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Chapter 12: Review Test 6

Argument

A. Read the following groups of ideas. Mark each statement C if it is an author's claim or S if it provides support for the claim.

This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1.
Group 1

___ Basketball players must be able to sprint up and down the court for two and a half hours.

 
C
S
End of Question 1


Question 2.
___ Basketball has the longest playing season of all the major sports.

 
C
S
End of Question 2


Question 3.
___ Basketball players must have quick reaction times because of the fast pace of the sport.

 
C
S
End of Question 3


Question 4.
___ Basketball players are the best all-around athletes.

 
C
S
End of Question 4


Question 5.
___ Unlike any other athletes, basketball players must use speed, endurance, and accuracy skills at the same time.

 
C
S
End of Question 5


Question 6.
Group 2

___ Many video games encourage violence.

 
C
S
End of Question 6


Question 7.
___ Many violent video games put the player in the role of seeking and killing victims.

 
C
S
End of Question 7


Question 8.
___Some experts believe that role playing is an important step in becoming violent.

 
C
S
End of Question 8


Question 9.
___ Other experts fear that the violence in the games makes players think of violence as fun.

 
C
S
End of Question 9


Question 10.
___ Critics also believe that constant exposure to violence makes players less sensitive to real violence.

 
C
S
End of Question 10


Question 11.
___ The acts of violence in video games range from running over victims in cars to shooting or dismembering the "enemy."

 
C
S
End of Question 11


Question 12.
Group 3

___ Marijuana has proven medical benefits for cancer patients.

 
C
S
End of Question 12


Question 13.
___ Marijuana stimulates the appetite and eases the discomfort of those who suffer with nausea from chemotherapy.

 
C
S
End of Question 13


Question 14.
___ Marijuana should be legalized.

 
C
S
End of Question 14


Question 15.
___ The current ban on marijuana has not stopped its sale and use.

 
C
S
End of Question 15


Question 16.
___ The United States government estimated that nearly 14 million Americans used marijuana in 2003.

 
C
S
End of Question 16


Question 17.
___ Legalized marijuana would provide an enormous source of much-needed tax dollars.

 
C
S
End of Question 17


Question 18.
Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer.

B. Read the following paragraph.

A Signal of Danger

     1The traffic signal at the junction of Main Trail and Granada Boulevard makes the intersection dangerous. 2Whoever programmed the light is stupid. 3Granada Boulevard is a heavily traveled four-lane state road. 4Main Trail is the entrance to a large residential neighborhood. 5To enter the neighborhood, traffic must turn left. 6The traffic signal is programmed to turn green and allow the left turn into the neighborhood. 7However, after only two or three cars turn, the left turn signal turns red. 8Cars are forced to wait at the red light long after there is no more oncoming traffic. 9To avoid sitting through a five-minute red light, many drivers rush through the signal as it turns yellow or run the light after it has turned red. 10The timing of the light encourages reckless driving.

Sentence states the author's claim.  

End of Question 18


Question 19.
Which of the following sentences is not relevant to the author's claim?

 
End of Question 19


Question 20.

C. Read the following list of supports.

  • In 1979, over 25 million Americans used illegal drugs.
  • In 1994, the number of Americans who used illegal drugs dropped to around 13 million people.
  • By 1998, government records showed that the number of Americans using illegal drugs was still near 13 million.
  • 13 million people is about 6 percent of the entire American population.
—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, April 2000," p. 606.

Which of the following claims is adequately supported by the evidence?

 
End of Question 20





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