Mathematics For Information Technology 1st Edition Basta Test Bank
Mathematics For Information Technology 1st Edition Basta Test Bank
Chapter 2: Logic
TRUE/FALSE
3. The two statements “(p r) (p q)” and “p (r q)” have identical truth tables.
ANS: T PTS: 1
REF: Truth Tables for Negation, Conjunction, and Disjunction
A B
~C
B C
A
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Let “A” represent the statement “You eat your vegetables” and “B” represent the statement “You can
have dessert.” Choose the appropriate symbolization of the compound statement “If you don’t eat your
vegetables, you can’t have dessert.”
a. ~A B c. ~A ~B
b. B ~A d. A ~B
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Statements and Logical Connectives
2. Let “A” represent the statement “I know where my hat is” and “B” represent the statement “I know
where my gloves are.” Choose the appropriate symbolization of the compound statement “I don’t
know where my hat is, but I know where my gloves are.”
a. A B c. A ~B
b. ~A B d. ~A B
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Statements and Logical Connectives
5. What is the inverse of the statement “If I don’t exercise today, I will eat a small lunch”? Recall that the
inverse of p q is ~p ~q.
a. If I exercise today, I won’t eat a small lunch.
b. If I exercise today, I will eat a small lunch.
c. If I don’t eat a small lunch, I didn’t exercise today.
d. If I eat a small lunch, I didn’t exercise today.
ANS: A PTS: 1
REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
6. What is the converse of the statement “If I don’t exercise today, I will eat a small lunch”? Recall that
the converse of p q is q p.
a. If I exercise today, I won’t eat a small lunch.
b. If I exercise today, I will eat a small lunch.
c. If I don’t eat a small lunch, I didn’t exercise today.
d. If I eat a small lunch, I didn’t exercise today.
ANS: D PTS: 1
REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
7. How can the statement “If I try to cook, I will burn down my house” be rewritten in the alternate form
“A is sufficient for B?”
a. Burning down my house is sufficient for me not trying to cook.
b. Burning down my house is sufficient for me trying to cook.
c. Me trying to cook is sufficient for burning down my house.
d. Me trying to cook is sufficient for not burning down my house.
ANS: C PTS: 1
REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
8. How can the statement “To keep your job, you must be at work by 9am” be rewritten using the word
combination “if-then?”
a. If I don’t keep my job, then I’m not at work by 9am.
b. If I keep my job, then I’m not at work by 9am.
c. If I’m at work by 9am, then I keep my job.
d. If I keep my job, then I’m at work by 9am.
ANS: D PTS: 1
REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
11. According to DeMorgan’s Laws, what is the negation of the statement “You eat dessert and feel full”?
a. You do not eat dessert or you do not feel full.
b. You eat dessert or you feel full.
c. You do not eat dessert and you do not feel full.
d. You eat dessert and you feel full.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Equivalent Statements
You must be at least five feet tall or you cannot ride the roller coaster.
You rode the roller coaster.
Therefore, you are at least five feet tall.
a. Law of detachment c. Law of disjunctive syllogism
b. Law of contraposition d. Fallacy of the converse
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Symbolic Arguments
14. The following syllogism lacks a conclusion. Assuming the syllogism must be valid, choose a possible
conclusion that follows from the premises.
15. The following syllogism lacks a conclusion. Assuming the syllogism must be valid, supply a possible
conclusion that follows from the premises.
SHORT ANSWER
1. What is the inverse of the statement “If your favorite color is blue, then the moon is made of green
cheese”? Recall that the inverse of p q is ~p ~q.
ANS:
If your favorite color is not blue, then the moon is not made of green cheese.
PTS: 1 REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
2. What is the converse of the statement “If your favorite color is blue, then the moon is made of green
cheese”? Recall that the converse of p q is q p.
ANS:
If the moon is made of green cheese, then your favorite color is blue.
PTS: 1 REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
3. How can the statement “If I work hard today, I can take Friday off” be written in the alternate form “A
is sufficient for B”?
ANS:
Working hard today is sufficient for taking Friday off.
PTS: 1 REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
4. How can the statement “In order for you to graduate, it is necessary that you pass Latin” be written
using the word combination “if-then?”
ANS:
If you graduated, you passed Latin.
PTS: 1 REF: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
5. Use DeMorgan’s Laws to write the negation of the statement “You send the letter today or it will
arrive late” in English.
ANS:
You do not send the letter today and it will not arrive late.