This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Unit V Mathematical Reasoning And Aptitude > Types Of Reasoning – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Types Of Reasoning Quiz 5 (10 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is an example of what type of reasoning? A medical diagnosis is an application of ..... reasoning: given this set of symptoms, what is the diagnosis that would best explain most of them? A) Deductive. B) Inductive. C) Abductive. D) Fallacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abductive. 2. A weather forecaster predicts rain based on cloud patterns and humidity levels. What type of reasoning is this? A) Inductive. B) Deductive. C) Abductive. D) Analogical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abductive. 3. Which of these is NOT usually a strength of people with logical-mathematical intelligence? A) Solving puzzles. B) Finding patterns. C) Doing experiments. D) Writing poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing poetry. 4. In a mystery novel, a detective gathers clues and forms a hypothesis about the identity of the culprit. What type of reasoning is the detective using? A) Deductive. B) Inductive. C) Abductive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abductive. 5. This type of deductive example asserts the conclusion with logical certainty A) Categorical examples. B) Disjunctive examples. C) Hypothethical examples. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Categorical examples. 6. This cognitive level is building a structure or pattern; putting parts together. A) Analyzing. B) Evaluating. C) Creating. D) Applying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creating. 7. Assumes that if A happens then B, C, D, ..... X, Y, Z are inevitable. A) Tradition. B) Nervously. C) Straggled. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery Slope. 8. Provide an example of deductive reasoning in everyday life. A) If it is raining, the ground is wet. The ground is wet. Therefore, it is raining. B) All birds can fly. Penguins are birds. Therefore, penguins can fly. C) All men are immortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is immortal. D) All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. 9. What type of reasoning is used when you make a probable conclusion from what you know, but it is not guaranteed to be true? A) Inductive. B) Deductive. C) Abductive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abductive. 10. Which type of reasoning is best described as "guessing the best possible explanation"? A) Deductive reasoning. B) Inductive reasoning. C) Abductive reasoning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abductive reasoning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTypes Of Reasoning Quiz 1Types Of Reasoning Quiz 2Types Of Reasoning Quiz 3Types Of Reasoning Quiz 4Types Of Reasoning Quiz 6Types Of Reasoning Quiz 7Types Of Reasoning Quiz 8Alphabet Series QuizAnalytical Reasoning QuizArithmetic Operations QuizArithmetic Series QuizAverage Applications QuizAverages QuizBlood Relations QuizCoding Decoding QuizCompound Interest QuizData Sufficiency QuizDecimals QuizDirection Sense QuizDiscount QuizDivisibility Rules QuizFamily Relations QuizFractions QuizGeometric Series QuizHcf And Lcm QuizLetter Coding QuizLetter Series QuizMathematical Aptitude QuizMathematical Logic QuizMathematical Reasoning QuizMental Mathematics QuizMissing Number Series QuizMixed Series QuizNumber Coding QuizNumber Patterns QuizNumber Series QuizNumber System QuizNumerical Reasoning QuizPercentage Applications QuizPercentages QuizProblem Solving Techniques QuizProfit And Loss QuizProportion QuizQuantitative Comparison QuizQuantitative Reasoning QuizRanking And Ordering QuizRatio And Proportion QuizRatio Applications QuizRatio QuizRelationships QuizSimple Interest QuizSimplification QuizSpeed Time Distance QuizSymbol Coding QuizTime And Distance Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books