I’d advise you to write down your choices as I’m just using this to test Posterous’ new PollEverywhere support.
I also can’t vouch for the notability of the book. It’s not so much that the book is bad but it’s more of a series of exercises to help show you how you should approach certain issues but unfortunately as you’ll see from the number of answers I got right below, all I got from the book was that I’m a poor critical thinker and constantly guessed the exercises wrong. (although this quiz is just a preliminary test for what parts of the book you can skip)
If there’s a plus, it’s that from the quick Google searches I got, this critical thinking quiz differs from the others in that it’s designed to be less of a logic or IQ test and really more on the level of a general quiz even people who are bad at basic math or specific dates can take.
Amazon:
2nd Edition (Note that this isn’t the torrent)
Torrent:
Preliminary Test Contained in the Book:
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2. Every Monday, your teacher gives you a quiz on the reading he assigned for the weekend. Since he typically assigns at least 50 pages of textbook reading, the quizzes are difficult and you have not gotten good grades on them so far. Which answer represents the best idea for troubleshooting this problem and improving your grades?
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A. I had a dream that I got a D on my biology test, and it came true. If I want to do better next time I need a more positive dream.
B. Beth wanted to become a better driver so she took a driving class and studied the Motor Vehicles manual. Her driving really improved.
C. After a strong wind storm last October, all of the leaves were off the trees. That is when I learned that wind is what makes the leaves fall.
D. When Max realized he was getting a cold, he started taking Cold-Go-Away. In four days, he felt much better, thanks to the Cold-Go-Away.
6. You are trying to decide what car to buy. You make a chart that compares a two-seater sports car, a two-door sedan, and a mini-SUV in three categories. What would not be a suitable choice for a category?
9. You read a story in the newspaper about salary negotiations involving public transportation workers. The workers are threatening to go on strike tomorrow if their demands for higher wages and better benefits are not met. What represents an inference made from this scenario?
10. “You think we need a new regulation to control air pollution? I think we have already got too many regulations. Politicians just love to pass new ones, and control us even more than they already do. It is suffocating. We definitely do not need any new regulations.”
A. There are 6 cans of tomatoes in the pantry, and another 14 in the basement. There are no other cans of tomatoes in his house. Therefore, he has twenty cans of tomatoes in his house.
B. Everyone who was northbound on the Interstate was late for work. Faith was on the Interstate. Faith was late to work.
C. Huang lives in either Kansas, Kansas City or Kansas City, Missouri. If he lives in Kansas, then he is American.
D. No one who eats in the cafeteria likes the pizza. My boss eats in the cafeteria. Therefore, she does not like pizza.
14. Your dream is to spend a summer in Indonesia. After some research, you conclude that you will need 6,000 $ for the trip. Which answer represents the best choice for goal setting to make your dream a reality?
16. D. Your boss asks you to finish a report by tomorrow morning, but it is your son’s birthday and you promised you would take him to the ball game tonight.
17. D.
www.alincoln-library.com: from the presidential library in Springfield, Illinois, devoted to telling the life story of the sixteenth president.
19. “How can you believe his testimony? He is a convicted felon!”
20. Evidence shows that the people who live in the Antarctic score higher on happiness surveys than those who live in Florida. Which is the best conclusion that can be drawn from this data?
A. I got an A on this test. I was really tired last night, though, and I barely studied. To keep getting A’s, I need to stop studying so hard.
B. Your car is not running well. You just tried that new mechanic when you needed an oil change. I bet he is the reason you are having car trouble.
C. I have not vacuumed for weeks. There is dust and dirt all over the floors, and my allergies are acting up. If I want a cleaner house, I need to vacuum more frequently.
D. The Boston Red Sox have not won a world series in one hundred years. They won the American League playoffs in 2003. The Red Sox will lose this series.
Read the paragraph and answer the following two questions:
I always knew I wanted to be a marine biologist. When I was six, my parents took me to an aquarium, and I was hooked. But it was in college, when I got to work on an ocean research cruise, that I decided to specialize in oceanography. The trip was sponsored by the Plankton Investigative Service, and our goal was to collect as many different types of the microscopic plants and animals as we could, in order to see what, if any, impact the increased number of fishermen had on the marine ecosystem. Our groups was divided into two teams, each responsible for gathering a different type of plankton. Working with the phytoplankton, especially the blue-green algae, was fascinating. We measured the chlorophyll in the water to determine where, and in what quantity the phytoplankton were. This worked well because the water was so clear, free of sediment and contaminants.
24. You want to sell your 3 year old car and buy a new one. Which website would probably give you the best information on how to sell a used car?
28. “We should not change our grading system to numbers instead of letters. The next thing you know, they will take our names away and refer to us by numbers, too!”
Answers:
2. b. (Lesson 6)
3. c. (Lesson 14)
4. a. (Lesson 9)
5. b. (Lesson 15)
6. c. (Lesson 4)
7. a. (Lesson 11)
8. d. (Lesson 7)
9. c. (Lesson 3)
10. b. (Lesson 16)
11. c. (Lesson 17)
12. c. (Lesson 12)
13. a. (Lesson 18)
14. a. (Lesson 5)
15. d. (Lesson 13)
Answers I got incorrectly:
#2 d; correct: b
#3 b; correct: c
#4 d; correct: a
#6 a; correct: c
#7 d; correct: a
#9 d; correct: c
#17 c; correct: d
#19 c; correct: a
#24 d; correct: a
#26 c; correct: b
#28 d; correct: a
#29 b; correct: c
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