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Q and A sections

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Capture a section containing questions in an element sec specific-use="question-set".

Capture a section containing answers in an element sec specific-use="answer-set".

Capture an individual question in a Q&A section in an element sec specific-use="question".

Capture an individual answer to a question in a Q&A section in an element sec specific-use="answer".

Multiple choice questions

Capture the options as a list.

<sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-5-sec-40" specific-use="question-set">
  <title>Multiple Choice Questions</title>
  <p>These exercises are designed to assess Chapter 5 
    Learning Objectives 4 and 5 (see Box 5.1). 
    Indicate the single most appropriate response to each item below.</p>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-5-sec-291" specific-use="question">
    <label>1</label>
    <p>“The death penalty is wrong. I know this, because 
      it is immoral for us humans to decide to kill someone.” 
      Which logical fallacy best describes this faulty reasoning?</p>
    <list list-type="alpha-lower">
      <list-item>
        <label>a</label>
        <p>false dilemma</p>
      </list-item>
      <list-item>
        <label>b</label>
        <p>contradictory premises</p>
      </list-item>
      <list-item>
        <label>c</label>
        <p>argument from the negative</p>
      </list-item>
      <list-item>
        <label>d</label>
        <p>circular reasoning</p>
      </list-item>
    </list>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-5-sec-292" specific-use="question">
    <label>2</label>
    <p>“Did you hear about that group of teenagers who 
      toilet papered the house down the street? It just 
      goes to show that teenagers have no respect for the 
      law or personal property.” Which logical fallacy 
      best describes this faulty reasoning?</p>
    <list list-type="alpha-lower">
      <list-item>
       <label>a</label>
       <p>hasty generalization</p>
      </list-item>
      <list-item>
        <label>b</label>
        <p>faulty analogy</p>
      </list-item>
      <list-item>
        <label>c</label>
        <p>false dilemma</p>
      </list-item>
      <list-item>
        <label>d</label>
        <p>slippery slope</p>
      </list-item>
    </list>
  </sec>
</sec>

<sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-13-sec-22" specific-use="answer-set">
  <title>Multiple Choice Answers</title>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-13-sec-876" specific-use="answer">
    <label>1</label>
    <p>d</p>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-13-sec-877" specific-use="answer">
    <label>2</label>
    <p>a</p>
  </sec>
</sec>

Interleaved questions and answers

An answer-set is required for each answer in this scenario.

<sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-20">
  <title>Reply to Hsiao <italic>Luke Maring</italic></title>
  <p>Official-looking—yet unreliable—information is more 
    accessible now than ever before. We need to ask three 
    questions about the sources we encounter.</p>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-21" specific-use="question-set">
    <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-552" specific-use="question">
      <label>Q1:</label>
      <p>Is the source peer-reviewed?</p>
    </sec>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-22" specific-use="answer-set">
    <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-2222" specific-use="answer">
      <p>An article passes peer review when experts think [...]</p>
    </sec>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-23" specific-use="question-set">
    <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-553" specific-use="question">
      <label>Q2:</label>
      <p>Does the source come from an organization or researcher 
        with a narrow and extreme ideological bent?</p>
    </sec>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-24" specific-use="answer-set">
    <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-5543" specific-use="answer">
      <p>We all have biases, but Lott and the CPRC stand out [...]</p>
    </sec>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-25" specific-use="question-set">
    <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-554" specific-use="question">
      <label>Q3:</label>
      <p>Is there a consensus opinion among experts, 
        and, if so, does the source contradict it?</p>
    </sec>
  </sec>
  <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-26" specific-use="answer-set">
    <sec id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-19-sec-5544" specific-use="answer">
      <p>Even peer-reviewed studies by experts make mistakes [...]</p>
    </sec>
  </sec>
</sec>
Release ID:
20261202
ID:
q_and_a_sections
Author:
dunnm
Last changed:
Wed, 04 Jun 2025
Modified by:
buckmasm
Revision#:
2908