Writing and Composition Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Writing and Composition is a foundational course designed to develop students' skills in academic writing, critical thinking, and effective communication. Through the study and practice of various writing forms such as essays, research papers, and reflective pieces students learn to organize ideas coherently, construct logical arguments, and express themselves clearly. Emphasis is placed on the writing process, including brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing, as well as on grammar, style, and citation standards. By engaging with diverse texts and writing tasks, students enhance their ability to analyze information and communicate their insights in both academic and real-world contexts.
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Critical Thinking A Users Manual 1st Edition by Debra Jackson
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Chapter 1: Recognizing Arguments
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Q1) Mark is the newest member of the requisitions department. The requisitions department oversees the purchasing of all goods, services, and capital equipment for the entire company.
A) Argument
B) Explanation
C) Neither an argument nor an explanation
Answer: C
Q2) An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused flight disruptions last weekend. The flights were disrupted because small particles from the ash could cause engine failure.
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Answer: C
Q3) The cost of home computers has dropped because production costs are lower.
A) Argument
B) Explanation
C) Neither an argument nor an explanation
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Analyzing Arguments
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Q1) Fisher Price has initiated a recall of nearly one million character toys manufactured in 2007, including Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer, because the surface paint on the toys may contain excessive amounts of lead.
Answer: This passage contains an explanation. The explanandum is that Fisher Price has initiated a recall of nearly one million character toys manufactured in 2007, including Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer. The explanans is that the surface paint on the Fisher Price toys may contain excessive amounts of lead.
Q2) Using your cell phone while driving is against the law, and I know you don't want to be slapped with a fine.
Answer: P1: Using your cell phone while driving is against the law. P2: You don't want to be fined for using your cell phone while driving. \(\therefore\) You should not use your cell phone while driving.
Issue: Whether you should use your cell phone while driving
Q3) Boxing is not the most dangerous sport. It's not nearly as dangerous as football.
Answer: P: Boxing is not nearly as dangerous as football. \(\therefore\)Boxing is not the most dangerous sport.
Issue: Whether boxing is the most dangerous sport
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Chapter 3: Diagramming Arguments
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Q1) Higher education should increase our ability to be self-reflective. So, it is a good plan to take courses in the humanities. Consequently, taking a course in the history of philosophy is wise.
Answer: 1. Higher education should increase our ability to be self-reflective. So, 2. it is a good plan to take courses in the humanities. Consequently, 3. taking a course in the history of philosophy is wise.
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Q2) Robert said that he will accept the job transfer offer if the company will pay his moving expenses. Given that he just heard that they will pay those expenses, you know what that means, don't you?
Answer: 1. Robert said that he will accept the job transfer offer if the company will pay his moving expenses. Given that 2. he just heard that they will pay those expenses, 3. you know what that means, don't you?
4. Robert will accept the job transfer offer.
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Chapter 4: Detecting Fallacies
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Q1) The pastor of my church is convinced that the Steelers should replace their current quarterback. So, clearly the quarterback has to go.
A) begging the question
B) appeal to ignorance
C) appeal to illegitimate authority
D) ad hominem
E) strawman
F) red herring
G) no fallacy committed
Q2) Has anyone ever proven that soccer players would be protected from head injuries if they wore some kind of helmet? Then it must be true that helmets are unnecessary in soccer.
A) begging the question
B) appeal to ignorance
C) appeal to illegitimate authority
D) ad hominem
E) strawman
F) red herring
G) no fallacy committed
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Chapter 5: Preparing to Evaluate Arguments
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Q1) The U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast will be ready to leave the country at the end of the month if the warring parties have completed the peace negations by the end of January. Inasmuch as the warring parties did complete the peace negations by the end of January, the U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast will be ready to leave the country at the end of the month.
A) categorical argument
B) truth-functional argument
C) analogical argument
D) inductive generalization
E) causal argument
Q2) Learning to think critically is like learning to play the piano. Given that you have to practice a lot to be good at playing the piano, you must practice a lot to be a critical thinker.
A) categorical argument
B) truth-functional argument
C) analogical argument
D) inductive generalization
E) causal argument
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Chapter 6: Evaluating Categorical Arguments
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Q1) The only path to success is through hard work.
Q2) All S are M.
No P are M.
All S are P.
Q3) Only staff officers are majors. Consequently, since staff officers are never privates, a few privates aren't majors.
Q4) Because Felicia is musical, she will be good at mathematics.
Q5) Whenever the phone rings the dog barks.
Q6) All P are M
Some S are M
Some S are P
Q7) School buses are the only vehicles exempt from seatbelt laws. So, a few private vehicles are not exempt from seatbelt laws.
Q8) Educated people have good manners, and no one who has good manners can be selfish.
Q9) Since a few pizzas are Italian foods, and some Italian foods are expensive, a few pizzas are expensive.
Q10) If you don't register, then you can't vote.
Q11) Shakira is a singer. Page 8
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Chapter 7: Evaluating Truth-Functional Arguments
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Q1) If managers plan to give themselves a raise, then they will either raise the pay of the analysts or they will ask for more money from investors. Therefore, since they neither raised the pay of the analysts nor asked for more money from investors, managers must not be planning to give themselves a raise.
Q2) \( \begin{array}{l}A \vee(B \supset C) \\ \frac{B \cdot C}{\therefore A}\end{array} \)
Q3) \( \begin{array}{l}\mathrm{Q} \vee \sim \mathrm{E} \\\underline{ \sim \mathrm{Q}} \\ \therefore \sim \mathrm{E}\end{array} \)
Q4) You can enter the chess tournament only if you are ranked.
A) R \(\lor\) C
B) C \(\lor\) R
C) C \(\sqsupset\) R
D) R \(\sqsupset\) C
Q5) If you are not married and have an infant, then you are sleep deprived. Therefore, you must get plenty of sleep since you are neither unmarried nor have an infant.
Q6) Since we planned to go to either Egypt or Thailand this summer, it's clear that we will be traveling to Thailand. Isn't it still dangerous to travel to Egypt right now?
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Chapter 8: Evaluating Analogical Arguments
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Q1) Start wearing your bicycle helmet! You would never consider riding in a car without a seatbelt, and riding a bicycle without a helmet is like riding in a car without a seatbelt. Both put your life a risk. Moreover, both are illegal.
Q2) All birds have feathers, and all Archaeopteryx dinosaurs have feathers. Therefore, amazingly, all Archaeopteryx dinosaurs are birds. What a concept!
Q3) Some people claim that stretching before exercising is a waste of time. I disagree. No one has proven that's true.
Q4) Which analogical argument is stronger?
A) Oman is a country in the middle east. Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are also countries in the middle east. Since Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are large oil producers, Oman is probably a large oil producer.
B) Oman is a country in the Middle East. Iran and Saudi Arabia are also countries in the Middle East. Since Iran and Saudi Arabia are large oil producers, Oman is probably a large oil producer.
Q5) Octopus defend themselves by ejecting ink from their bodies. We can expect, then, that squid also defend themselves by ejecting ink from their bodies. After all, both octopus and squid are mollusks and have blue blood.
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Chapter 9: Evaluating Inductive Generalizations
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Q1) House Republicans have been arguing that entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare need to be reduced by up to 10%. But is depriving our elderly of all government assistance really what we want to do? I don't think so. These are the people who have sacrificed for us, their children, and they deserve better in their old age.
Q2) Juan wants to join a ski club so he can go skiing. He remembers that when he went to college in Pennsylvania, the college had a ski club. The same was correct when he went to college in Arizona and in Colorado. He reasons that since those other colleges had ski clubs, most colleges will have one, too.
Q3) I've read four novels by Russian authors and each of them was intellectually challenging. This must mean that every Russian novel is intellectually challenging.
Q4) Voters in Dade County, Florida, are opposed to a bill introduced in the U. S. Senate that will relax the trade embargo with Cuba. In a Miami Herald telephone survey of 1150 randomly selected registered voters throughout Dade County, over 75% of respondents said they were opposed to any bill that would change the Cuban trade embargo.
Q5) I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.-Herb Caen
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Chapter 10: Evaluating Causal Arguments
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Q1) I was having trouble comprehending what I was reading for class. I decided to try something different: reading the text aloud. Amazingly, my comprehension was much better. Clearly, reading aloud improved my reading comprehension.
Q2) Three of the students in the residence hall had severe headaches last evening. The cause of the headaches must have been breathing paint fumes, since the only thing they had in common was that each of their rooms had been painted during the day.
Q3) Which causal argument is stronger?
A) The population of frogs in three California counties has declined dramatically in the last decade. Loss of habitat must be the cause, since increased demand for housing has eliminated more than half of the available wetlands in all three counties, and this appears to be the only factor all three have in common.
B) The population of frogs in three California counties has declined dramatically in the last decade. Loss of habitat must be the cause, since increased demand for housing has eliminated more than half of the available wetlands in all three counties, and this appears to be the only factor all three have in common. Only one county is rural, and only two counties have experienced an increase in frog predators.
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