Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

. In propositional logic, we use ________ to represent and clarify the logical relationships among statements.

. The only way for a conditional statement to be false is if ________

. In propositional logic, ________ are symbolized by the ampersand (&).

. Standard practice in logic is to assume the inclusive of the word "or" when dealing with disjunctions, where "or" means ________

. When a tilde (~) appears in front of a statement, it indicates that ________

. "You may have soup, or you may have salad." This is an example of ________

. "You should bring your board games to the party, and you should also bring your playing cards." This is an example of ________

. "LeBron James was not the NBA Finals MVP." This is an example of ________

. The argument form ________ is invalid.

. The argument form ________ is valid.

. Propositional (or truth-functional) logic is like categorical logic in the sense that it only employs two premise arguments.

. Two simple statements joined by a connective to form a compound statement are known as a disjunction.

. It is impossible for a valid argument to have true premises and a false conclusion.

. A truth table can tell us whether an argument is invalid because the table includes every possible combination of truth values.

. If it is true that "You will pass this course only if you pass the final exam," then it is also true that "If you pass this course, then you pass the final exam."

. "And," "but," and "moreover" are terms that can express logical conjunction.

. The words "either" and "neither" usually signal the beginning of a negation.

. A conditional statement is symbolized as ~p.

. Without logic, there would be no computers of any kind.

. Truth tables help us test an argument for validity by allowing us to check if premises are true and a conclusion is false.

. Propositional logic uses symbols to stand for statements and ________

. The symbolization for a conjunction is ________

. In a conditional statement, the first part is the antecedent and the second part is the ________

. In a truth table for a two-variable argument, the first guide column has the following truth values: ________

. In using the short method, your overall goal is to see if you can ________

. The word "unless" is sometimes used in place of "or" to form a disjunction.

. A double negation is the same thing as no negation.

. In a conditional statement, "unless" means "if not" and introduces ________

. "Either disembodied spirits exist, or psychic hoaxes are rampant." This statement is symbolized by ________

. "Mitch Marner is a hockey player, while George Springer is a baseball player." This statement is symbolized by ________

. In the truth table for disjunction, in the column under p v q we write ________

. In the truth table for conditional statements, in the column under p → q write ________

. "Vladdy Guerrero is not a hockey player; moreover, he is not a basketball player." This statement is symbolized by ________

. In a three-variable truth table, there are six rows.

. If just one statement in a conjunction is false, the whole conjunction is still true.

. A negation is the denial of a statement.

. "If the Leafs won, then Matthews scored." This statement is an example of a disjunctive statement.

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