1. (TCOs 1 & 2) Categorical logic has a long history of use and development since the time of Ancient Greece. What is the primary function of categorical logic?
A. Teaching the most effective structural grammar of formal language
B. Standardizing the terminology of academic writing
C. Clarifying and analyzing deductive arguments
D. Simplifying information through the language that expresses claims
2. (TCO 4) Venn diagrams are graphic representations of the logic governing what linguistic standard forms?
A. Syllogism structure
B. The four standard forms of categorical claims
C. Claims that match in their truth or falsity
D. Equivalent claims
3. (TCOs 1 & 3) Categorical syllogisms employ two premise claims and a conclusion claim in standard forms, and three significant terms each occur exactly twice in exactly two of the claims. What do we call the term that occurs in both of the premises but not in the conclusion?
A. The middle term
B. The major term
C. The conjunctive term
D. The minor term
4. (TCOs 1 & 2) Categorical claims deal with information organized into classes (also called categories) and expressed in what way?
A. Four standard grammar structures
B. Simplified sentences
C. Translated adjectives
D. Leading terms and phrases
5. (TCOs 3 & 4) Truth-functional logic employs truth tables to analyze sets of claims working together in arguments. What is the term that describes the situation in which two simpler claims are determined by the truth table to support a true argument "if and only if" both of the claims are true?
A. Contraction
B. Intersection
C. Conjunction
D. Contradiction