Title: Default for Logical Fallacies - Exercise
Course: Applied English for Science and Technology

Q: The missile theory has expert witnesses. For example, just before Flight 800 broke into flames, private pilot Sven Faret reported that he saw "a little pin flash on the ground." In his view, that flash "looked like a rocket launch."
- ad hominem
- equivocation
- false authority
- red herring
A: false authority

Q: If we begin considering theories other than the one the NTSB is pursuing, the investigation will run in so many directions that we'll never solve anything.
- begging the question
- equivocation
- guilt by association
- slippery slope
A: slippery slope

Q: Mr. Kadlec believes that this downing won't be solved. "Amelia Earhart crashed," he said. "No one knows why she crashed."
- ad hominem
- false analogy
- false cause
- slippery slope
A: false analogy

Q: The FBI is still convinced that it was a bomb that brought down the aircraft. "The public believes it was a bomb," said Agent John Hunt. "Polls taken the day after the crash indicate that more than 75% of Americans believe it was terrorist's bomb."
- bandwagon
- either/or fallacy
- equivocation
- slippery slope
A: bandwagon

Q: Now that we know explosives had been placed aboard the plane for dog-sniffing tests five weeks before the crash, the FBI's discovery of bomb traces in the cabin is a "dud."
- bandwagon
- either/or fallacy
- equivocation
- false analogy
A: equivocation

Q: If it wasn't a missile, a bomb, or mechanical failure, then all that's left is a meteorite.
- begging the question
- either/or fallacy
- false authority
- guilt by association
A: either/or fallacy

Q: The missile theory has no merit. It arose from Pierre Salinger, and he's a kook. Not only is he a reporter, but he's French.
- ad hominem
- begging the question
- false analogy
- slippery slope
A: ad hominem

Q: One thing that people aren't considering enough is that the plane went down during an election year. Elections bring out the worst in people, a clear example being the Teapot Dome Scandal of 1920.
- ad hominem
- either/or fallacy
- equivocation
- red herring
A: red herring