Exam 3: Cost Volume Profit Analysis and Pricing Decisions

Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter. "Caution: Cigarette smoking is hazardous to your health."

"Emotive meaning" refers to a term's

Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter. My liberal colleagues in Congress are all big spenders.

Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither? DEATH HAMPERS BREEDING -Enterprise Record (Chico, Calif.)

Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither? The girls played with the boys.

Determine whether the following claim is best classified as semantically ambiguous (and whether this contains grouping ambiguities), syntactically ambiguous, or free from ambiguity: "I want Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States in the worst way."

Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague. The administration has indicated it would a. not be satisfied until the problem was solved. b. propose new legislation to combat the problem. c. send a bill to Congress during the next session. d. take the problem under advisement.

Define "thin person" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.

Classify the following definition according to its use: to reduce vagueness, to introduce or explain a new or unusual word, to evoke an attitude about something, or to accomplish some other purpose. "All the perceptions of the human mind resolve themselves into two distinct kinds, which I shall call Impressions and Ideas."-David Hume, Treatise on Human Nature

Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter. Conservative Christians are a politically sophisticated voting bloc.

Classify the following: "That stuff up there, see? That's plaque."

Classify the following: "Bogey is the same as one over par."

Using a name or description of an item that you can't point to, provide a definition by example for "classification system." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.

For the following, indicate whether the definition given is by example, by synonym, or analytical: Honor means being willing to lay down your life for a just cause.

Determine whether the following claim is too vague in the context that is stated or implied: Your hard drive is big enough for most word-processing uses, but it's way too small for graphics files.

A) Find an example in a newspaper or newsmagazine of a sentence or passage that is too vague for its context. B) Write another version of the sentence or passage so that it is no longer too vague.

Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter. The world and everything in it was created fifteen minutes ago, complete with fictitious memories and records.

Criticize the following claim based on the material from Chapter 3 of the text. "If the lights burn dimly or not at all when you first turn them on, the battery is probably run down. Test the battery. If it is run down, you should try to find out what caused it."-Crouse and Anglin, The Auto Book

Classify the following definition according to its use: to reduce vagueness, to introduce or explain a new or unusual word, to evoke an attitude about something, or to accomplish some other purpose. "Subduction zone: In interpretations of plate tectonic theory, a belt along the under-margin of a continental plate, where the colliding oceanic plate descends toward or into the mantle."-Robert M. Norris and Robert W. Webb, Geology of California

Determine whether the following claim is best classified as semantically ambiguous (and whether this contains grouping ambiguities), syntactically ambiguous, or free from ambiguity: Carlton harassed the man on the motorcycle.