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1. Which of the following statements has primarily cognitive meaning?
a. Rowen Atkins’ latest film is irresistibly charming.
b. Flash drives allow data to be transferred from one computer to another.
c. Vera Wang released an outlandish collection in Milan last week.
d. Your brother’s position on euthanasia is ridiculous, to say the least.
e. The state senate’s current session has been a disaster up till now.
2. Which of the following statements expresses a value claim?
a. Military veterans often suffer from psychological traumas.
b. Performance-enhancing drugs continue to plague professional baseball.
c. With global warming, hurricanes in the Caribbean are expected to worsen.
d. As a general rule, a patent goes to the first person to file an application.
e. Let’s face it; torture is wrong no matter how you look at it.
3. Which of the following statements is vague?
a. Frank seems a little off these days.
b. Gold is more expensive, ounce for ounce, than silver.
c. The assailant struck a lumberjack with an ax.
d. All of today’s cell phones contain microchips.
e. Sixty million Americans suffer from insomnia.
4. Which of the following statements is ambiguous?
a. Organic foods are increasing in popularity.
b. Diabetes is detected by testing blood glucose levels.
c. The stolen painting was found by a tree.
d. Surfing is impossible if there are no waves.
e. Justine earns a high salary at her new job.
5. The following dispute:
Harry: I see that the Zena Corporation is really doing well now. It earned $1.4 million last quarter.
Piper: No, you’re quite wrong about that. In fact Zena earned only $1.2 million last quarter.
is best described as:
a. Verbal arising from vagueness.
b. Moral.
c. Verbal arising from ambiguity.
d. Factual.
e. Financial.
6. The following dispute:
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Cindy: I have it on good authority that you lifted your term paper from the Internet. I’m afraid you’re guilty of
plagiarism.
Dave: That’s not plagiarism. It’s true that the original paper came from the Internet, but I changed many of the words
before I handed it in.
is best described as:
a. Verbal arising from vagueness.
b. Academic.
c. Verbal arising from ambiguity.
d. Moral.
e. Factual.
7. Which of the following words is a term?
a. Expressly.
b. Gifted.
c. Because.
d. On the wall.
e. Best player on the team.
8. Which of the following are all denoted by the term “sport”?
a. Gridiron, diamond, court, course.
b. Football, baseball, tennis, golf.
c. Competitive, physical, athletic, recreational.
d. Phil Mickelson, Serena Williams, Tom Brady, Clayton Kershaw.
e. Wealthy, popular, admired, celebrity.
9. Which of the following are all connoted by the term “news anchor”?
a. Microphone, camera, television, radio.
b. Katie Couric, Brooke Baldwin, Brian Williams, Jim Lehrer.
c. Informed, articulate, good looking, well dressed.
d. NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS.
e. Report, predict, speculate, analyze.
10. Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?
a. Lexus, Infinity.
b. New York, Los Angeles.
c. Yard, meter.
d. Wolf, wolf weighing less than two thousand pounds.
e. Tallest mountain on earth, tallest mountain on Mars.
11. Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing intension?
a. Wineglass, glass, drinking vessel, vessel.
b. Vessel, drinking vessel, glass, wineglass.
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c. Drinking vessel, wineglass, glass, vessel.
d. Glass, wineglass, vessel, drinking vessel.
e. Drinking vessel, wineglass, vessel, glass.
12. Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of decreasing extension?
a. Deciduous tree, tree, maple, plant.
b. Plant, tree, deciduous tree, maple.
c. Tree, deciduous tree, maple, plant.
d. Deciduous tree, maple, plant, tree.
e. Maple, deciduous tree, tree, plant.
13. Which of the following are both intensional definitions?
a. Definition by genus and difference, enumerative definition.
b. Definition by genus and difference, definition by subclass.
c. Etymological definition, ostensive definition.
d. Demonstrative definition, synonymous definition.
e. Etymological definition, synonymous definition.
14. Which of the following are both extensional definitions?
a. Etymological definition, enumerative definition.
b. Operational definition, definition by subclass.
c. Definition by genus and difference, synonymous definition.
d. Definition by subclass, demonstrative definition.
e. Demonstrative definition, operational definition.
15. In the definition “‘Hammer’ means a tool used for driving nails” the definiens is:
a. Hammer.
b. Tool.
c. A tool used for driving nails.
d. Nails.
e. Used for driving nails.
16. In the definition “‘Mission’ means a specific task that a person is sent to perform” the definiendum is:
a. A specific task that a person is sent to perform.
b. Mission.
c. Task.
d. Person.
e. Sent to perform.
17. The definition “‘Rat’ means (1) a long-tailed rodent, (2) a scoundrel, (3) an informer” is an example of:
a. A biological definition.
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b. An operational definition.
c. A lexical definition.
d. A stipulative definition.
e. A theoretical definition.
18. The definition “‘Lamp’ means that and that and that” (as you point to a number of lamps) is an example of:
a. An enumerative definition.
b. A precising definition.
c. A definition by subclass.
d. An operational definition.
e. A demonstrative definition.
19. The definition “‘Pantheism’ is a word derived from the Greek words pan, meaning all, and theos, meaning god” is an
example of:
a. An etymological definition.
b. A religious definition.
c. An extensional definition.
d. A definition by genus and difference.
e. A stipulative definition.
20. The definition “‘Physicist’ means someone such as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, or Werner Heisenberg” is an
example of:
a. A synonymous definition.
b. A definition by genus and difference.
c. A definition by subclass.
d. An enumerative definition.
e. A scientific definition.
21. The definition “‘Key’ means an instrument cut to open a lock” is an example of:
a. A synonymous definition.
b. A definition by genus and difference.
c. A stipulative definition.
d. A definition by subclass.
e. A precising definition.
22. The definition “‘Roam’ means wander” is an example of:
a. A legal definition.
b. An ostensive definition.
c. A synonymous definition.
d. An etymological definition.
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23. The definition “‘Weed’ means dandelion, goldenrod, milk thistle, poison ivy, and so on” is an example of:
a. A synonymous definition.
b. A definition by genus and difference.
c. An enumerative definition.
d. A demonstrative definition.
e. A definition by subclass.
24. The definition “‘Vegan’ means a morally conscientious individual who is sensitive to the suffering of animals and who,
as a result, refuses to eat them” is an example of:
a. A persuasive definition.
b. A stipulative definition.
c. A theoretical definition.
d. A lexical definition.
e. A moral definition.
25. The definition “An investor is ‘accredited,’ for SEC purposes, if and only if he/she has a net worth of at least $1
million or an income of $200,000″ is an example of:
a. An operational definition.
b. A lexical definition.
c. A financial definition.
d. A definition by genus and difference.
e. A precising definition.
26. The definition “A basketball is ‘properly inflated’ if and only if it rebounds to 60% of the height from which it is
dropped” is an example of:
a. A persuasive definition.
b. A pneumatic definition.
c. A demonstrative definition.
d. An operational definition.
e. A theoretical definition.
27. The definition “‘Water’ means a molecule composed of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom” is an
example of:
a. A demonstrative definition.
b. A theoretical definition.
c. A persuasive definition.
d. A chemical definition.
e. An operational definition.
28. The definition “‘Cloyster’ means a shellfish that results from crossbreeding a clam with an oyster” is an example of:
a. A lexical definition.
b. A demonstrative definition.
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c. A stipulative definition.
d. A biological definition.
e. An operational definition.
29. In the definition “‘Squire’ means a young man of noble birth who serves a knight” the genus term is:
a. Knight.
b. Squire.
c. Young.
d. Man.
e. A young man of noble birth who serves a knight.
30. In the definition “‘Task’ means a piece of work assigned to a person.” the species term is:
a. Piece.
b. Work.
c. Person.
d. A piece of work assigned to a person.
e. Task.
31. In the definition “‘Faucet’ means a device intended to control the flow of a liquid” the difference word(s) is/are:
a. Intended to control the flow of a liquid.
b. Device.
c. Flow of a liquid.
d. Liquid.
e. Faucet.
32. As a lexical definition, “‘Feminism’ means a socialist antifamily movement created by ugly women to rob men of their
natural entitlements” may be criticized as:
a. Being figurative.
b. Being too narrow.
c. Being affective.
d. Being negative.
e. Being too broad.
33. As a lexical definition, the definition “‘Refrigerator’ means a compartment having one or two doors intended for
storing food” may be criticized as:
a. Being figurative.
b. Failing to convey the essential meaning of the word being defined.
c. Being vague.
d. Being ambiguous.
e. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
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34. As a lexical definition, the definition “‘Keyboard’ means a board with keys” may be criticized as:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being circular.
e. Being vague.
35. As a lexical definition, the definition “‘Pneumonia’ means a disease of the lungs” may be criticized as:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Being too narrow.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being affective.
e. Being obscure.
36. As a lexical definition, “‘Healthy’ means feeling good” may be criticized as:
a. Being vague.
b. Being circular.
c. Being ambiguous.
d. Being figurative.
e. Being negative.
37. As a lexical definition, Kahlil Gibran’s definition of ‘poet’ as “A bird of unearthly excellence who escapes from his
celestial realm and arrives in this world warbling” may be criticized as:
a. Being too narrow.
b. Being figurative.
c. Being obscure.
d. Being too broad.
e. Being negative.
38. As a lexical definition, the definition “‘Practical’ means not being impractical” may be criticized as:
a. Being vague.
b. Being too broad.
c. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
d. Being too narrow.
e. Being negative.
39. As a lexical definition, the definition “‘Chip’ means a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin” may be criticized
as:
a. Being ambiguous.
b. Being vague.
c. Being too broad.
d. Failing to indicate the context to which the definiens pertains.
e. Being too narrow.
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40. As a lexical definition, the definition “‘Lawyer’ means a man licensed to practice law” may be criticized as:
a. Being obscure.
b. Being affective.
c. Being too broad.
d. Being circular.
e. Being too narrow.