2.1.1 - Introduction to Mathematic Logic, Propositions or Statements.
1: What is a proposition or statement in mathematical logic?
Correct Answer: C) A declarative sentence that is either true or false, but not both simultaneously
2: What is the truth value of a statement?
Correct Answer: C) The truth or falsity of a statement
3: Which of the following is NOT a proposition?
Correct Answer: B) "Close the door."
4: What are the possible truth values in two-valued logic?
Correct Answer: C) True (T) and False (F)
5: What are the symbols used to denote propositional variables?
Correct Answer: C) Letters such as p, q, r
6: Which of the following statements is true about logical propositions?
Correct Answer: C) A proposition must have a clear truth value.
7: What is the term used to describe logic with only two possible truth values?
Correct Answer: D) Two-valued logic
8: Which of the following can be a valid propositional variable?
Correct Answer: C) A letter such as p or q
9: What is the importance of studying logic in discrete mathematics?
Correct Answer: B) It provides the theoretical basis for areas like artificial intelligence and digital logic design.
10: Which of the following is true about questions and propositions?
Correct Answer: D) Questions are not propositions.
11: What does the study of logic provide in the context of computer science?
Correct Answer: B) Theoretical basis for areas such as artificial intelligence, digital logic, and design
12: Which of the following is a proposition?
Correct Answer: C) "It is raining outside."
13: What type of sentence is a proposition?
Correct Answer: D) Declarative
14: How is the truth value 'true' commonly denoted in symbolic logic?
Correct Answer: B) T or 1
15: How is the truth value 'false' commonly denoted in symbolic logic?
Correct Answer: A) F or 0
2.1.2 - Compound Proposition and Connectives.
1: What is an atomic proposition?
Correct Answer: A) A single propositional variable or constant
2: What is a compound proposition?
Correct Answer: B) A proposition obtained from combinations of other propositions using logical operators
3: What are connectives in the context of logic?
Correct Answer: B) Operators used to form compound propositions
4: Which of the following is NOT a basic connective?
Correct Answer: D) Multiplication
5: Which symbol represents negation?
Correct Answer: D) ~
6: Which symbol represents conjunction?
Correct Answer: A) ∧
7: Which symbol represents disjunction?
Correct Answer: B) ∨
8: Which symbol represents conditional (implication)?
Correct Answer: C) →
9: Which symbol represents biconditional?
Correct Answer: D) ↔
10: If p: "The sky is blue," what is the negation of p?
Correct Answer: B) The sky is not blue
11: What does the negation of a proposition do?
Correct Answer: A) Makes a true proposition false
12: Which statement about conjunction (p ∧ q) is true?
Correct Answer: C) It is true only when both p and q are true
13: Which statement about disjunction (p ∨ q) is true?
Correct Answer: C) It is true when at least one of p or q is true
14: In a conditional statement p → q, when is it false?
Correct Answer: B) When p is true and q is false
15: Which of the following is a correct way to interpret p → q?
Correct Answer: C) p is sufficient for q
16: When is the biconditional p ↔ q true?
Correct Answer: B) When both p and q are true, or both are false
17: What does p ↔ q mean?
Correct Answer: C) p if and only if q
18: Which of the following is an example of a conjunction?
Correct Answer: B) It is raining and it is cold
19: Which of the following is an example of a disjunction?
Correct Answer: C) It is raining or it is snowing
20: Which of the following is an example of a conditional statement?
Correct Answer: C) If it rains, then I will use an umbrella
2.1.3 - Truth Table.
1: What does a truth table show?
Correct Answer: B) The truth values of a compound proposition for all possible cases
2: How many possible cases are there for the conjunction of two propositions, p and q?
Correct Answer: C) Four
3: What is the result of the conjunction p ∧ q when both p and q are true?
Correct Answer: A) True
4: In a truth table for the conjunction p ∧ q, what is the truth value when p is true and q is false?
Correct Answer: B) False
5: In the context of truth tables, what does the symbol ∧ represent?
Correct Answer: B) Conjunction (AND)
6: What is the truth value of p ∧ q when both p and q are false?
Correct Answer: B) False
7: Which table number represents the truth table for the conjunction of two propositions p and q?
Correct Answer: B) Table 2.1.4
8: What does the negation operator do to the truth value of a proposition?
Correct Answer: D) It inverts the truth value
9: How many columns are typically needed in a truth table for a compound proposition involving two simple propositions, p and q?
Correct Answer: B) Three
10: Which table number shows the truth table for the disjunction of two propositions?
Correct Answer: B) Table 2.1.5
2.1.4
46. What is the converse of the conditional proposition p → q?
Correct Answer: A) q → p
47. What is the contrapositive of the conditional proposition p → q?
Correct Answer: B) ~q → ~p
48. What is the inverse of the conditional proposition p → q?
Correct Answer: C) ~p → ~q
49. Which of the following statements is logically equivalent to the contrapositive of p → q?
Correct Answer: A) p → q
50. If p represents "It rains" and q represents "The crops will grow," what does the statement ~p → ~q represent?
Correct Answer: B) If it does not rain, then the crops will not grow.
51. Which statement correctly describes the contrapositive of the statement "If it rains, then the crops will grow"?
Correct Answer: B) If the crops do not grow, then it did not rain.
52. What is the logical equivalent of the statement "If the crops grow, then it rained"?
Correct Answer: A) Converse of p → q
53. If the proposition p → q is true, which of the following must also be true?
Correct Answer: B) ~q → ~p
54. If the inverse ~p → ~q is false, what can be inferred about p → q?
Correct Answer: B) p → q is false
55. If "If it rains, then the crops will grow" is false, which of the following must also be false?
Correct Answer: B) "If the crops do not grow, then it did not rain."
2.1.5
56. What is the negation of a conjunction ( p ∧ q )?
Correct Answer: B) ( ¬ p ∨ ¬ q )
57. What is the symbolic representation of the negation of a disjunction ( p ∨ q )?
Correct Answer: A) ( ¬ p ∧ ¬ q )
58. What is the negation of a negation ( ¬ (¬ p) )?
Correct Answer: B) ( p )
59. How can the negation of a conditional statement ( p → q ) be expressed?
Correct Answer: C) ( p ∧ ¬ q )
60. What is the symbolic representation of the negation of a bi-conditional statement ( p ↔ q )?
Correct Answer: C) ( ¬ (p ↔ q) )
61. Which of the following correctly represents ( ¬ (p ∧ q) )?
Correct Answer: B) ( ¬ p ∨ ¬ q )
62. Which of the following represents ( ¬ (p ∨ q) )?
Correct Answer: A) ( ¬ p ∧ ¬ q )
63. If ( p ↔ q ) is a bi-conditional statement, what is its negation?
Correct Answer: C) ( ¬ (p ↔ q) )
64. Which statement is true about the negation of a statement ( p )?
Correct Answer: B) ( ¬ (¬ p) ) is equivalent to ( p )
65. Which truth table would represent the negation of a conditional statement ( p → q )?
Correct Answer: C) The table where ( ¬ (p → q) ) is true only when ( p ) is true and ( q ) is false.
2.1.6 - Algebra of Proposition.
66. What does the Idempotent Law state?
Correct Answers: C) 𝑝 ∨ 𝑞 ≡ 𝑝 and D) 𝑝 ∧ 𝑞 ≡ 𝑝
67. Which of the following expressions correctly applies the Associative Law?
Correct Answers: A) (𝑝 ∧ 𝑞) ∧ 𝑟 ≡ 𝑝 ∧ (𝑞 ∧ 𝑟) and B) 𝑝 ∧ (𝑞 ∧ 𝑟) ≡ (𝑝 ∧ 𝑞) ∧ 𝑟
68. Which of the following is an example of the Commutative Law?
Correct Answers: B) 𝑝 ∧ 𝑞 ≡ 𝑞 ∧ 𝑝 and C) 𝑝 ∨ 𝑞 ≡ 𝑞 ∨ 𝑝
69. What does the Distributive Law state?
Correct Answers: A) 𝑝 ∧ (𝑞 ∨ 𝑟) ≡ (𝑝 ∧ 𝑞) ∨ (𝑝 ∧ 𝑟) and C) 𝑝 ∨ (𝑞 ∧ 𝑟) ≡ (𝑝 ∨ 𝑞) ∧ (𝑝 ∨ 𝑟)
70. Which of the following is correct according to the Identity Law?
Correct Answers: B) 𝑝 ∨ 𝐹 ≡ 𝑝 and D) 𝑝 ∧ 𝑇 ≡ 𝑝
71. What does the Complement Law state?
Correct Answers: D) 𝑝 ∨ ¬𝑝 ≡ 𝑇 and C) ¬𝑇 ≡ 𝐹
72. According to the Involution Law, what is ¬(¬𝑝)?
Correct Answer: B) 𝑝
73. Which expression is correct according to De Morgan’s Law?
Correct Answers: A) ¬(𝑝 ∨ 𝑞) ≡ ¬𝑝 ∧ ¬𝑞 and D) ¬(𝑝 ∧ 𝑞) ≡ ¬𝑝 ∨ ¬𝑞
2.1.7 - Logical Equivalence.
74. What does it mean for two propositions P and Q to be logically equivalent?
Correct Answer: A) They have the same truth value in every possible case.
75. Which symbol denotes logical equivalence between two propositions P and Q?
Correct Answer: C) ≡
76. What is the first step in testing whether two propositions P and Q are logically equivalent?
Correct Answer: B) Construct the truth table for P.
77. What must be done after constructing the truth tables for two propositions P and Q?
Correct Answer: C) Compare each row to see if the truth values of P and Q match.
78. If P and Q have the same truth values in every possible case, what can be concluded about P and Q?
Correct Answer: C) P and Q are logically equivalent.
79. When testing for logical equivalence, why is it important to use the same propositional variables in the truth tables for P and Q?
Correct Answer: B) To make sure that the comparisons are valid and accurate.
80. What is the significance of logical equivalence in simplifying propositions?
Correct Answer: A) It allows the replacement of a proposition with a simpler but equivalent one.
81. Which of the following is NOT a step in testing logical equivalence?
Correct Answer: C) Checking if P and Q are tautologies.
82. What happens if the truth values of P and Q do not match in any row of their truth tables?
Correct Answer: C) P and Q are not logically equivalent.
83. Why might it be desirable to replace a given proposition with an equivalent one?
Correct Answer: B) To simplify the proposition for easier manipulation or understanding.
2.1.8 - Tautology, Contradiction and Contingency.
84. What is a tautology in propositional logic?
Correct Answer: C) A statement pattern whose truth value is true for all possible combinations of the truth values of its prime components
85. Which of the following is an example of a tautology?
Correct Answer: B) P ∨ ~P
86. What is a contradiction in propositional logic?
Correct Answer: C) A statement pattern whose truth value is false for all possible combinations of the truth values of its prime components
87. Which of the following is an example of a contradiction?
Correct Answer: B) P ∧ ~P
88. What is a contingency in propositional logic?
Correct Answer: C) A statement pattern that is neither a tautology nor a contradiction
89. Which of the following is an example of a contingency?
Correct Answer: C) p ∧ q
90. Which logical operator is used in the statement pattern that is an example of a tautology?
Correct Answer: B) Disjunction ( ∨ )
91. Which logical operator is used in the statement pattern that is an example of a contradiction?
Correct Answer: A) Conjunction ( ∧ )
92. In propositional logic, if a statement pattern is neither always true nor always false, it is classified as:
Correct Answer: C) Contingency
93. Which of the following statements is not a tautology?
Correct Answer: B) P ∧ ~P