Chapter 06 Level 2 Quiz

. A universal negative statement is designated by the letter ________.

E

I

O

A

. A particular negative statement is designated by the letter ________.

I

O

A

E

. In an A-statement, the words "only" and "only if" precede the ________.

subject term

predicate term

negative term

quantifier term

. A syllogism is a deductive argument made up of ________.

three statements: two premises and a conclusion

four statements: three premises and a conclusion

two universal statements and one particular statement

a conclusion and two affirmative premises

. A categorical syllogism has ________.

exactly three terms, with each one appearing three times in the argument

exactly three terms, with each one appearing once in the argument

exactly three terms, with each one appearing twice in the argument

exactly two terms, with each one appearing three times in the argument

. The easiest way to check the validity of a categorical syllogism is to ________.

draw a four-circle Venn diagram

create a truth table

draw a three-circle Venn diagram

draw a two-circle Venn diagram

. Categorical statements are statements about ________.

other statements

complex assertions

classes of assertions

classes of things

. An O-statement has the form ________.

No S are P

Some S are not P

All S are not P

All S are P

. An A-statement has the form ________.

All S are P

No S are P

Some S are not P

All S are not P

. An I-statement has the form ________.

No S are P

Some S are not P

Some S are P

All S are P

. An E statement has the form ________.

No S are P

Some S are not P

Some S are P

All S are P

. A universal affirmative statement is designated by the letter ________.

E

I

O

A

. A particular affirmative statement is designated by the letter ________.

E

I

O

A

. "Justin Bieber is a Canadian pop artist." This is an example of ________.

an E-statement

an I-Statement

an O-statement

a singular statement

. An example of a standard form quantifier is ________.

whoever

not a single

every

no

. "Almost all Canadians are coffee drinkers." The proper translation of this statement into standard form is ________.

All Canadians are coffee drinkers

Some Canadians drink coffee

Some Canadians are coffee drinkers

Some Canadians are not coffee drinkers

. If a categorical syllogism is valid, its diagram should reflect what the conclusion asserts.

True

False

. "Some S are not P" is an I-statement.

True

False

. The copula is always either "are" or "are not."

True

False

. In categorical statements, "some" means "at least two."

True

False

. A particular negative statement is designated by the letter O.

True

False

. An A-statement has the form All S are P.

True

False

. "Only if something has a back beat is it real rock and roll." The form of this statement is E.

True

False

. In a standard form categorical statement, the subject term comes immediately after the quantifier.

True

False

. In an A-statement, the words "the only" come after the subject term.

True

False

. In categorical statements, "some" means "at least one."

True

False

. A categorical syllogism has three premises.

True

False

. Each categorical statement has both a subject term and a predicate term.

True

False

. When we say that a categorical statement is either affirmative or negative, we are talking about its quantity.

True

False

. In a categorical syllogism, the predicate term for the whole argument is the predicate term in the conclusion.

True

False

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