Am I Logical? - Quiz
  • 1. Valid arguments
A) may not have false conclusion
B) have true premises
C) infer their conclusions
D) may have false conclusions
  • 2. All men are mortal
A) is not a proposition
B) implies there are men
C) is a contradiction
D) implies all men are mortal
  • 3. the argument: if p then q, q, therefore p
A) is sound
B) is invalid
C) is valid
D) is a categorical argument
  • 4. in a valid argument
A) no conclusion may be false
B) if the premises are all true the conclusion must be true
C) all premises are necessarily true
D) no premise may be false
  • 5. there are ___ quantifiers for categorical syllogisms
A) three
B) four
C) two
D) one
  • 6. Some men are swimmers. Some swimmers are Olympic athletes. Some men are Olympic athletes
A) is valid
B) is sound
C) is not a syllogism
D) is invalid
  • 7. "implies" and "infers"
A) are meaningless
B) are interchangeable
C) are equivalent
D) have differing conotations
  • 8. "and/or" is _____ with "or"
A) logically equivalent
B) the converse
C) contradictory
D) opposite
  • 9. logic is the science of
A) implication
B) fallacies
C) thinking
D) truth
  • 10. a proposition
A) may be both true and false
B) is any statement
C) is either true or false
D) is an assertion
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