DeVry Chicago ETHC 445 Week 3 Quiz (Graded)

Grade Details – All Questions 1. Question : Inferring a claim based on data is deductive logic, but what happens when the inference circumvents logical reasoning? Student Answer: No one will understand you. A fallacy has been committed. One has proven to be a good logician. One ought to use inductive reasoning. The syllogism is sound. 2. Question : A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him:”Buddy! You gotta buy this car. You’ve seen the commercials where Governor Ahnold is driving this car, haven’t you? You want to be like him, right?”This type of faulty logic is an example of _____. Student Answer: hasty generalization appeal to authority false dilemma false analogy free wheeling 3. Question : Are you for or against the war on terrorism?What fallacy is operating here? Student Answer: Appeal to fear Straw man Circumlocution Appeal to false authority False dilemma 4. Question : All used car salesmen are crooks.One of them sold me a lemon.Beware. Be cautious.What kind of fallacy is operating here? Student Answer: Hasty generalization Appeal to authority Special pleading Ad hominem reasoning Circumlocution 5. Question : Measuring our country’s health by measuring the consumption of petroleumis like measuring a person’s health my how much medical care he or she buys.What kind of fallacy is operating here? Student Answer: Hasty generalization Questionable statistics False analogy Invalid in form Confusing assumptions with facts