UNIV104 Extra Credit GENED

Based on the Consumer Price Index Chart given below, use the ratios to determine how much you would expect a house that cost $100,000 in the year 2000 to have sold for in 2012. (Answers rounded to the nearest dollar.)

$133,333

Jake bought 120 shares of stock for $3600. One year later, the stock was valued at $4032. What is the one-year rate of return (percent increase) in the value of the stock?

12%

A priori knowledge is classified as non-experiential, or those things that are known outside of experience. With that in mind, it is logical to conclude that which of the following statements is an example of a priori knowledge?

All parrots are birds.

Why does belief about God, regardless of that belief, determine the rest of what one believes about life and society?

Because, what we believe about God ultimately determines what we believe about the origins of truth, values and who we are as human beings.

Which of the following is a rhetorical reason for using research in presentations?

Doing so helps distinguish good authorities from bad authorities

You are in a debate about the creation of man, and you need to be able to identify and address any fallacies throughout the debate. An "appeal to ignorance" is a fallacy in which a person states that their belief is true because no evidence exists to contradict it. Which of the following best exemplifies an "appeal to ignorance" fallacy that may be brought up in the debate?

Evidence does not exist to prove humans were created by God; therefore, man was not created by God.

Which of the positions below would best represent a biblical perspective on the environment and environmental policy?

Genesis 1 calls us to be good stewards of God's creation; therefore, we all must care for the environment and the State has some obligation to protect society and individuals from environmental damage.

Given that 19 th century Unitarians rejected the doctrine of original sin (that man is born a sinner), their drive for social reform was largely from a belief that:

Man is basically good and therefore perfectible.

Scientific pursuit attempts to discover all of the following EXCEPT:

Subjective truths

The illumination of the Holy Spirit as it applies to our study of the Bible refers to:

The process by which the Holy Spirit enlightens the mind to understand the Bible.

Which view describes a biblical approach to engaging culture and society?

We are called to interact with our culture as a means of communicating the Gospel, but we must not be co-opted or imprinted by our culture.

Which of the following describes how a person's worldview operates?

What a person believes about God (or lack thereof) determines what a person believes about truth, values, and who we are as human beings. Cultural norms and influences also influence these key beliefs/presuppositions.

The secularization of American society is most apparent in that fewer people ___________.

are concerned with biblical principles

As scientists, psychologists have confidence in theories that have stood the test of time because they ________________.

are tied to observable evidence

Your _________ is an example of a liquid asset.

checking account

To recover the image of God that has been diminished through the Fall of mankind we should primarily _____________.

imitate Jesus

Hypothesis testing is a method of using data relevant to a claim to test the likelihood that the claim is accurate. Which of the following is an ethical use of hypothesis testing in a business situation?

As an ethical business owner, you want to find out if the claims you are making about the product you market are accurate. You conduct one or more hypothesis tests to check.

Read the following passage found in Leviticus 19:15 and then answer the question below. "You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord." Which of the following governmental principles can be inferred from this passage?

Law should be administered without respect of persons.

What is the purpose of civil government from a biblical perspective?

NOT - Civil government is for the sole purpose of governors being served by the governed.

Run-on sentences occur when two or more independent clauses are not connected correctly. Which of the following is NOT a run-on sentence?

Heather and Allen want to create a safe home for a barn owl family, so they need to research the required features to attract barn owls to the habitat and to keep them safe.

Which of the following is not a way in which scientific investigation is instrumental in providing relief for the "groaning of the world" under the weight of sin?

NOT - Developing new hearing aid technology for the hearing impaired

The Source Attribution Rule requires that the speaker give the audience enough information to enable it to locate that source if its members wish to do so. It also requires the speaker to cite the source's credentials and to avoid including unnecessary source details. Since the Source Attribution Rule focuses on personal identification and qualification of a given source, which of the following statements best expresses the spirit of this rule for public speakers as they prepare a speech?

NOT - Public speakers are obligated while speaking to credit their sources by name and the date and location of the information's publication or statement.

Evaluate the following statement and determine which answer describes the validity of the statement. "Being aware and culturally sensitive to other people, the Christian believer sees the dire need for a lost world to come to a knowledge of Christ's redeeming work. This also compels the Christian believer in literally everything they do."

NOT - The statement is misguided.

In Correlation we seek to connect the principle of a Bible passage to ____________________.

NOT - an ethical dilemma

Read the following passage found in Romans 13: 1-7, and then answer the question below: Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore, whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Therefore, it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience' sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. Which of the following governmental principles can be inferred from this passage?

This passage seems to reveal that civil government is ordained of God for the purpose of ensuring economic equality for all.

The data set below represents the number of pencils each student has in Mrs. Jones's third grade class. Explain how you would find the median for this data set.9, 2, 5, 0, 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 3, 5, 2, 8, 10, 2, 4, 5, 1, 5

To find the median, add all the numbers of the data set and divide this result by the number of elements in the set.

Because the Fall has marred the image of God which was present in Adam and Eve following Creation, a person ___________________________________.

only experiences full humanity when properly related to God through Jesus Christ

The rhetorical situation requires the speaker/writer to size up the audience/setting (the rhetorical situation) into which he/she will speak for the purpose of determining what he/she should say and how he/she should say it in order to maximize the likelihood of realizing one's specific purpose in making the presentation. The rhetorical situation is the context for communicating—the context a writer/speaker enters into in order to shape a message that can address a problem and ________________.

reach an intended audience to change an attitude, action, or opinion