Description : Modus tollens is also known as________. A) Constructive hypothetical syllogism B) Constructive dilemma C) Destructive dilemma D) Destructive hypothetical syllogism.
Last Answer : D) Destructive hypothetical syllogism.
Description : A hypothetical syllogism is also called______ A) Conjunctive syllogism B) Disjunctive syllogism C) Categorical syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : A) Conjunctive syllogism
Description : A Dilemma is a ________ syllogism. A) mixed B) categorical C) hypothetical D) disjunctive.
Last Answer : A) mixed
Description : A ___________ is a mixed syllogism whose major premise is a disjunctive propositions and whose minor premise and conclusion are categorical propositions. A) Categorical syllogism B) Hypothetical syllogism C) Disjunctive syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : C) Disjunctive syllogism
Description : A syllogism in which the major premise is a hypothetical proposition, the minor and the conclusion are categorical propositions is a_______. A) Categorical syllogism B) Hypothetical syllogism C) Disjunctive syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : B) Hypothetical syllogism
Description : ________ is a statement of relation between two terms. A) Proposition B) Denotation C) Syllogism D) Dilemma
Last Answer : A) Proposition
Description : A dilemma is ________ when disjunctive minor premise denies the consequents of the major premise A) constructive B) destructive C) subjective D) objective
Last Answer : B) destructive
Description : A dilemma is ________ when disjunctive minor premise affirms the antecedents of the major premise A) constructive B) destructive C) objective D) subjective.
Last Answer : A) constructive
Description : A syllogism consists of _______ terms. A) five B) two C) three D) four.
Last Answer : C) three
Description : There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. A) two B) three C) four D) five.
Last Answer : C) four
Description : __________ fallacy occurs when a term is used in two different meanings in the syllogism. A) Undistribute middle B) Two negative premises C) Equivocation D) Illicit major.
Last Answer : C) Equivocation
Description : “All animals are mortal All men are animals Therefore all men are mortal.” _________ is the major term of the above syllogism. A) Mortal B) Men C) Animals D) Are.
Last Answer : A) Mortal
Description : The violation of the rules of a disjunctive syllogism commits the fallacy of ________. A) Illicit major B) Illicit minor C) Improper disjunction D) Ambiguous major
Last Answer : C) Improper disjunction
Description : A _________ is a form of syllogism determined by the qulity and quantity of the three constituent propositions. A) Mood B) Figure C) Middle termed D) Conclusion.
Last Answer : A) Mood
Description : The form of the syllogism as determined by the position of the middle term is A) Figure B) Mood C) Quality D) Quantity.
Last Answer : A) Figure
Description : “ All donkeys are animals. All monkeys are animals. Therefore all monkeys are donkeys”. The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is A) Ambiguous major B) Ambiguous minor C) Ambiguous middle D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : D) Undistributed middle.
Description : “ Food is indispensable to life. Plantain is a food. Therefore plantain is indispensable to life.” The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is A) Ambiguous major B) Ambiguous minor C) Ambiguous middle D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : C) Ambiguous middle
Description : ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when in a syllogism the minor term means one thing in the minor premise and quite another in the conclusion. A) Fallacy of ambiguous major B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor C) Fallacy of ambiguous middle D) Fallacy of undistributed middle.
Last Answer : B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor
Description : ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when a syllogism uses its major term in one sense in the premise and in a different sense in the conclusion. A) Fallacy of ambiguous major B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor C) Fallacy of ambiguous middle D) Fallacy of undistributed middle
Last Answer : A) Fallacy of ambiguous major
Description : “B is a friend of C. A is a friend of B. Therefore A is a friend of C.” The above syllogism commits the fallacy of__________. A) quarterino-terminorum B) ambiguous major C) ambiguous minor D) equivocation.
Last Answer : A) quarterino-terminorum
Description : Each term occurs ______ in the syllogism. A) once B) twice C) thrice D) four times.
Last Answer : B) twice
Description : A syllogism is form of mediate _________ inference. A) deductive B) inductive C) intuitive D) fallacious.
Last Answer : A) deductive
Description : A syllogism is a form of ___________ inference. A) mediate B) immediate C) intuitive D) inductive.
Last Answer : A) mediate
Description : Truth or Falsehood may be predicated of --------. A) arguments B) inferences C) propositions D) syllogism
Last Answer : C) propositions
Description : What is the process of capturing the inference process as a single inference rule? a) Ponens b) Clauses c) Generalized Modus Ponens d) Variables
Last Answer : c) Generalized Modus Ponens
Description : In order to utilize generalized Modus Ponens, all sentences in the KB must be in the form of Horn sentences. a) True b) False
Last Answer : a) True
Description : Which are more suitable normal form to be used with definite clause? a) Positive literal b) Negative literal c) Generalized modus ponens d) Neutral literal
Last Answer : c) Generalized modus ponens
Description : From which rule does the modus ponens are derived? a) Inference rule b) Module rule c) Both Inference & Module rule d) None of the mentioned
Last Answer : a) Inference rule
Description : Define Modus Ponen’s rule in Propositional logic?
Last Answer : The standard patterns of inference that can be applied to derive chains of conclusions that lead to the desired goal is said to be Modus Ponen’s rule.
Description : A dilemma is complex when the conclusion is __________ proposition. A) implicative B) categorical C) disjunctive D) negative
Last Answer : C) disjunctive
Description : A dilemma is simple when the conclusion is__________ proposition. A) disjunctive B) implicative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : D) categorical
Description : That proposition in which the quantity of the subject is not stated clearly but left vague is called______________. A) Dilemma B) Fallacy C) Indefinite D) False.
Last Answer : C) Indefinite
Description : A valid deductive argument with true premises is called a ------ argument. A) sound B) unsound C) fallacious D) dilemma.
Last Answer : A) sound
Description : That cannot advance beyond the scope of its premises is A) Induction B) Material logic C) Deduction D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : C) Deduction
Description : The function of suggesting qualities possessed by the objects is known as _______. A) Evaluating B) Denoting C) Connoting D) Meaning
Last Answer : C) Connoting
Description : Inductive logic is also known as A) Formal logic B) Model logic C) Material logic D) Sentential logic
Last Answer : C) Material logic
Description : Deductive logic is also known as A) Intuitive logic B) Material logic C) Formal logic D) Scientific logic.
Last Answer : C) Formal logic
Description : If one of the contradictories is true the other must be _______. A) true B) false C) doubtful D) neither true nor false
Last Answer : B) false
Description : Universal or Particular is the classification of the propositions on the basis of _______. A) Quantity B) Quality C) Validity D) Truth.
Last Answer : A) Quantity
Description : The proposition “if you work hard you will succeed “ – is an example for _______ proposition. A) Categorical B) Conditional C) Negative D) Emotive
Last Answer : B) Conditional
Description : In a categorical proposition the predicate is either affirmed or denied _______ of the subject A) Unconditionally B) Conditionally C) Emotionally D) Fallaciously
Last Answer : A) Unconditionally
Description : Connotation is the same as _______. A) Intension B) Extension C) Value D) Meaning
Last Answer : A) Intension
Description : Denotation is the same as _______. A) Extension B) Intension C) Value D) Meaning
Last Answer : A) Extension
Description : The sum total of the objects to which the term can be applied is its _______. A) Connotation B) Denotation C) Meaning D) Function
Last Answer : Denotation
Description : Both premises and conclusion of an argument are _______. A) Commands B) Propositions C) Exclamations D) Questions.
Last Answer : B) Propositions
Description : A normative science is also called ------------ science. A) Natural B) descriptive C) Positive D) Evaluative.
Last Answer : D) Evaluative.
Description : How would you handle this hypothetical dilemma?
Last Answer : I guess I would just throw in the towel and join my homeless friends.
Description : If one premise is particular the conclusion must be_________. A) Universal B) Negative C) Affirmative D) Particular.
Last Answer : D) Particular.
Description : From two ________ premises no conclusion is possible. A) universal B) affirmative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : C) negative
Description : Two_______ premises yield no valid conclusion. A) universal B) particular C) affirmative D) categorical.
Last Answer : B) particular