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The Power of Critical Thinking, Second Canadian Edition: Chapter 04

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) True
b) False

Question 2:


a) True
b) False

Question 3:


a) True
b) False

Question 4:


a) True
b) False

Question 5:


a) True
b) False

Question 6:


a) True
b) False

Question 7:


a) True
b) False

Question 8:


a) True
b) False

Question 9:


a) True
b) False

Question 10:


a) True
b) False

Question 11:


a) impossible.
b) highly probable over the long haul.
c) highly improbable over the long haul.
d) miraculous.

Question 12:


a) omnipresent.
b) stressful.
c) disturbing.
d) fabricated by our minds.

Question 13:


a) infallible.
b) difficult to quantify.
c) not trustworthy.
d) not infallible.

Question 14:


a) checking an expert
b) ignoring the expert.
c) regarding a nonexpert as an expert.
d) regarding an expert as a nonexpert.

Question 15:


a) they are better at judging the information than we are.
b) the information has been checked.
c) they are experts.
d) they have credentials.

Question 16:


a) accepting it.
b) rejecting it.
c) doubting it.
d) rephrasing it.