D265 Critical Thinking Reason and Evidence - Set 1 - Part 2

Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.

Question 21: A student conducts a survey of only freshmen at their school to determine the overall opinion on the cafeteria. Which type of bias might this sample reflect?

Anchoring bias

Confirmation bias

Selection bias

Availability bias

Question 22: Which fallacy is committed when someone argues that because all politicians are corrupt, a specific politician must also be corrupt?

Hasty generalization

Ad hominem

Appeal to authority

Slippery slope

Question 23: A student chooses to believe information from an official-looking website that has tables and statistics, over a simpler site without these features. What should the student do next?

Accept the first site as credible

Verify the credibility of both sites

Ignore the first site completely

Cite the first site in their paper

Question 24: What is a logical response to a source that claims to be the only reliable source of information on a topic?

Accept the source without question

Be skeptical of the source

Trust the source entirely

Cite the source as the only reliable reference

Question 25: A news outlet publishes a correction for incorrect information in a previous report. How does this affect the outlets credibility?

It decreases the outlets credibility

It shows the outlet cares about accuracy

It shows the outlet is not reliable

It shows the outlet lacks editorial standards

Question 26: A student uses the first few search results from a Google search as their primary research sources. What cognitive bias might this reflect?

Selection bias

Anchoring bias

Confirmation bias

Availability bias

Question 27: A person argues that banning smoking in public places will eventually lead to banning all personal freedoms. What fallacy does this represent?

Ad hominem

Appeal to authority

Slippery slope

Post hoc fallacy

Question 28: An athlete trains for 30 hours a week and concludes that all gym members must train for a similar amount of time. What kind of bias is this?

Confirmation bias

Selection bias

Anchoring bias

Hasty generalization

Question 29: Which of the following strategies would be most effective for improving team communication and collaboration?

Implementing strict rules

Encouraging mutual trust

Reducing team meetings

Eliminating accountability

Question 30: A student claims that a class must be easy because they received a high grade on the first test. What kind of reasoning flaw is demonstrated here?

Hasty generalization

Slippery slope

False dilemma

Post hoc fallacy

Question 31: A person believes that just because the stock market dropped after a political speech, the speech caused the drop. What fallacy is this?

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc

Ad hominem

Strawman

Slippery slope

Question 32: An individual selects sources that agree with their personal opinions and ignores those that contradict them. What cognitive bias does this demonstrate?

Availability bias

Confirmation bias

Selection bias

Anchoring bias

Question 33: A team consistently misses deadlines, and the manager decides to assign clear responsibilities to each team member. What management technique is this similar to?

Micromanagement

Participative management

Performance management

Task management

Question 34: A person argues that all large corporations are corrupt because they read about two scandals. What fallacy best describes this reasoning?

False dilemma

Hasty generalization

Ad hominem

Red herring

Question 35: A person refuses to trust any online news sources because they believe most are unreliable. What cognitive bias is this?

Confirmation bias

Selection bias

Availability bias

Anchoring bias

Question 36: A manager decides to delegate more challenging tasks to team members who show potential. Which motivational theory does this strategy align with?

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

Herzbergs Two-Factor Theory

McClellands Theory of Needs

Vrooms Expectancy Theory

Question 37: A student refuses to consider new evidence because it contradicts what they have already learned. What kind of cognitive bias is demonstrated here?

Confirmation bias

Selection bias

Anchoring bias

Availability bias

Question 38: A company decides to improve product quality and customer service. Which change management model would be most appropriate?

Kotters 8-Step Change Model

Lewins Change Management Model

ADKAR Model

McKinsey 7-S Model

Question 39: An individual believes that because they received a good grade on one exam, they will always get good grades. What type of reasoning error is this?

Hasty generalization

Slippery slope

False dilemma

Post hoc fallacy

Question 40: A person argues that because a politician lied once, all politicians must be liars. What fallacy is demonstrated here?

Hasty generalization

Ad hominem

Appeal to authority

Slippery slope

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