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    1.

    Is the following argument best


    classified as deductive or inductive?
    I heard lots of barking last night. The
    neighbor’s dog must’ve been pretty
    upset about something, since he
    rarely barks.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    2. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    All dogs bark. Fido is a dog, so he
    barks.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    3. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    On a National Geographic map, no two
    adjacent nations appear shaded with
    the same color. Brazil is shaded green
    on this map, and it is a National
    Geographic map. Only two nations in
    South America are not adjacent to
    Brazil. So at most three South American
    nations on this map are shaded green.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    4. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    The majority rules in the House of
    Representatives. Either the Democrats
    or the Republicans will control the
    House of Representatives. As there are
    an odd number of representatives in the
    House, it follows that there is no way
    there will be a tie in the House of
    Representatives.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    5. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    No book in English begins numbering
    its pages on a left-hand page. This is
    a book in English, therefore it will
    begin its numbering on a right-hand
    page.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    6. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Based on a survey of 2200 randomly
    selected likely voters, 56.2% indicate
    that they will vote for the incumbent
    in the upcoming election. Therefore,
    approximately 56% of the votes in
    the upcoming election will be for the
    incumbent.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    7. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    The overwhelming majority of
    mutations are not beneficial to an
    organism’s survival. So the odds are
    that no mutation is going to give an
    organism super powers.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    8. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Some cookies are burnt. Some burnt
    things are good to eat. So some
    cookies are good to eat.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    9. Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    The telegraph was a technological
    breakthrough that allowed rapid
    communication across vast distances.
    In doing so, it made communities more
    homogeneous and diminished diversity.
    Ultimately, the benefits probably
    outweigh such hard-to-measure costs.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    10.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    All reptiles ever examined are cold-
    blooded. Dinosaurs resemble reptiles
    in many ways. So dinosaurs were
    cold-blooded.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    11.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    All mollusks are invertebrates. Snails
    are mollusks, so snails must be
    invertebrates.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    12.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Jack is taller than Jill. Jill is taller
    than Joey. Therefore, Jack is taller
    than Joey.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    13.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Winners never quit and quitters
    never win. The President quit
    smoking, so he will never win.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    14.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    I shall leave no stone unturned in my
    search for the truth. I am searching
    for the truth in a field with eighty-six
    stones. Thus, I shall turn over the
    eight-six stones in this field.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    15.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Cats routinely kill birds and mice.
    There is a cat, so it almost assuredly
    kills birds and mice.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    16.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Crackers almost always have salt on
    them, so the crackers at this
    restaurant will most likely be salted
    in some way. 
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    17.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    No whale lives in fresh water, and the
    lake is fresh water, so there are no
    whales living there.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    18.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    Rodents all have large, sharp front
    teeth that they use for gnawing. A
    capybara is a rodent, so it too must
    have large, sharp front teeth. 
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    19.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    All dogs bark. Fido is a dog. So Fido
    barks.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive
    20.Is the following argument best
    classified as deductive or inductive?
    It usually takes 2–3 days for a
    delivery to ship from the warehouse
    to your door via most major shipping
    services. You ordered on Tuesday
    morning, so it’s safe to assume your
    package will arrive Thursday or
    Friday.
     a. Deductive
     b. Inductive

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