Advanced level 2026 south west regional mock philosophy 1
Advanced level 2026 south west regional mock philosophy 1
Philosophy Mock Exam – Paper 1 (Section Extract)
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1. Which of the following statements is TRUE of a valid argument?
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A. It is probable that if the premises are true, the conclusion is true.
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B. It is not necessary that if the premises are true, then the conclusion is true.
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C. It is impossible for the conclusion to be false assuming the premises are true.
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D. It is necessary that if the premises are false, then the conclusion is false.
2. Determine the obverse of the converse of: “All nonentities are idiots”.
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A. Some idiots are not nonentities.
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B. No nonentities are non-idiots.
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C. Some idiots are non-nonentities.
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D. No idiots are non-entities.
3. Which of the following is true about contradictories according to Aristotelian logicians?
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A. Both contradictories can be true but both cannot be false.
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B. Both contradictories cannot be true but can both be false.
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C. Both contradictories can be false but cannot both be doubtful.
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D. Both contradictories cannot be true and cannot both be false.
4. According to Aristotelian logic, which of the following inferences is invalid?
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3. All introverts are psychopaths follows that some psychopaths are introverts.
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4. It is false that some lions are herbivores. Accordingly, all lions are herbivores.
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5. Some politicians are lovers of justice. Thus, some politicians are not lovers of justice.
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6. Some protesters are thieves. Consequently, all protesters are thieves.
5. Given the premise: “Either schools resume on time or some students will drop out”, identify the conclusion of a disjunctive syllogism.
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A. Some students will not drop out.
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B. Schools will not resume on time.
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C. Some students will drop out.
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D. Schools will resume on time.
6. What name is attributed to the following argument form?
Either A or B
If A, then C.
If B then D.
So, either C or D.
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A. Invalid destructive dilemma.
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B. Valid hypothetical syllogism.
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C. Invalid disjunctive syllogism.
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D. Valid constructive dilemma.
7. Identify the implicit step in the following enthymeme: “If any person is corrupt, then it is a soldier. Accordingly, any person who is a policeman is corrupt”.
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A. No soldiers are policemen.
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B. All policemen are soldiers.
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C. All soldiers are policemen.
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D. All policemen are corrupt persons.
8. To argue that fire causes smoke simply because fire comes before smoke is fallacious reasoning because:
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A. In most cases, smoke comes after fire.
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B. There is no correlation between fire and smoke.
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C. There can be smoke without fire and vice versa.
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D. Other things which are not fire can cause smoke.
9. When two statements agree in truth value regardless of the truth value assigned their atomic components, it is called:
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A. Material implication.
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B. Material equivalence.
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C. Material biconditional.
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D. Logical equivalence
10. The statement: “If neither lions nor tigers are herbivores, then lions are not herbivores” can be symbolized as:
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A. $\sim(L \vee T) \supset \sim L$ or $(\sim L \cdot \sim T) \supset \sim L$
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B. $(\sim L \vee T) \supset \sim L$ or $(\sim L \vee T) \supset \sim L$
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C. $(L \cdot \sim T) \supset \sim L$ or $(L \equiv T) \supset \sim L$
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D. $(\sim L \vee T) \supset L$ or $(\sim L \supset \sim T) \cdot \sim L$
11. The predicate calculus schema for: “None but men are Imams” where ($Mx = x$ is a man; $Ix = x$ is an Imam):
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A. $(x)(Mx \supset Ix)$
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B. $(\exists x)(Ix \cdot Mx)$
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C. $(x)(Ix \supset Mx)$
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D. $(\exists x)(Ix \cdot \sim Mx)$
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