Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock philosophy 1
Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock philosophy 1
1- What is the converse of “All beautiful housewives are
university lecturers”?
a- Some university lecture are beautiful housewives
b- no university lecturers are beautiful housewives
c- some housewives are university lectures
d- all university lecturers are beautiful housewives
2-The “ opposition” in which the propositions differ in
quantity and quality is:
a- contrariety
b- contradiction
c- sub-contrariety
d- sub-alternation
3- Which fallacy is most clearly commited in this
syllogism?
All musicians are dancers
No drummers are musicians
Therefore no drummers are dancers
a- illicit process
b- undistributed middle
c- illicit minor
d- illicit major
4- What precisely determines the first order enthymeme of
a valid syllogism?
a- when the minor premise is omitted
b- when one premise is omitted
c- when the conclusion is omitted
d- when the major premise is omitted
5- A form of the Dilemma with a negative categorical
conclusion is known as:
a- a complex constructive dilemmùa
b- a simple constructive dilemma
c- a simple destructive dilemma
d- a complex destructive dilemma
6- Given the following as a major premise: ‘ Either the
rain falls or the sun shines’ constructs a suitable minor
premise for a valid modus ponendo tollens
a- the rain falls
b- the sun did not shine
c- the rain did not fall
d- neither did the rain nor did the sun shine.
7- The fallacy of “affirming the consequence” in modus
ponens arguments is committed when:
a- the minor promise denies the consequent and conclusion
the antecedent
b- the minor premise denies the antecedent and conclusion
the consequent
c- the minor premise affirms the antecedent and
conclusion the consequent
d- the minor premise affirms the consequent and
conclusion the antecedent
8- When a term in an argument is liable to more than one
interpretation, if commits the fallacy of:
a- equivocation
b- amphiboly
c- accent
d- ambiguity
9- A student who justifiers his late coming on the basis
that the teacher is always late also commits the fallacy of:
a- ignoratio elenchi
b- tu quoque
c- ad populum
d- non sequitur
10-The statement: “ If Paul returns then Agnes will travel”
can best be symbolized as
a- p q
b- p v q
c- p, q
d- p,q
11. Identify the form of the following argument:
p p
p
q
a- invalid modus tollens
b- invalid modus pollens
c- valid modus tollens
d- valid modus ponens
12-Using quantification symbols of proposition functions
the statement “ none but thieves tell lies” can best be
translated as:
a- (x)(Lx Tx)
b- (x)(Lx Lx)
c- (x)(Lx Tx)
d- (x)(Lx Lx)
13-The quest for reasoned explanation for natural
phenomena urshered the beginning of:
a- mythology
b- science
c- religion
d- philosophy
14-What is the distinct role that myths plays for a people?
a- provides answers to fundamental questions about their
existence existence
b- help bind culmtures together
c- gives guidance on how to five
d- source of common entertainment
15-The major concern of early Greek thinkers was on:
a- the basic substance out of which the universe is made
up of
b- the basic nature of things
c- the origin of the universe
d- the immutable root from which all things come
16-The first philosopher to explicitly formulate the
question of being is:
17-Pythagoras assertion that: knowledge is neither
universal nor objective, can best be qualified as:
a- subjectivism
b- septicism
c- relativism
d- agnostiscism
18-Socratic Ehics is considered eudemonistic because
a- it is aimed at attaining happiness
b- it is aimed at fulfilling its function of attaining one’s
virtue
c- it is aimed at realizing one’s functions
d- it is aimed at making the soul perfect and good
19-The main characteristics of Plato’s forms are:
a- material, matable, eternal
b- immaterial, mutable, eternal
c- material, immutable, eternal
d- immaterial, immutable, eternal
20-According to aristole, primary substances are made up
of two elements namely:
a- matter and form
b- substance and accident
c- essence and existence
d- form and accident
