Question 32 Those boarding a bus are never required to pass through a security c

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Question 32

Those boarding a bus are never required to pass through a security checkpoint. An airliner is like a bus in the sky. Therefore, those boarding an airliner should not be required to pass through a security checkpoint.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 33

While driving on the freeway a big truck cut me off when it changed lanes. A few days earlier another truck tailgated me, and yet another refused to dim its lights. The conclusion is obvious. Most truckers these days are rude and reckless.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 34

I never eat in restaurants. There s no way to prove they aren t spitting in your food, and so you can conclude that they do spit in it, all the time. If you eat at restaurants a lot, you ve probably eaten someone else s spit.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 35

Yesterday I started up my lawnmower and it immediately started to rain. I never knew starting a lawnmower could make it rain.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 36

Albert Einstein, most renowned physicist and genius of our time, once remarked, "I'm not an atheist. Since even Einstein was not an atheist, we surely must conclude that atheism is false.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 37

If we stand by and let congress pass laws against abusing animals like dogs and cats, then next they will protect cows, pigs, and chickens. Then they ll want to pass laws protecting worms and insects, which will devastate our agricultural industry. This in turn will lead to the starvation of the entire human race.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 38

In the town where I live, it has rained at least once a week as long as I can remember. I m sure that s just the way it is everywhere.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 39

I have carefully inspected the back seat of my car and I found no tigers, nor any evidence of tiger droppings. If there were tigers in my back seat, I would have found them. I therefore conclude that there are no tigers in the back seat of my car.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Question 40

American military records show that 80% of U.S. soldiers know how to clean a gun. So probably, 80% of Americans in general know how to clean a gun.

a.       Appeal to Unqualified Authority

b.       Appeal to Ignorance

c.       Hasty Generalization

d.       False Cause

e.       Slippery Slope

f.        Weak Analogy

g.       No Fallacy

Explanation / Answer

QUESTION 32: f - weak analogy

QUESTION 33: e - slippery slope

QUESTION 34: g - no fallacy

QUESTION 35: d- false cause

QUESTION 36: f - weak analogy

QUESTION 37: c - hasty generalization

QUESTION 38: b - appeal to ignorance

QUESTION 39: g - no fallacy

QUESTION 40: c - hasty generalization

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