Drawing Deductive Conclusions Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Premises: 'All employees who pass the certification exam receive a salary increase. Maria passed the certification exam.' What conclusion necessarily follows?
Answer: Maria will receive a salary increase.
The universal statement applies to all who pass — since Maria passed, the conclusion follows necessarily without qualification.
Premises: 'No project that exceeds its budget by more than 20% will receive continued funding. Project Orion has exceeded its budget by 25%.' What conclusion necessarily follows?
Answer: Project Orion will not receive continued funding.
The premise uses 'no project' — a universal negative — meaning the rule applies without exception to all projects exceeding budget by more than 20%, including Orion at 25%.
Premises: 'If a candidate scores above 80 on the aptitude test, they advance to the interview stage. James scored 74 on the aptitude test.' What conclusion necessarily follows?
Answer: James will not advance to the interview stage.
74 is below the 80 threshold, so the condition for advancing is not met — James will not advance to the interview stage.
Premises: 'All managers in Division A are certified accountants. Some certified accountants are also licensed auditors.' What conclusion necessarily follows?
Answer: Some Division A managers may be licensed auditors.
Since some certified accountants are licensed auditors, and all Division A managers are certified accountants, it is possible (but not certain) that some Division A managers are among those licensed auditors.
Premises: 'Every contract signed before March 1st is subject to the old tax rate. Contract 47 was signed on February 15th.' What conclusion necessarily follows?
Answer: Contract 47 is subject to the old tax rate.
February 15th falls before March 1st, satisfying the condition exactly — the conclusion follows necessarily without any qualification.
Premises: 'No country that has signed Treaty X imposes export tariffs on Treaty X members. Ruritania has signed Treaty X. Waldoria is a member of Treaty X.' What necessarily follows?
Answer: Ruritania does not impose export tariffs on Waldoria.
Ruritania signed Treaty X (so it cannot impose export tariffs on Treaty X members) and Waldoria is a Treaty X member — therefore Ruritania cannot impose export tariffs on Waldoria.