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Review Quiz 3
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The following is a review quiz for objective 9-4.

1
Which of the following is the best definition of validity?
A)An argument is valid if its conclusion is true.
B)An argument is valid if its premises are true and its conclusion is true.
C)An argument is valid if its premises are true.
D)An argument is valid if and only if the truth of its premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion.
2
Determining validity by looking at a completed truth table is as simple as studying the lines and looking for a case where all the premises are true and the conclusion is false. If there is such a case, then the argument is invalid. If no such row appears on the table, then the argument is valid.
A)True
B)False
3
The short truth table method is different from the standard truth table method in which of the following ways?
A)The short method is the same as the standard method except that not all the parts of the argument are included in the table.
B)The short method only considers categorical claims while the standard method considers all claims.
C)Instead of systematically representing all the possible truth value combinations of the claims in an argument, the short truth table method simply looks for a case where the premises are true and the conclusion false.







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