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THINK Critically 3rd Edition Facione Test Bank 1
THINK Critically 3rd Edition Facione Test Bank 1
1. Todd, who graduated with a degree in History, has prolonged, relevant experience and significant on-
the-job training as a real estate agent. You want to buy a condo and so you consider asking Todd to be
your agent. This will be the first time you ever bought real estate. Todd agrees to represent you and then
shows you three condos in your price range. Although he does not tell you this, Todd owns two of the
three himself. In this situation is Todd an expert whom you would be wise to trust to give you advice and
information about buying a condo?
(a) Yes, Todd is an experienced real estate agent speaking on topic.
(b) No, Todd majored in History, not Business.
(c) No, Todd may be biased against you as a first time buyer.
(d) No, Todd has a conflict of interest.
Answer: d
Question Title: TB_06_01 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Analyze, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: 2–Moderate
2. Sheila has an exam tomorrow, but wants to go out with her friends. Her roommate tells her that she
probably should plan on getting back before midnight, but the roommate does not give any reasons to
support her statement. Should Sheila regard the roommate’s advice as trustworthy?
(a) Yes, the roommate has Sheila’s best interests in mind.
(b) No, the roommate is not a good student herself.
(c) Yes, the roommate went to the same high school as Sheila.
(d) No, the roommate is not experienced enough to be trustworthy.
Answer: a
Question Title: TB_06_02 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Analyze, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: 2–Moderate
3. Glenn goes on a job interview and is asked “How are your critical thinking and communication skills?”
Glenn answers “Excellent.” Should the interviewer trust Glenn’s answer?
(a) Yes, Glenn is very confident in his skills.
(b) Yes, if Glenn had weak or moderate skills he would have said so.
(c) No, people will say anything to get a job.
(d) No, Glenn is not an expert on the evaluation of those skills.
Answer: d
Question Title: TB_06_03 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Analyze, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: 2–Moderate
4. Based on the “Levels of Thinking and Knowing,” which of these people is most likely to be trusting of
people in positions of authority?
(a) Sue, age 6
(b) Josh, age 15
(c) Markus, age 28
(d) Linda, age 49
Answer: a
Question Title: TB_06_04 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Remember, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
5. Charles is a mentally stable individual who has many years of professional experience as a licensed
nurse. He reads medical journals and keeps up with the latest healthcare practice recommendations.
Charles can always back up the health advice he gives with good reasons and evidence. Knowing this
much about Charles, we can regard him as potentially a (an) __________.
(a) untrustworthy charlatan
(b) expert nurse
(c) practicing Christian
(d) liberal reformer
(e) person in charge
Answer: b
Question Title: TB_06_05 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Analyze, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
Answer: b
Question Title: TB_06_06 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Understand, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
Answer: d
Question Title: TB_06_07 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Understand, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
Answer: e
Question Title: TB_06_08 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy, Understand, LO 6.1
Topic: Assessing the Source: Whom Should I Trust?
Learning Objective: 6.1 List the characteristics that qualify a person or source who is making claims
about a given topic as trustworthy.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
9. When evaluating the plausibility of claims, a strong critical thinker approaches the challenge
__________.
(a) authoritatively
(b) cynically
(c) open-mindedly
(d) half-heartedly
Answer: c
Question Title: TB_06_09 Explain how to decide which claims standing on their own, absent reasons or a
credible source, should be believed and which should not, Remember, LO 6.2
Topic: Assessing the Substance—What Should I Believe?
Learning Objective: 6.2 Explain how to decide which claims standing on their own, absent reasons or a
credible source, should be believed and which should not.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
10. When we describe a claim as “self-contradictory” we mean that because of its grammatical
construction and the meanings of the words used to express the claim, the claim should be regarded as
__________.
(a) necessarily false
(b) necessarily true
(c) probably true but not necessarily true
(d) probably false but not necessarily false
Answer: a
Question Title: TB_06_10 Explain how to decide which claims standing on their own, absent reasons or a
credible source, should be believed and which should not, Understand, LO 6.2
Topic: Assessing the Substance—What Should I Believe?
Learning Objective: 6.2 Explain how to decide which claims standing on their own, absent reasons or a
credible source, should be believed and which should not.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
11. When we describe a claim as “tautology” we mean that because of its grammatical construction and
the meanings of the words used to express the claim, the claim should be regarded as __________.
(a) necessarily false
(b) necessarily true
(c) probably true but not necessarily true
(d) probably false but not necessarily false
Answer: b
Question Title: TB_06_11 Explain how to decide which claims standing on their own, absent reasons or a
credible source, should be believed and which should not, Understand, LO 6.2
Topic: Assessing the Substance—What Should I Believe?
Learning Objective: 6.2 Explain how to decide which claims standing on their own, absent reasons or a
credible source, should be believed and which should not.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: 1–Easy
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Language: Finnish
Kirj.
Gerhart Hauptmann
Suomentanut
Alpo Kupiainen
Ja nyt tunkeutui vieraan korviin ensi kerran sanoja, joita hän kuunteli
ihan erityisesti, koska ne loivat tai ainakin tuntuivat luovan jonkin verran
valoa siihen kysymykseen, minkä tähden Ludovicoa rahvaan
keskuudessa nimitettiin »kerettiläiseksi». »Mieluummin», hän sanoi,
»palvon elävää pukkia tai elävää härkää kuin hirsipuussa riippuvaa
vainajaa. Minun aikakauteni ei tee niin. Minä vihaan, minä halveksin tätä
aikaa. Jupiter Ammon kuvattiin oinaansarvisena. Fanilla on pukinjalat,
Bacchuksella häränsarvet. Tarkoitan roomalaisten Bacchus Tauriformista
eli Tauricornista. Mithra, auringon jumala, on kuvattu häräksi. Kaikki
kansat ovat kunnioittaneet härkää, pukkia, oinasta ja vuodattaneet
uhreissaan niiden pyhää verta. Siihen minä sanon: oikein! — Sillä
synnyttävä voima on korkein voima, synnyttävä voima on luova voima,
synnyttäminen ja luominen ovat sama asia. Totta kyllä, tämän voiman
palvonta ei ole ollenkaan samaa kuin munkkien ja nunnien kylmä
lörpötys. Uneksin kerran Lakshmista, Vishnun vaimosta, joka tuli
ihmiseksi Sita-nimisenä. Papit kuolivat hänen syleilyihinsä. Olen
ohimennen oppinut tuntemaan jonkin verran kaikenlaisia mysteerejä,
mustan, vihreässä ruohossa tapahtuvan siitoksen, helmiemonvärisen
hekuman, ihastuksien ja huumausten mysteerejä, keltaisten
maissinjyvien, kaikkien hedelmien, kaikkien tulvien, yleensä kaikkien
värien salaisuuksia. Olisin saattanut mylviä tuskan hulluudessa
nähdessäni säälimättömän, kaikkivaltiaan Sitan. Luulin kuolevani
himosta.»
Vuoristopaimenen kertomus.
Kun häneltä kysyttiin, mitä hän halusi, purki mies hurjistunein ilmein
suustansa käsittämättömän ryöpyn karkeita ääniä ja sanoja, jotka tosin
kuuluivat sen seudun murteeseen, mutta kuitenkin sen sellaiseen
muunnokseen, joka Soanassa syntyneestä taloudenhoitajattarestakin
kuulosti vieraalta kieleltä.
Paimen, talonpoika tai mikä hän lienee ollut, esitti nyt asuinpaikastaan
lukuisilla eleillä säestetyn, intomielisen kuvauksen, josta Francesco ei
kuitenkaan viisastunut. Hän arveli vain: »Jos te olette soanalainen ja
lapsenne ovat saavuttaneet lainmukaisen iän, olisi heidät ilman tätäkin
pitänyt jo aikoja sitten tuoda kouluuni. Ja olisihan minun pitänyt nähdä
teidät tai vaimonne tai lapsenne jumalanpalveluksien aikana kirkossa,
messussa tai ripillä.»
Kastanjat, sillä aukiolla, jonka yli nytkin ensiksi täytyi astella, olivat
ruskeista, nahkeista silmuistaan ojentaneet hentoja, vihreitä kätösiä.
Lapset melusivat, ja kilvan heidän kanssaan hälisivät varpuset, joita pesi
kirkon räystään suojassa ja monisokkeloisen seudun lukemattomissa
loukoissa. Ensimmäiset pääskyset piirsivät huikeita ratojaan Soanasta
rotkon syvyyden ylitse, näyttäen kääntyvän vasta ehdittyään ihan
tarumaisia torneja kohottavan, luoksepääsemättömän kallioseinämän
rintaan. Tuolla ylhäällä, kielekkeillä ja onkaloissa, joiden luokse
ihmisjalka ei ollut milloinkaan noussut, pesi kalasääskiä. Isot, ruskeat
linnut lähtivät ylväille retkille ja leijailivat ainoastaan leijaillakseen
tuntikausien pituisilla kestävyyslennoillaan vuorenhuippujen yläpuolella,
kaarrellen yhä korkeammalla ikäänkuin mielien itsensä unohtaneina
majesteettisesti kohota avaruuden vapaaseen äärettömyyteen.