Deck 8: Using Accounting Information to Make Managerial Decisions

Question 1

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Of course the girl was carrying binoculars! The witness said he saw her with binoculars.

Answer 1

Amphiboly

Question 2

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Mark: Jessica got low grades in this semester due to the recent demise of her father.
Judy: Oh, so now you're trying to excuse her low grades?

Answer 2

Confusing explanations with excuses

Question 3

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If Joel had paid his taxes on time, he wouldn't be audited. But he didn't pay on time, so you know he's going to be audited.

Answer 3

Denying the antecedent

Question 4

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
The sign says "Cash only this line," and you're paying cash. So you have to get in this line.

Question 5

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
"If you just realized what I just realized, then we'd be perfect for each other and we'd never find another. But you didn't just realize what I just realized." -Colby Calait

Question 6

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
The average family has two-and-a-half children. The Hansons, next door, are an average family, so they must have two-and-a-half children. I don't know, maybe a stepson or something.

Question 7

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Anna Karenina is the best novel ever written; therefore each chapter is the best ever written.

Question 8

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If Shelley has read the Republic, then she's bound to know who Thrasymachus is. And, since she clearly does know who Thrasymachus is, we can conclude that she must have read the Republic.

Question 9

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
The sign says "No individuals without identification may pass." So that must mean that all individuals with identification may pass, right?

Question 10

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If Global Warming is for real, then the mean global temperature would have risen over the past ten years. Global Warming is not for real. Therefore the mean global temperature hasn't risen over the past ten years.

Question 11

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
All German Shepherds are dogs, and some dogs are not trained to attack people. Therefore, some German Shepherds are not trained to attack people.

Question 12

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
For sure, if the test drive had gone well, Dwayne would have bought the car. But the test drive did not go very well, so he'll pass up the purchase.

Question 13

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
This institution is well known for its liberal thinkers. Therefore, each person in this institution is a liberal thinker.

Question 14

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Professor Stooler wants to conserve clean air and water. If that doesn't make him a Conservative, I don't know what does.

Question 15

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If you are rich, then your car is something like a Mercedes or a Bentley. Oh! Is that your Bentley, you rich old thing, you?

Question 16

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Otterhounds are crazy about water, just like that dog. That dog, therefore, is an Otterhound.

Question 17

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Caesar's salad is made from romaine lettuce, and that's what this house salad is made from. So this must be the house Caesar salad.

Question 18

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Stockton has the lowest credit rating of any city in the region. My cousin lives in Stockton, so I'm betting his credit is down the tube.

Question 19

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If you didn't take the final, you didn't pass the course. However, you did take the final. So you passed the course.

Question 20

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If walking out of class seems right to you, then obviously it's your right to do it.

Question 21

In the following passage, is an explanation clearly being offered as an excuse or justification?
Harry: Mary couldn't make it to the event because she broke her ankle.
Sam: Don't try to give excuses for her absence!

Question 22

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Been playing Lotto for years and haven't won a dime. I'm due.

Question 23

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Daryl likes to race cars. I bet he will become a professional race car driver rather than something boring like a retail salesperson or office clerk.

Question 24

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Every event is caused; therefore the sum total of events is caused.

Question 25

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
The last four races have been won by horses whose jockeys were wearing pink. I think there's something about colors going on here-I'd bet on whatever horse has a jockey in pink for the next race.

Question 26

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
"Most professional dancers are women. Therefore, most women are professional dancers."

Question 27

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
"Most rich people are old. Therefore, most old people are rich."

Question 28

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Anybody who is well-informed reads at least one newspaper every day, and Murray reads two newspapers daily. So we can agree that Murray is a well-informed person.

Question 29

To think that what holds of a group automatically holds of the individuals in the group is known as the fallacy of

A)composition.
B)division.
C)accident.
D)hasty generalization.

Question 30

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
Hard to believe, but jockeys wearing pink have won the last four races. Do you know how unlikely it is that it could happen a fifth time in a row? Bet on a horse with a jockey wearing different colors this time.

Question 31

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
There was not one exercise in Don's program that should have caused him back pain. So I can't see how his back trouble is the result of his exercise program.

Question 32

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
If the president is right, we need immigration reform. If the vice president is right, we need immigration reform. Therefore, if the president is right, the vice president is right.