Complete the below mcq:
1. Inferring a claim based on data is deductive logic, but what happens when the inference circumvents logical reasoning?
No one will understand you.
A fallacy has been committed.
One has proven to be a good logician.
One ought to use inductive reasoning.
The syllogism is sound.
2. A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him:
"Buddy! You gotta buy this car. You've seen how you either need to drive one of these or take the bus!"
This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.
emotional appeal to popularity
the ad hominem argument
hasty generalization fallacy
the straw man fallacy
appeal to emotions
3 Do you have only a few select friends or a large circle of friends?
What fallacy is operating here?
Straw man
Appeal to fear
Ad hominem
False dilemma
Questionable statistics
4 All those old people are cheap.
They never give me a fair tip when I park their cars in the valet parking lot.
What kind of fallacy is operating here?
Straw man
Appeal to fear
Hasty generalization
Questionable statistics
Slippery slope
5 If a ban on issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens is a violation of civil rights, then a ban on issuing drivers licenses to blind people is also a violation of civil rights.
What kind of fallacy is operating here?
Red herring
Appeal to authority
False analogy
Ad hominem
Special pleading