Directions: Evaluate the
reasoning contained in the brief statements, and select the best answer. Do
not make implausible, superfluous, or incompatible assumptions. Select the
best answer to each question, and mark the corresponding space on the answer
sheet.
7.
All quiet people
are harmless
No harmless people are easily identified
The premises above lead to which of the following conclusions?
A
Quiet people are not easily identified.
B Most people
who are easily identified are harmless.
C No harmless
people are quiet.
D Some easily
identified people are quiet.
EAll quiet
people are easily identified.
8. I don't believe that ambitious people
are good parents. Of course, there are some parents. Of course, there are some
parents who have successful careers and well-raised children. But these
parents are not really ambitious. Were they ambitious, they could not devote
the necessary time and energy to raising their children well.
Which of the following best
explains the flawed reasoning in the author's argument? A
It relies on a word with two different meanings.
B It bases an
absolute conclusion upon relative evidence.
C It assumes
the conclusion.
D It
generalizes from inappropriate specifics.
E It depends on
a false analogy.