Exam 12: Effective Advocacy

A new trail is about to open in a wilderness area. A committee is tasked with deciding who should, and should not, have access to the trail. The committee decides to ban ATVs and horses from the trail, as well as off-leash dogs because they are incompatible with the safety of hikers, dogs on leashes, and cyclists. The committee's decision reflects:

Which of the following statements regarding presumption is false?

A potential problem with public opinion polls is that respondents may give an answer that they think is politically correct or socially polite, rather than what they really believe. This tendency is known as:

You and a friend are arguing about what the greatest sport in the world is. Your friend says soccer is the greatest sport in the world. What value criteria would you use to champion another sport (your choice) as the greatest in the world?

A pro-reparations advocate argues, "Reparations would not involve the federal government writing a check to every black person in the U.S. One option would be for Congress to establish a federally-funded education trust to help descendants of slaves attend college." The arguer is focusing primarily on which stock issue below?

Select a specific controversial issue in the public domain and write a policy claim, a value or judgment claim, and a factual claim associated with that issue.

Which concept reflects the view that the status quo is satisfactory and the existing order should remain as it is, absent a clear and convincing case to the contrary?

How are value and policy claims interrelated? Provide a specific example of how the two are intertwined.

Which of the following best represents a definitional dispute?

An advocate must provide "good and sufficient reasons" in order to:

Once an arguer has provided a prima facie case, the recipient of the argument has:

The process of discovering the key issues surrounding a controversy, and developing arguments and evidence that address those issues, is known as: