributed respectively is:

a)

All men are husbands

b)

No parents are liars

c)

Some mothers are caring persons

d)

Some kids are not thieves

23.

The proposition no insects are useful creatures “is an example of a:

a)

Universal negative proposition

b)

Universal affirmative proposition

c)

Particular affirmative proposition

d)

Particular negative proposition

24.

Express in its standard form “SP≠O” gives:

a)

All S are P

b)

No S are P

c)

Some S are not P

d)

Some S are P

25.

The following diagram can be interpreted as:

4 lines
26.

The distribution of the subject term is determined by the:

a)

Quantity of the subject term

b)

Quantity of the proposition

c)

Quality of the subject term

d)

Quantity of the proposition

27.

Which of these letters correspond to a proposition whose subject term and predicate term are both undistributed?

a)

I

b)

A

c)

E

d)

O

28.

Which of the following statements illustrate the cognitive function of language?

a)

The 1st of May is labour day

b)

You are handsome

c)

Stop eating in class

d)

Please, bring my phone

29.

The term blindness is defined as:

a)

Private

b)

Positive

c)

Abstract

d)

Negative

30.

Which of the following is true of a proposition?

a)

It is an interrogation

b)

It must be a sentence

c)

It must have truth-value

d)

It must express a wish

31.

The statement every animal is not wild, can be most appropriately translated into the logical form as:

a)

Some animals are not wild

b)

No animals are wild creatures

c)

Some animals are not wild creature

d)

All beats are wild creatures

32.

The proposition, no parent are honest persons, can be adequately symbolized as:

a)

PC≠O

b)

PC=O

c)

PC≠O

d)

PC=O

33.

Which of the following is a hypothetical proposition with the same subject and different predicates?

a)

If Helen is brown, Peter is black

b)

If the dog barks, there is a stranger

c)

If Musa succeeds, he will go to the university

d)

If mama is sick, then the family will have no food

34.

The hypothetical proposition; “If the famers plant early, then their harvest will be good” can best be translated into disjunctive proposition as:

a)

Either the farmers plant early or their harvest will not be good

b)

Either the farmers plant early or their harvest will be good

c)

The harvest will be good either the farmers plant early

d)

The harvest will be good if and only if the farmers plant early

35.

If correctly translate «A majority of civil servant are nurse» will be:

a)

All civil servant are nurses

b)

No civil servant are nurse

c)

Some nurses are civil servant

d)

Some civil servants are not nurse

36.

Which pair of proposition have both subject terms distributed?

a)

E and O

b)

I and O

c)

A and E

d)

I and A

37.

When is a term said to be distributed?

a)

When it is totally represented in the proposition

b)

When it is partially represented in the proposition

c)

When it is totally representative of its class of things

d)

When it is partially representative of its class of things

38.

Which of the following forms of immediate inference are all aspects of opposition:

a)

Sub contrary, inversion, subaltern

b)

Contrariety, contradiction, conversion

c)

Contraposition, obversion, sub contrariety

d)

Contradiction, sub alternation, contrariety

39.

Immediate inference is said to have taken place whenever we logically:

a)

Draw one truth from another truth

b)

Move from a series of proposition to another

c)

Derive a false proposition from a false premise

d)

Infer a true premise from a given premise

40.

Which of the following proposition is the contrary of: All dogs are mammals?

a)

No dogs are mammals

b)

Some dogs are mammals

c)

Some dogs are not mammals

d)

All mammals are dogs

41.

What is the logical relationship existing between the following proposition: No traders are drivers and some traders are drivers?

a)

Contrariety

b)

Sub contrariety

c)

Contradiction

d)

Sub alternation

42.

Which operation of the mind affirms or negate the predicate of a certain subject is referred to as:

a)

Reasoning

b)

Simple apprehension

c)

Apprehension

d)

Judging

43.

The statement “I am Ikukuwaboreh’s child but he is not my father”. Illustrate which law of thought?

a)

Contradiction

b)

Excluded Middle

c)

Identity

d)

Finality

44.

An act of the intellect by which the mind affirms or negate the predicate of a certain subject is referred to as:

a)

Reasoning

b)

Simple Apprehension

c)

Reasoning

d)

Judging

45.

The view that “a thing cannot be what it is and what it is not at the same time” illustrate the view that:

a)

Non contradiction

b)

Identity

c)

Causality

d)

Excluded Middle

46.

The terms husband and wife, justice and peace, slow and steady are adequately considered as:

a)

Common terms

b)

Contradictory terms

c)

Concrete terms

d)

Correlative terms

47.

The statement “baby I love you so much”, is an illustration of which function of language?

a)

Informative

b)

Directive

c)

Expressive

d)

Cognitive

48.

The contradictory of wise is:

a)

Foolish

b)

Intelligent

c)

Unwise

d)

Not wise

49.

All of the following are propositions except one:

a)

Humans eat herbs

b)

Dogs bark

c)

Have a nice day

d)

Men die

50.

The definition of a spinster as “an unmarried woman” is considered to be:

a)

Analytical

b)

Lexical

c)

Theoretical

d)

Simulative

51.

What name is given to the word used to explain the meaning of the symbol being defined?

a)

Definiens

b)

Definiendum

c)

Totum division

d)

Membra Dividentia