QUESTION 34 Which of the following statements is vague? The United States was th
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QUESTION 34
Which of the following statements is vague?
The United States was the first nation to develop nuclear weapons.
This shirt is made entirely of cotton.
Joe talked to Tom in his dorm room.
The water in this pool is quite warm.
Mary's birthday is on July 12.
10 points
QUESTION 35
Which of the following statements is ambiguous?
Mr. Carter lost a lot of money in the stock market.
The Watergate burglary led to Nixon's resignation.
Judge Harris will issue his ruling on the nude beach today.
The author of Paradise Lost is John Milton.
The atomic weight of carbon is 12.
10 points
QUESTION 36
Which of the following are all denoted by the term "philosopher"?
Aristotle, Plato, Locke, Descartes
Lyceum, Greece, Aristotle, Rome
Rationalism, empiricism, idealism, pragmatism
Introspective, intelligent, rational, curious
Continental, analytic, ethics, metaphysics
10 points
QUESTION 37
Which of the following are all connoted by the term "poet"?
Iambic, trochaic, dactylic, anapestic
Ode, sonnet, ballad, elegy
Dickinson, Wordsworth, Poe, Longfellow
Imaginative, expressive, sensitive, articulate
Lyric, pastoral, bucolic, georgic
10 points
QUESTION 38
Given the definition, "'Hyena' means a large, carnivorous, Old World mammal having a thick neck, large head, and four-towed feet."
The genus term is:
Mammal
Thick neck
Hyena
Large head
Old World
10 points
QUESTION 39
Given the definition, "'Hyena' means a large, carnivorous, Old World mammal having a thick neck, large head, and four-towed feet."
The species term is:
Mammal
Large
Hyena
Head
Feet
10 points
QUESTION 40
Given the definition, "'Hyena' means a large, carnivorous, Old World mammal having a thick neck, large head, and four-towed feet."
The difference words include (among others):
Hyena, having a thick neck
Hyena, mammal
Large, carnivorous
Carnivorous, mammal
Mammal, four-towed feet
The United States was the first nation to develop nuclear weapons.
This shirt is made entirely of cotton.
Joe talked to Tom in his dorm room.
The water in this pool is quite warm.
Mary's birthday is on July 12.
Explanation / Answer
Ans 34 : The water in this pool is quite warm
The sentence is vague since it does not give any accurate information. The speaker is uncertain about the correct temperature of the water , so just says it to be warm . How warm , how much not , nothing is clearly specified.