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LOGIC MOCK (2020) - PAPER I
1. Aristotle considered Logic as:
A) An organon
B) A principle
C) A proposition
D) Argument
2. The study of Logic is important because:
A) To validate propositions
B) To enable us to reason
C) To acquire critical thinking skills
D) To construct true arguments
3. The activity of the mind which involves comparing two ideas is known as:
A) Division
B) Judging
C) Simple apprehension
D) Reasoning
4. All of the laws of thought were developed by Aristotle, except:
A) The Law of Identity
B) The Law of Non-Contradiction
C) The Law of Excluded Middle
D) The Law of Sufficient Reason
5. Identify the fields that both deal with thinking:
A) Logic and Law
B) Logic and Psychology
C) Logic and Science
D) Logic and History
6. What type of reasoning is employed when we make judgments about a group of
girls by simply using the character of one of the girls?
A) Deductive reasoning
B) Inductive reasoning
C) Analogical reasoning
D) Reasoning by justification
7. Which function of language is expressed in the statement: "Logic is a sweet
subject"?
A) Cognitive
B) Directory
C) Informative
D) Emotive
8. A term that can serve as the subject of a proposition and that denotes a specific
thing or person is:
A) A common term
B) A singular term
C) A concrete term
D) A contrary term
9. The term "blind" in the statement "Mr. Paul is blind" represents:
A) A negative term
B) A positive term
C) A privative term
D) An abstract term
10. The function of language to cause or prevent action?
A) Directory
B) Expressive
C) Informative
D) Cognitive
11. Which type of definition gives the meaning of a term by stating the genus and the
species to which a thing belongs?
A) Precising
B) Analytical
C) Theoretical
D) Nominal
12. Sort out the definiendum in this statement: "A market is a place where people
buy and sell goods and services."
A) A market
B) A place where people buy and sell
C) Buy and sell goods and services
D) A place to render services
13. A word or words used in explaining a term are known as:
A) Definition
B) Logical division
C) Definiendum
D) Definiens
14. Criticise this definition: "A dog is not a cat."
A) Negative
B) Obscure
C) Extraneous
D) Circular
15. In logical division of a house into parlour, kitchen, and room, the Totum Divisionis
is:
A) Kitchen
B) Room
C) Parlour
D) House
16. An assertion which is capable of being true or false is known as:
A) A phrase
B) A sentence
C) A proposition
D) A statement
17. A proposition which refers to the whole of a class is known as:
A) Particular
B) Universal
C) Affirmative
D) Negative
18. Identify this type of proposition: "If men are drunkards, then they are
irresponsible."
A) A disjunctive proposition
B) A categorical proposition
C) A hypothetical proposition
D) A modal proposition
19. "A few of the tomatoes are unripe" in logical form will be:
A) Some tomatoes are ripe fruits
B) Some tomatoes are not ripe fruits
C) Some tomatoes are not unripe
D) Some of the unripe fruits are not tomatoes
20. Which of the following propositions has both subject terms distributed?
A) "A" and "E"
B) "E" and "O"
C) "I" and "O"
D) "I" and "A"
21. A proposition which asserts that "the members of one class are totally excluded
from another class" is most appropriately known as:
A) Affirmative proposition
B) Universal proposition
C) Negative proposition
D) Particular proposition
22. Which proposition is represented by the symbol "○"?
A) The I-proposition
B) The E-proposition
C) The O-proposition
D) The A-proposition
23. One of the following logicians believed that mathematics could be reduced to
logic notations. Identify him:
A) Aristotle
B) Whitehead
C) Boole
D) Russell
24. The study of symbolic logic is important because:
A) It enables one to gain thinking
B) It permits the use of symbols which is tedious
C) It expresses the logical structure of reasoning
D) It enables one to gain space and time
25. Identify the logical connective for implication:
A) $\cdot$
B) $\sim$
C) $\supset$
D) $\vee$
26. "I will make Heaven (P) if and only if I am prayerful (Q) and humanitarian (R)" is
most appropriately represented as:
A) $P \equiv Q \cdot R$
B) $P \equiv (Q \cdot R)$
C) $(P \equiv Q) \cdot R$
D) $[(P \equiv Q) \cdot R]$
27. Which of the following rules is applicable to Disjunction?
A) $F \vee F = F$
B) $F \cdot T = F$
C) $T \cdot T = T$
D) $T \cdot F = F$
28. Using the variables P and Q, which of the following adequately symbolizes the
statement: "The students worked hard, yet they failed"?
A) $P \cdot \sim Q$
B) $P \equiv Q$
C) $P \supset Q$
D) $P \vee Q$
29. How many columns are required in constructing the truth table for the function: $
(P \cdot Q) \supset (R \vee S)$?
A) Six
B) Eight
C) Four
D) Five
30. To reason from particular cases to general principles:
A) Induction
B) Deduction
C) Intuition
D) Analogy
31. It is the process of reasoning by which the conclusion is drawn from one premise:
A) Immediate inference
B) Inference
C) Opposition
D) Mediate inference
32. Which of the following is true of categorical syllogism?
A) The middle term appears in the conclusion.
B) The middle term appears only in the premises.
C) The middle term appears in all the three premises.
D) The middle term appears only in one premise.
33. Select a pair of opposition relationship below:
A) Obversion and contrariety
B) Subcontrariety and subalternation
C) Subalternation and contraposition
D) Conversion and contradiction
34. The major term in a syllogistic argument is the:
A) Subject of the conclusion
B) Predicate of the conclusion
C) Predicate of the minor premise
D) Subject of the major premise
35. Which fallacy is committed in a syllogistic argument when a conclusion is drawn
from two negative premises?
A) Illicit minor
B) Exclusive premises
C) Illicit major
D) Undistributed middle
36. Determine the figure and mood of this syllogistic argument:
o All M are P
o All S are M
o Therefore, all S are P
A) AAA-1
B) AAA-2
C) AAA-3
D) AAA-4
37. When representing a syllogism on the Venn diagram, the three circles
respectively represent:
A) Middle, minor and major term
B) Middle, major and minor term
C) Major, minor and middle term
D) Minor, major and middle term
38. All of the following except ONE are requirements for putting syllogism into valid
standard form:
A) Determine the conclusion indicator
B) Determine the premise indicator
C) Express the syllogism into standard form
D) Respect the structure of syllogism
39. The obverse of the proposition "No soldiers are weaklings" is:
A) Some soldiers are not non-weaklings
B) All soldiers are non-weaklings
C) No soldiers are non-weaklings
D) Some soldiers are non-weaklings
40. A valid syllogism in which the minor premise is omitted is known as a:
A) First order enthymeme
B) Second order enthymeme
C) Third order enthymeme
D) Fourth order enthymeme
41. A hypothetical syllogism is termed pure when:
A) One or more of its propositions are hypothetical statements
B) One or both of its premises are hypothetical statements
C) All of its propositions are hypothetical statements
D) A majority of its propositions are hypothetical statements
42. A Modus Ponens is a valid mood with:
A) A pure hypothetical syllogism
B) A mixed hypothetical syllogism
C) A disjunctive syllogism
D) An enthymeme
43. Identify the pair below which constitute the types of disjunctive syllogism:
A) Modus Tollendo Ponens and Modus Ponens
B) Modus Tollens and Modus Tollendo Ponens
C) Modus Ponendo Tollens and Modus Ponens
D) Modus Ponendo Tollens and Modus Tollendo Ponens
44. A dilemma is said to be simple when:
A) The conclusion is categorical
B) The conclusion is disjunctive
C) The argument is constructive
D) The argument is destructive
45. What form of dilemma can we derive from a hypothetical proposition that has one
antecedent but two consequents?
A) The simple constructive dilemma
B) The simple destructive dilemma
C) The complex constructive dilemma
D) The complex destructive dilemma
46. All of the following statements are true about the dilemma except:
A) The major premise must be a hypothetical proposition
B) The hypothetical major premise is a compound statement
C) The minor premise must be a disjunctive proposition
D) The conclusion must be a categorical proposition
47. Select the importance of the study of fallacies:
A) Detecting errors in argument
B) Convincing people in arguments
C) Knowing good from bad judgment
D) Misleading people with reasoning
48. A fallacy can aptly be defined as a mistake in:
A) Thinking
B) Reasoning
C) Thought
D) Action
49. "Do you still cheat at exams?" A teacher asked a student who had been brought
to the DISCOM for examination fraud, and the student responds "No, sir." What
fallacy is committed in the student's response?
A) The fallacy of accident
B) The fallacy of complex question
C) The fallacy of petitio principii
D) The fallacy of argumentum ad ignorantiam
50. All of the following are fallacies of relevance, except:
A) The fallacy of attacks against the person
B) The fallacy of false cause
C) The fallacy of Tu Quoque
D) The fallacy of amphiboly
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