Week 4 Quiz Review for GEN499 General Education Capstone

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 1/17 Week 4 - Quiz Due Jan 30, 2023 at 11:59pm Points 25 Questions 25 Time Limit 775 Minutes Allowed Attempts 2 This quiz is no longer available as the course has been concluded. Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 76 minutes 22 out of 25 Score for this attempt: 22 out of 25 Submitted Jan 28, 2023 at 4:38pm This attempt took 76 minutes. 1 / 1 pts Question 1 <21{1[1(01)01]}> Since Jessica’s participation in local politics increased significantly after she joined her school’s political science club, it is clear that her involvement in that club led her to take an interest in politics. The argument above is flawed because: it doesn’t say which political issues Jessica is interested in. it states that the only purpose of the political science club is to spark an interest in politics. it misuses the word “significantly.”

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 2/17 it’s possible that an interest in politics caused Jessica to join the political science club. Correct! Correct! 1 / 1 pts Question 2 <21{1[2(24)24]}> The average height of members of the high school basketball team is six feet, three inches. Jerry is on the high school basketball team, so Jerry must be taller than six feet. The argument above is flawed because it confuses an average for the individuals that make up that average. Correct! Correct! people who are six feet three inches tall for people who are exactly six feet tall the members of one team with the members of another team Jerry with other members of the team 1 / 1 pts Question 3 <21{1[1(13)13]}> A recent study of 100 employees from six departments of a major corporation found 65% to be sleep deprived. The researchers concluded that the majority of corporate employees are sleep deprived. The researcher’s conclusion is suspect because it: relies on a sample that is too small to represent the entire corporate workforce. Correct! Correct!

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 3/17 fails to describe the effects the sleep deprivation has. is based on evidence that is statistically impossible. assumes that corporate employees are more sleep deprived than other people. 1 / 1 pts Question 4 <11{1[3(02)02]}> Catherine goes to her local movie theater only to see romantic comedies. Since Catherine did not go to the movies yesterday, there is not a romantic comedy playing at her local theater. The reasoning above is flawed because the evidence: does not suggest that Catherine goes to see every romantic comedy that plays at her local movie theater. Correct! Correct! implies that Catherine is uninterested in most types of movies. does not indicate whether Catherine watches only romantic comedies at home. suggests that Catherine’s local movie theater hardly ever shows romantic comedies. 1 / 1 pts Question 5

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1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 4/17 <11{1[4(23)23]}> People have claimed that Jamie’s paintings have given them the blues. Clearly this cannot be entirely correct, since many of Jamie’s paintings contain no blue at all. The argument above is flawed because the author: is not a noted painting expert. relies on contradictory facts. misinterprets a key term. Correct! Correct! provides no evidence. 1 / 1 pts Question 6 <11{1[4(17)17]}> Mrs. Orlof teaches two history classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Yesterday she gave the same test to both classes. Anyone who failed the test must take a retest. Since a greater percentage of students who took the morning test failed the test than students who took the afternoon test, more of Orlof’s morning history students than afternoon history students will have to take the retest. The conclusion above is not necessarily valid because: more students may have taken the test in the afternoon than in the morning. Correct! Correct! some of the students who passed the afternoon test may have received information about the test from morning students. some students may have been absent from both classes.

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 5/17 more students in the morning class may have passed the test than failed the test. 0 / 1 pts Question 7 <21{2[2(12)36]}> Career counselor: It is best for artists to build a practical and safe career that will guarantee them a secure income, and then pursue their art in their spare time. That way, they will be motivated to work hard at their day jobs to support their art making, and both their career and their art will thrive. Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument? Splitting time between two pursuits in life often causes both to suffer. orrect Answer orrect Answer Having the time and money to make art doesn’t guarantee an artist commercial success. ou Answered ou Answered Many people who aren’t artists prefer to pursue practical and safe careers. Some forms of art making are expensive and require a good deal of money to pursue. 1 / 1 pts Question 8 <11{2[3(11)35]}> Some politicians claim to support the environment in speeches they make around the country. However, to get to those speeches they ride in gas guzzling, pollution creating private planes. They therefore clearly don’t believe a word of what they say and are actually

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 6/17 making the environmental problem worse. Which one of the following, if true, would best weaken the argument above? Improvements to the environment brought about through the politicians’ public support of environmental regulations more than offset the damage done to the environment by the politicians’ private planes. Correct! Correct! A majority of voters surveyed agree that politicians sometimes make society’s problems worse. Most people who hear the politicians’ speeches on the environment are unconvinced by their arguments. Some of the politicians try to hide the fact that they travel by private plane to their speeches around the country. 1 / 1 pts Question 9 <11{2[3(02)26]}> Aron: The two double A batteries in my CD player are dead, so the CD player doesn’t work. My television remote control, which also uses two double A batteries, works fine. So if I move the two batteries from my television remote control to my CD player, the CD player will definitely work. Aron’s argument is most strengthened if which one of the following is true? Double A batteries provide less energy than either C batteries or D batteries.

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1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 7/17 Aron has used his television remote control more times than he has used his CD player since inserting the current batteries into each device. The amount of energy required to power the CD player is not greater than the amount of energy needed to power the television remote control. Correct! Correct! Aron inserted the current batteries in his television remote control two months before he inserted the current batteries in his CD player. 1 / 1 pts Question 10 <11{3[1(07)43]}> As part of its reorganization, company X created five new positions within the company. However, after the reorganization was complete, company X had fewer employees than before the reorganization. Which one of the following, if true, would best explain the result described above? Some employees were laid off as a number of old positions were eliminated in the reorganization. Correct! Correct! The new positions were created to respond to a greater demand for company X’s products. Some employees who quit over dissatisfaction with the reorganization were immediately replaced by new hires.

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 8/17 Some employees of the company were switched into new departments to fill the new positions. 1 / 1 pts Question 11 <21{3[2(08)44]}> Surveys show that people who use calorie information to decide which foods to eat consume on average 100 calories less than they would if they didn’t check calorie information before eating. Strangely though, people who use calorie information in this way weigh more on average than people who don’t check calorie information before eating. Which one of the following, if true, best explains the surprising statistic stated above? People with a weight problem are most likely to check calorie information before eating. Correct! Correct! Some people who check calorie information before eating don’t consume any fewer calories than they would if they didn’t check. People who usually check calorie information before eating consume more calories if they stop checking. There are fewer people who check calorie information before eating than people who don’t check calorie information before eating. 1 / 1 pts Question 12

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 9/17 <11{4[2(12)56]}> Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair. building : blueprint guitar : song bridge : island cake : recipe Correct! Correct! ship : sea 1 / 1 pts Question 13 <21{4[1(10)54]}> Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair. heavy : weight color : size hot : temperature Correct! Correct! feather : scale dry : wet 1 / 1 pts Question 14 <11{4[2(06)50]}> Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical relationship as the words/phrases in the

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1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 10/17 following pair. gavel : judge ruler : math stop sign : driver symphony : composer baton : conductor Correct! Correct! 1 / 1 pts Question 15 <21{5[1(03)59]}> Barney: Last winter, I slipped on the outside stairs of PineTree Café and broke my leg. My fall was caused by ice on the stairs that the restaurant failed to remove. Since the restaurant clearly did not provide a safe atmosphere for its customers, I am justified in taking it to court. Lydia: Unwarranted lawsuits are sweeping the country—lawsuits that have no legal merit and are brought simply to make lawyers and their clients rich. If this trend continues, soon our legal system will be swamped to the point where it won’t be able to administer justice to people who truly deserve it. You therefore should drop your case against PineTree Café. The speakers above appear to disagree on which one of the following points? The legal system will soon be unable to administer justice to people who deserve it. Many unwarranted lawsuits are sweeping the country. Barney’s lawsuit against Pinetree Café is unwarranted. Correct! Correct! Barney is likely to win his case against Pinetree Café.

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 11/17 1 / 1 pts Question 16 <11{5[1(01)57]}> Arthur: The solutions to most mystery novels I read are not believable. However, my enjoyment of a mystery novel depends only on its suspenseful mood and colorful characters. Norton: Roughly 80% of the mystery novels I read have believable solutions, which is good since I do not enjoy mystery novels that don’t have believable solutions. The speakers above: disagree on whether an author’s enjoyment in creating a mystery novel influences whether that novel will have a believable solution. disagree on whether a believable solution is required for the enjoyment of a mystery novel. Correct! Correct! agree that a suspenseful mood and colorful characters add to the enjoyment of a mystery novel. agree that most mystery novels do not have believable solutions. 1 / 1 pts Question 17 <11{6[1(07)71]}> The higher the price of an antique, the greater people’s expectation that the object is rare. That, in turn, makes the antique appear more valuable. If the statements above are correct, then offering an antique for sale at a bargain price:

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 12/17 should be discouraged because it lessens a quality that makes that antique desirable. Correct! Correct! should be encouraged because it increases the likelihood that antique will be sold. will guarantee that the antique will not sell at a profit. will likely increase people’s expectations that the antique is valuable. 1 / 1 pts Question 18 <21{6[3(08)72]}> Some drugs combat obesity or alcohol addiction by turning off pleasure centers in the brain. However, if the dosage is too high, there’s a risk that people taking them will be plunged into depression. The statements above, if true, support which one of the following assertions? Drugs that affect pleasure centers in the brain are often taken at dosages considered to be too high. The benefits of a medication may be at least somewhat offset by its side effects. Correct! Correct! All drugs, if taken at too high a dosage, pose the risk that the people taking them will be plunged into depression. It is useless to try to treat obesity or alcohol addiction through drugs.

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1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 13/17 1 / 1 pts Question 19 <7{6[3(02)66]}> In a survey of 10 film historians, half voted for Nosferatu as the greatest vampire film ever made, and the other half voted for Dracula . However, when asked which lead vampire character they considered more charismatic, all of the film critics chose Dracula over Nosferatu . Based on the information above, it must be true that for some film critics, their feelings about the charisma of the lead character: is not the most important factor they consider when comparing two films. Correct! Correct! is the most important factor they consider when comparing two films. is the least important factor they consider when comparing two films. is the only factor they consider when comparing two films. 1 / 1 pts Question 20 <11{7[1(01)77]}> Detective: The robbery at the mall was carried out by a mall employee acting alone roughly one hour after the mall closed last Saturday night. The only employees present at the mall at the time of the robbery were security guards Evans and Clark. Since the mall’s surveillance system was disabled by the thief just before the robbery, the thief must be Evans. The argument above would be valid if: the mall’s surveillance system is usually used 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 14/17 Evans and Clark are the mall’s only security guards. both Evans and Clark are capable of disabling the mall’s surveillance system. Clark is incapable of disabling the mall’s surveillance system. Correct! Correct! 1 / 1 pts Question 21 <21{7[1(04)80]}> A company can either invest in employee training seminars or update its computer network. Since updating the computer network would result in more measurable benefits, the company would be best off updating its computer network. The argument above assumes that: the benefit of the company investing in employee training seminars cannot be measured at all. the employee training seminars would focus on teaching employees to use the updated computer network. the more measurable a benefit, the greater value that benefit has to a company. Correct! Correct! investing in employee training seminars would yield negative results for the company.

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 15/17 1 / 1 pts Question 22 <11{7[3(08)84]}> The president spoke to 19 congressmen from Texas to encourage them to vote for a bill. Since four of the 19 congressmen went on to vote for the bill, it is clear that the president persuaded those four to vote the way they did. The argument above assumes that: the four Texas congressmen who voted for the bill were against it before they spoke to the president. Correct! Correct! the president did not try to influence the votes of any congressmen outside of Texas. the Texas congressmen who voted against the bill were persuaded by someone other than the president to vote the way they did. the bill will not pass because a majority of Texas congressmen did not vote for it. 0 / 1 pts Question 23 <11{8[1(04)92]}> The very large increase in allergies over the last thirty years is due to the great success of immunizations administered over this time period. Since immunizations have nearly eliminated life-threatening diseases such as polio, the human immune system increasingly targets other environmental substances in order to keep working properly. Allergy symptoms such as runny nose and itchy eyes result when the immune system attacks pollen that is breathed in from the air. Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the passage above?

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1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 16/17 The use of immunizations has led to an increase in allergies. orrect Answer orrect Answer Viruses that once caused polio now cause allergies. Immunizations have been very successful in eliminating life-threatening diseases. ou Answered ou Answered Immunizations often have surprising side effects. 0 / 1 pts Question 24 <21{8[1(07)95]}> Political science professor: Many people insist that the Internet is revolutionizing the political process. They argue that Internet debates and online political polls and chat rooms give people greater access to political information. And they’re right that online political chatter increases daily. But offering or reading anonymous online opinions does not by itself make for active political participation. In the past one would attend a rally, protest, or town meeting to engage in real politics. Today, people sit passively in front of computer screens under the illusion that they are connecting with their fellow citizens. Which one of the following best expresses the main idea of the professor’s argument? Internet debates and online political polls and chat rooms give people greater access to political information. Political organizations of the past bear no resemblance to the political organizations of today. ou Answered ou Answered

1/31/24, 2:05 AM Week 4 - Quiz: GEN499: General Education Capstone (GSV2301C) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/111866/quizzes/348756 17/17 While the Internet has made more political content available, meaningful political involvement has decreased. orrect Answer orrect Answer The Internet has revolutionized the political process because it has allowed many more political viewpoints to be expressed. 1 / 1 pts Question 25 <11{8[3(02)90]}> Whereas many industries suffer during economic recessions, the art industry does well. Some think the reason is that artists feed off the anxiety and uncertainty during recessions to produce inspired works. Others think that recessions, while harmful to most people, produce a handful of very rich people willing to pay very high prices for artworks, driving up the value of the art market as a whole. The author of the passage above is primarily interested in: describing the effect that art has on the economy. discussing the types of artworks that sell best during recessions. presenting reasons for why the art industry does well during recessions. Correct! Correct! providing evidence that the art industry does well during recessions. Quiz Score: 22 out of 25

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