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Quiz 2
Directions: Identify each of the following statements as either an argument or a nonargument.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 One disadvantage of online education that bothers faculty is that online instruction lacks the continuous nonverbal communication that goes on in the classroom; a teacher may not know when an online student is having trouble.

Source: Shedletsky, Leonard J., and Joan E. Aitken. Human Communication on the Internet.

 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 In today's technological world, children who have less access to computers and the Internet face a major hurdle in life; to have weak computer skills means to be cut off from information and work opportunities.

Source: Henslin, James M. Sociology.

 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Concern for the environment has increased greatly in the United States since the 1950s, when few environmental groups were around.

Source: Edwards, George C., Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry. Government in America.

 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 A democracy is based on the consent of those governed; therefore, a lack of public trust in the government is a reflection of their belief that the system is not serving them well.

Source: Edwards, George C., Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, Government in America.

 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 During the mid- and late 1900s, the stock market underwent a spectacular boom as the stock prices of many high technology companies rose to astounding heights.

Source: Martin, James Kirby, et al. America and Its Peoples.

 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 Gender bias is so pervasive that it operates beneath our level of awareness and is so severe that it can be a matter of life or death.

Source: Henslin, James M. Sociology.

 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 In twenty-five years, one of every nineteen Americans is expected to have an Asian background and one of every six a Latino background.

Source: Henslin, James M. Sociology.

 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Being able to predict future medical conditions will begin medical profiling by insurance companies and employers.

Source: Henslin, James M. Sociology.

 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Social promotion is the practice of passing students from one grade to the next even though they have not mastered basic materials; many people who have been socially promoted have difficulty with reading and writing.

Source: Henslin, James M. Sociology.

 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 Drug education programs that increase knowledge of drugs and their effects are ineffective because they tend to reduce anxiety and fear of drugs and may actually increase the likelihood of drug use.

Source: Anspaugh, David J., and Gene Ezell, Teaching Today's Health.

 
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