Reference no: EM133235010
1. Anti-drug campaigns routinely condemn marijuana without acknowledging the various health benefits associated with the plant.
a) Affirming the consequent
b) Stacking the deck
c) Post hoc ergo propter hoc
d) Strawman fallacy
2. My friend identifies himself as someone with left-leaning political views. In an attempt to solidify his beliefs he only views media outlets like MSNBC, and other liberal authors who share his views.
a) Weak analogy
b) Strawman fallacy
c) Ad hominem
d) Confirmation bias
3. My grandfather used to tell me that my professors were lazy pieces of socialist trash who never worked an honest day in their lives. Therefore, I should have ignored my professors and dropped out of college.
a) red herring
b) Confirmation bias
c) Ad hominem
d) Affirming the consequent
My grandfather used to tell me that my professors were lazy pieces of socialist trash who never worked an
4. Cardi B is one of the most popular artists today. She gains new fans every day. Since she is so popular she must be considered one of the greatest musicians of all time.
a) Stacking the deck
b) Bandwagon fallacy
c) Appeal to authority
d) Confirmation bias
5. In the late 1990s Enron was believed to be one of the most successful companies on the market, despite recording excessive profits without generating significant revenue. When outsider analysts tried to press Enron leaders for further information, they were often shunned and treated as stupid. After all, the "talented" upper management could not be wrong.
a) In-group bias fallacy
b) Stacking the deck
c) Equivocation
d) red herring
6. The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels laid out ten interim measures for moving developed countries toward Communism. By the mid 1950s the United States had implemented, in whole or in part, eight of the ten planks. Clearly Communism was poised to take over the United States.
a) Affirming the consequent
b) Equivocation
c) Appeal to pity
d) Post hoc ergo propter hoc
7. During the trial for suspected conspirators in recent terror attacks, prosecutors showed graphic images of people who were burned to death. If convicted, the accused suspects would be executed.
a) Appeal to pity/terror
b) Ad hominem
c) Red herring
d) Equivocation
8. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the Bush administration were accused of torturing suspects accused of terrorism. President Bush responded with denials of using torture and said the CIA "used an alternative set of procedures."
a) Appeal to pity/terror
b) Weak analogy
c) Red herring
d) Equivocation
9. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the Bush administration were accused of torturing suspects accused of terrorism. President Bush responded with denials of using torture and said the CIA "used an alternative set of procedures."
a) Appeal to pity/terror
b) Weak analogy
c) Red herring
d) Equivocation
10. Nazis throughout Germany murdered approximately 6 million Jews. Therefore, all Germans are barbaric people who can't be trusted.
a) Strawman fallacy
b) Weak analogy
c) Appeal to terror
d) Confirmation bias
11. Johnny Got His Gun is a horrific book about the atrocities of trench warfare that no one should read. After all the author, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted and accused of being a Communist.
a) Begging the question
b) Red herring
c) Weak analogy
d) Appeal to authority
12. When the pastor was caught with a prostitute, he replied that a man of God could not be guilty of committing adultery.
a) Begging the question
b) Red herring
c) Stacking the deck
d) Post hoc ergo propter hoc
13. Kansas and Oklahoma are both in the Midwest. Kansas is mostly comprised of small farming communities. Therefore, Oklahoma is mostly comprised of small farming communities, too.
a) Strawman fallacy
b) Weak analogy
c) Equivocation
d) Affirming the consequence
14. Our president wants nationalized health care. Fascists had national health care. Therefore, nationalized health care will make us fascists.
a) Stacking the deck
b) Weak analogy
c) Affirming the consequent
d) Red herring
15. The forensic pathologist testified to the suspect's guilt without having thoroughly read the case files. Based upon the pathologist's credentials, the suspect is probably guilty.
a) Red herring
b) Bandwagon fallacy
c) Appeal to authority
d) Appeal to pity/terror
16. I believe in man-eating hippos, because my Oder cousin told me if I did not obey her, then she would feed me to the hippos.
a) Stacking the deck
b) Genetic fallacy
c) Equivocation
d) red herring