MBA: Syllogism Flashcards

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Statements: All pens are books. All books are tables. Conclusion: All pens are tables.
Answer: Conclusion follows
If all pens are books and all books are tables, then all pens must be tables.
Statements: Some cats are dogs. All dogs are animals. Which conclusion follows?
Answer: Some cats are animals
The cats that are dogs are animals, so some cats are animals.
Statements: No bird is a fish. All sparrows are birds. Conclusion: No sparrow is a fish.
Answer: Conclusion follows
Sparrows are birds and no bird is a fish, so no sparrow is a fish.
Statements: All flowers are red. Some red things are roses. Conclusion: Some flowers are roses.
Answer: Conclusion does not follow
The roses among red things need not be the flowers, so no link is guaranteed.
Statements: Some pens are inks. No ink is a pencil. Which conclusion is valid?
Answer: Some pens are not pencils
Pens that are inks cannot be pencils, so some pens are not pencils.
Statements: All managers are leaders. Some leaders are honest. Conclusion: Some managers are honest.
Answer: Conclusion does not follow
The honest leaders may all lie outside the manager group, so no certainty.
Statements: All squares are rectangles. All rectangles are shapes. Conclusion: Some shapes are squares.
Answer: Conclusion follows
All squares are shapes, so by conversion some shapes are squares.