STAR TEST

1. Use well-formed formulas (WFF)

 UPPERCASE = general categories
 lowercase = specific individual
2. Underline the ff.
 The letter after ALL
 Both letters after NO
 The letter after NOT
3. Put a star ( * ) on every premise letter that is underlined.
4. Put a star ( * ) on every conclusion letter that is not underlined.
5. Identify if the syllogism is valid.
 Every capital letter is starred exactly one.
There must be exactly one star on the right-hand side (or the part after the IS or IS NOT).

SYLLOGISMS 1 JAN. 25 – 9:54mins |15 items | 14/15

# SOLUTION (A) VALID/ (B) INVALID CORRECT?
1. No _P* are _S* B Yes
All _S* are V
No _V are _P
2. All _B* are S A Yes
All _P* are B
All _P are S*
3. All _W* are F B Yes
No _M* are _W*

4. No _F* are _P* B Yes

Some P are not _P*

5. All _H* are A B Yes

Some A are S.
Some H* are
6. All P* are L B Yes
m is L
m* is P*
7. All _I* are H A Yes
b is H
b* are H*
8. All _H* are S B Yes
f is not _H*
9. All _P* are L B Yes
Some P are not _Q*
Some Q are not L*
10. All I are G B Yes
Some O are G
 Some O are I*
11. All _A* are E A NO
Some A are not _B*
Some B* are not _E
12. All _L* are M A Yes
All _F* are L
All _F are M*
13. No _Io* are G* A Yes
Some G are Ie
Some Ie* are not _Io
14. Some F are P B Yes
Some C are P
Some C* are P*
15. No V are D A Yes
All A are D
No _A are _V

Rules
1. C between Y and B
2. B between A and C
3. A not 1st

YCBA

LADME

1. L right of A
2. D between M and E
3. A and M are first or last
4. E is left of D

ALEDM

five cousins  youngest first to read = A B E C D

1. A is 8 months younger than B
2. E is 4 months young than C
3. B is 5 months older than C
4. D is 5 months older than A
1B
2
3
4D
5
6C
7
8
9A
10 E

1. E does not work on Mondays = Thursdays

2. A works on Wednesdays; B works on Fridays
3. D Tuesdays; C Mondays

X = awarded to supervisor with longest term of service

1. E not interested
2. A working longer than B but shorter than C
3. D longer than C but shorter than E

BACDE

103 F
104 C
105 D
106 A
107 B
108 E

CW A/B/C
DbC B/C
GC D/A/B/C
DnC D/C

CBAD

1. D is DnC or GC
2. A, twin of a CW, not DbC or DnC
3. B, only child, not DnC

University hires at least 1 of the 7 lecturers to teach philosophy (ABCDEFG)

1. If E is not hired, F is hired, but D is not
2. If C/B is hired, D is also hired
3. If G is hired, B is also hired, but F is not
E = not hired; F = hired; D = not hired; C/B = not hired; A = unknown; G = not hired