Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Caffeinated coffee is bad for your nervous system. Just ask anybody, including coffee drinkers."

What will be an ideal response?


Mistaken appeal to authority.

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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Microorganisms are an essential part of the web of life in every environment. Microorganisms in the oceans and

in bodies of fresh water capture energy from sunlight and store it in molecules that other organisms use as food. They decompose dead organisms and waste materials from living organisms. And they even make nitrogen available to plants. Jacquelyn C. Black, Microbiology: Principles and Explorations A) Argument; conclusion: Microorganisms in the oceans ... use as food. B) Argument; conclusion: And they even make nitrogen available to plants. C) Argument; conclusion: Microorganisms are an essential part ... environment. D) Argument; conclusion: They decompose dead organisms ... living organisms. E) Nonargument.

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Confucianism and Daoism arose in China during the __________

a. Ch'in dynasty b. Communist Revolution c. Ming dynasty d. Warring States Period e. Yaun dynasty

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Some people believe that tradition is its own warrant

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The purpose of passages in the Qur’an about hell are designed to ________ against godlessness

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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