Debate Test

5/21/2018 Debate Test

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1.Please choose the least correct and complete ordering of the stock issues from the lists below:a.Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicality, Solvencyb.Inherency, Significance, Harms, Solvency, Topicalityc.Topicality, Inherency, Significance, Solvency, Desirability, Harmsd.Topicality, Desirability, Inherency, Significance/Harms, Solvencye.Topicality, Inherency, Significance/Harms, Solvency, Desirability

2.Type of permutation where the affirmative advocates another action in addition to the affirmative plantext:a. severance b.intrinsicnessc. qualitative d.minor repair

3.Affirmatives are only allowed to offer permutations if the negative agues a kritik or a counterplan.a.trueb. false

4.Type of judge who thinks that the resolution is can best be tested through preponderance of examples:a.hypotesterb.stock issues c.tabula rasa d. flay e.policymaker

5.The idea that an affirmative plan has to have all stock issues presented in the 1AC:a.prima faciab.tabula rasa

c.a priorid.e pluribus unume.bis teriblis

6.The term used to describe the idea that the stock issue in question - usually topicalityshould bedetermined before all other issues in the round:a.prima faciab.tabula rasac.a priorid.e pluribus unume.bis terriblis

7.There term used to describe the intellectual process whereby the plan presented by the affirmative

becomes the example of the resolution debated in policy debate round:a.fiatb.parameterizationc.elliptical rationalizationd.examplinge.hypotesting

8.the traditional affirmative model for case development is best described as:a.plan, Solvency, harms, Significanceb.Inherency, Harms, Solvency, Topicalityc.Inherency, Harms, plan, Solvencyd.Inherency, plan, harms, solvency, harms, solvencye.Inherency, Signifcance, Topicality, Solvency

9.The comparative advantage model of case structuring:a.plan, Solvency, harms, Significanceb.Inherency, Harms, Solvency, Topicalityc.Inherency, Harms, plan, Solvencyd.Inherency, plan, harms, solvency, harms, solvencye.Inherency, Signifcance, Topicality, Solvency

10.A plan involving supreme court action (9 people) requires MORE fiat power than a plan involvingcongressional action (535 people).


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a.trueb.false

11.The idea that all arguments can be reduced to claims, sources, and warrants is expressed by thispersons model of argumentation:a.Tulman

b.Soltc.Bakerd.Tookeye.Zarefsky

12.Weakest Inherent barrier presentable by the affirmative:a.attitudinalb.structuralc.cored.existentiale.intrinsicness

13.The stock issue of inherency can best be described as:a.the plan is an example of the resolution

b.the probability that the plan will occur in the status quoc.the plan solves for significant problems in the status quod.there are significant barriers to plan passage e.the harms that the affirmative seeks to address are deeply ingrained in status quo power structures

14.The stock issue of topicality can best be described as a question of:a.does the plan solve for the resolutionb.isthe resolution properly identified by the affirmative planc.isthe affirmative plan an example of the resolutiond.isthe affirmative case a proper interpretation of the resolutione.isthe affirmative plan a proper operating parameter for the debateAssuming that the affirmative plan presented is to pass the McCain Senate Bill to Ban Torture for the nextseries of questions:

15. Which is the worst example listed below of an Inherency argument hypothetically waged by thenegative:a.The plan is unnecessary because torture is not happening at US military bases any more.b.The McCain Bill is likely to pass the Joint House-Senate Committee and will become a law in the statusquo.c.The President issues an executive order banning torture by military personnel.d.The McCain Bill has passed a House Senate Joint Committee, has passed the House and Senate, andthe President has signed the law into effect.e.The Majority of Congressmen in theory already support the McCain Amendment.

16.An argument that the Pentagon is already revising its policies internally to ban torture would best bedescribed as:

a. an inherency pressb. a harms pressc. a solvency pressd. a topicality presse. a significance press

Assume that the plan presented is to ban the practice of rendition through Congressional action:

17.The best intrinsic takeout argument against the affirmative plan would be:a.rendition cannot be stopped because CIA activities are classified.
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b.private contractors can be employed to fill the gap in rendition practicesc.CIA operatives will kill people rendered to cover up breaches of lawd.the Supreme Court would rule such limitations on the War Powers of the President unconstitutionale.the President will be more likely to start a war with Syria to draw terrorist activity away from U.S. targetsand to shore up perceived security risks

18.An offensive extrinsic turn argument would be:a.rendition cannot be stopped because CIA activities are classified.b.private contractors can be employed to fill the gap in rendition practicesc.CIA operatives will kill people rendered to cover up breaches of lawd.the Supreme Court would rule such limitations on the War Powers of the President unconstitutionale.the President will be more likely to start a war with Syria to draw terrorist activity away from U.S.targets and to shore up perceived security risks

19.The judo flip would be:a.rendition cannot be stopped because CIA activities are classified.b.private contractors can be employed to fill the gap in rendition practicesc.CIA operatives will kill people rendered to cover up breaches of lawd.the Supreme Court would rule such limitations on the War Powers of the President unconstitutionale.the President will be more likely to start a war with Syria to draw terrorist activity away from U.S. targets

and to shore up perceived security risks

20.The best example of an effects topical definition-based topicality argument against the rendition casewould be:

b.the affirmative plan would limit the detention ability of more governments than just the United Statesc.the affirmative plan only decreases the ability to detain as an effect of the pland.the affirmative plan, by specifying Congressional action, unfairly renders the negatives argumentsconcerning executive action obsoletee.the affirmative plan, by not specifying a specific vote count on the bill at hand, unfairly renders negativecounterplan arguments about overriding a presidential veto obsolete.

21. The best example of an OSPEC argument against the rendition case would be:a.a person rendered is detained by a foreign government, not the US federal governmentb.the affirmative plan would limit the detention ability of more governments than just the United Statesc.the affirmative plan only decreases the ability to detain as an effect of the pland.the affirmative plan, by specifying Congressional action, unfairly renders the negativesarguments concerning executive action obsoletee.the affirmative plan, by not specifying a specific vote count on the bill at hand, unfairly renders negativecounterplan arguments about overriding a presidential veto obsolete.

22. The best example of an ASPEC argument against the rendition case would be:a.a person rendered is detained by a foreign government, not the US federal governmentb.the affirmative plan would limit the detention ability of more governments than just the United States

c.the affirmative plan only decreases the ability to detain as an effect of the pland.the affirmative plan, by specifying Congressional action, unfairly renders the negatives argumentsconcerning executive action obsoletee.the affirmative plan, by not specifying a specific vote count on the bill at hand, unfairly rendersnegative counterplan arguments about overriding a presidential veto obsolete.

23.Mr. Rach is best typified as which type of judge:a.Lay b. game theorist c. tabula rasa d. policymaker e. critic of argument

24.Which type of judge should places the least emphasis on explicit evidence in the round:


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a.game theorist b. hypotester c. tabula rasad. policymaker e.flay

25.The judge type least open to new ideas and ways to argue in a round:a.policymaker b. stock issuesc. tabula rasa d. lay e. hypotester

26.All of the following are components of a traditional topicality challenge by the negative except:

a. interpretation b.standards for best definition c.voting issues d. definitionse.criterion for exception

27.Which of the following is not an example of a general affirmative counterstandard?a.reasonability b.100 percent non-topical c.reverse voter d.ground e.field context

28.There are this many types of inherency described by most debate textbooks:a. 2 b. 3 c. 4d. 5 e. 6

29.The following are all components of a traditional disadvantage with the exception of:a.uniqueness b. linearityc. brink d. impact e. link

30.All arguments involving causality have some aspec of linearity, including disadvantages.A.true B. false

31. The negative disadvantage component of Brink most closely resembles which aff case stock issue:a.Inherencyb. topicality c. impact d.solvency e. significance/harms

32.The negative disadvantage component of Impact most closely resembles which affirmative stockissue:a.Inherency b. topicality c. impact d.solvency e. significance/harms

Assume a disadvantage posited as follows for the next series of questions: the United States, if deprivedof effective tools to prevent terrorism domestically, is more likely to make war against nations perceivedas threats in the Middle East; namelySyria.

33.The affirmative responds that the president does not have the manpower to conduct a war other thanIraq, so the disadvantage is not tenable. This address the issue of:

a.uniqueness b. impact c. internal linkd. link e.inherency

34.The aff responds that the affirmative plan in question, rendition, decreases the likelihood of terrorism,so the US will be less likely to engage in a war with Syria. This argument would be best be classified as achallenge of:a.uniqueness b. impact c. external link d. link e. threshold

35.The argument in question 34 could further be typified as which type of argument:a.extrinsic turn b. intrinsic turn c. double turn d. specific turn e. impact turn

36.The aff responds that a war with Syria would be good because Syria is a dangerous rogue nation thatneeds regime change. This argument could best be typified as:a.extrinsic impact turn b. impact turnc. link turn d. specific turn e. double turn

37.The aff responds that a war with Syria would be good because it would decrease the likelihood of aUS attack on Iran, which would be disastrous. This argument would best be typified as:a.extrinsic impactturnb.impact turn c.double turn d.specific turn e.intrinsic impact turn

38.The affirmative makes the response in question number 34 and the response in question number 37.This would constitute which type of situation:a.straight turn b. impact turn c. double turnd.specific turn e.intrinsic impact turn


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39.The affirmative can avoid losing to the situation described in question 38 if they can prove that the warwith Syria was not going to occur in the status quo. This crucial element in question, which is alsoinvolved in a straight turn, is called:a.uniquenessb. link c. brink d. impact e. threshold

40.Which type of judge places the most emphasis on presumption in a debate?

a.policymaker b. flay c. tabula rasa d. laye. hypotester

41.The most powerful tool that can be employed in the negative arsenal according to the Johnson text is:a.the kritik b.the counterplan c.the disadvantaged. topicality e. the solvency turn

42.The argument most disliked by the Johnson text:a.the kritikb.the counterplan c.the disadvantage d. topicality e. the solvency turn

43.conditionality theory is applicable to case arguments:a.true b. false

44.A counterplan as discussed in class to distribute HIV medicines and fund HIV research through theWorld Health Organization, in lieu of changing immigration standards for immigrants, would be typifiedaccording to the Ulrich essay as which type of counterplan?

a.counter process b. counter agent c. counter policyd. plan inclusive e. plan exclusive

45.Which type of counterplan would be most in line with Bellaire debate philosophy:a.counter process b. counter agent c. counter policyd. plan inclusive e. plan exclusive

46. Which type of counterplan would be least in line with Bellaire debate philosophy:a.counter process b. counter agent c. counter policy d. plan inclusivee. plan exclusive

47.the most important component of counterplans that is undisputed:a. mutual exclusivity b. net beneficial c. competitived. nontopical e.textual

48.The majority of the debate community believes that topical counterplans are fair arguments.a.true b. false

49.This type of counterplan encourages more direct clash:a.plan-inclusive b.topical c.nontopical d.counter-agent e.counterpolicy

50.This type of counterplan encourages indirect clash and focus on a specific net benefit issue:a.plan-inclusive b. counter agent c. counter process d.a & c e.a,b, and c

51.This type of counterplan encourages the least direct clash:a.plan-inclusiveb. counter agent c. counter process d.a & c e.a,b, and c

52.All counterplans have to have net benefits to be winnable policy options.a.trueb.false

53.The best description of the competition requirement of a counterplan is:a.the counterplan has more advantages than the affirmative proposalb.itis not possible to endorse both the affirmative plan and the counterplan simultaneouslyc.the counterplan forces the judges to make a choice between the policy options by either teamd. the counterplan solves bettere.the counterplan negates the affirmative plan

54. The worst description of the competition requirement of a counterplan is:a.the counterplan has more advantages than the affirmative proposalb.itis not possible to endorse both the affirmative plan and the counterplan simultaneously
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c.the counterplan forces the judges to make a choice between the policy options by either teamd. the counterplan solves bettere.the counterplan negates the affirmative plan

55.The logical fallacy where the opposing team makes a wrong comparison:a.hasty generalization b.false premise c.false analogyd.irrelevant evidence e.begging the question

56.Date of source is always a valid test of evidence.A.true B. false

57.The worst description of the concept of net benefits:a. the counterplan forces a choiceb.the counterplan results in more advantages than the affirmative planc.itis most advantageous to do the counterplan aloned.itis impossible to do both plan and counterplan simultaneouslye.the counterplan philosophical differs with the agency of the affirmative

58.Permutations can only be used to challege mutual exclusivity of a counterplan.a.trueb. false c. maybe d. kick me below the belt again Rach

59.Permutations always involve a change of either the affirmative plan or the counterplan text.a.true b. falsec.maybe d. both a and b e.a,b,and c

60.types of competition explicitly listed by Ulrich include all of the following except:a.resource competition b.philosophical competition c. textual competition d. mutual exclusivity

61.All the following are valid test of counterplan competition except:a.extra-competitiveness b.extra non-topicalityc. permutation theory d. intrinsicness

62.Running Topicality and other solvency arguments both in a round is an example of conditionaladvocacy performed by the negative.a.trueb.false

63.A negative team performs a conditional counterplan every time they advocate a counterplan and casearguments in a round.a.true b.false

64.Resource Competition is a more specific type of which form of competition:a.mutual exclusivityb.netbenefits c.philosophical competition d.textual competition

65.A negative team can advocate a conditional counterplan and the status quo in the 2NR.a.true b. false

66.New evidence is allowable in the rebuttals provided it is an extension to arguments already posited inthe constructives.a.trueb. false

67.The negative is not allowed to run counterplans in the 2NC.a.true b. false

68.The affirmative is allowed to run additional advantages in the 2AC.a.trueb. false

69.A good negative will go for this many arguments in the last speech:a.1 to 3b. at least 10 c. 20 cover your bases d. 25-30 worked for Santa Anna
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70.A permutation is an actual policy option that the judge can entertain at the end of the round.a.true b.false

71.double turns can be committed by both affirmatives and negatives.a.trueb. false

72.Ulrich uses this alternate language to describe conditional counterplans:a.dispositional b.alternate world counterplans c.hypothetical counterplansd.even-if argumentse.permutables

73.All counterplans have to be mutually exclusive.A.true B. false

74.The best description of dispositionality is:a.the negative agrees to advocate the counterplan throughout the round.b.the negative reserves the right to discontinue counterplan advocacy if the affirmative termsuggests a permutationc.the negative team reserves the right to discontinue CP advocacy if the affirmative straight turns thecounterpland.the negative team reserves the right to discontinue CP advocacy if the affirmative teams makes any

arguments of policy against the counterplane.if the affirmative straight turns it, we can kick it.

75.Claims of quantitative significance based on morality arguments are known as:a.deontologies b.teleologies c.moral skepticism d.fiat-based exponentials

76.The strategy suggested in class for revealing the theoretical flaw of narrowly tailored plan-inclusivecounterplans when you are affirmative:a.scream BullS@#$ at the top of your lungs while your partner hurls your catcases at the judge and giveshim the we are number one! signb.make a theoretical objection to the infinitely regressive nature of pics, then pic the pic in themethodology advocated by the negatives counterplanc.read a block of severance permutations good and then advocate the counterplan excusively

d.pre-empt the permutation by incorporating the pic into your very specific plan text.e.run an alternate plan in the 2AC.

77.Critical arguments, better known as kritiks, are:a.abstract philosophical objections to the affirmative planb.objections to the way in which the affirmative presents on a performative levelc.morality claims that are argued to supercede the teleologic logic of the opposite teamd.both a & be.all of the above

78.All Kritiks should be organized and argued in a set and conventional manner.a.true b. false

79.The fundamental aspect of a Kritik that separates it from a disadvantage, besides its nebulous nature,is:a.the claim that it has discursive impactb.its implicationsc.pragmatic application to argument in the roundd.belief that fiat is illusorye.netbenefits

80.Most Kritiks as currently experienced in the last ten years suffer from this fundamental weakness:a.they are too specific and rigid as a form of argumentation
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b.they are too generic in applicationc.they are not philosophically competitived.they have no impacte.they have no link

81.Kritiks can be counter-kritiked.a.true

b. false

82.Uniqueness is a valid argument against kritiks.a.true b.false

83.The Roger Solt article attributes the first kritik, erroneously, as being run on this date:a.1980b.1991 c.1992 d.1994 e.1995

84.The idea behind kritiking originated in what philosophical tradition:a.Italian b. American c.Chinese d.French e.German

85.Roger Solt believes that language Kritiks in general are not independent voting issues.a.true b.false

86.All of the following are ideas Solt advances as arguments to wage against a Kritik except:a.re-establish a policymaking frameworkb.argue that the Kritik is not a viable policy alternativec.refute the Kritik on its own termsd.destroy the link to the Kritike.Critique the critique

87.The most valuable universally recognized and identifiable counterplan language construction that canbe applied to answering Kritiks:a.mutual exclusivity b.extra-competition c.permutationd.competition e.nontopicalness

88.Which of the following is an example of an extremely competitive philosophical kritik that could beadvanced against cases under this years topic?

a.capitalism goodb.capitalism bad c.state of exceptionalism bad d.terror talk

89. Which of the following is best example of a non-competitive kritik that could be advanced againstcases under this years topic?a.capitalism good b.capitalism badc.state of exceptionalism bad d.terror talk

90.Kritik alternatives are usually specific and pragmatic policy constructs akin to counterplans.a.true b. false

91.Which of the following is least likely to have discursive impact after a round:

a.general ideasb.indictments of present system dynamicsc.specific policy proposalsd.all of the abovee.none of the above

92.Fiat is illusory means thata.the affirmative plan is not going to really be passed by the judge after the roundb.hypothetical conterfacctuals have very little intrinsic valuec.policy frameworks are undesirable


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d.all of the abovee.none of the above

93.Arguments that Kritiking as a form of argument is BAD does not tend to win a lot of rounds.a.true b.false

94.All of the following are pragmatists with the exception of:a.C.Wright Mills b.William Spanosc.John Dewey d.William James e.Mr. Johnson

95.All affirmative plans can operate functionally as kritiks, whether stated or not.a.trueb.false

96.The Ross and Prestes article says the best starting point for defeating kritiks is:a.cross-examination of the opponents to establish binding alternativesb.specifically permuting the kritikc.offering pragmatism as an alternative counter-critiqued.impact turning the alternativee.weighing the aff plan advantages against the kritik advantages

97.Kritiks are not subject to a solvency requirement for their discursive impacts:

a.true b.false

98.Ross and Prestes suggest fiating the kritikal alternative as a strategy for the affirmative.a.trueb. false

99.Acording to the Ross and Prestes article, this is the most underutilized answer to kritiks:a.link turns b.impact turns c.questioning of alternativesd.permutations e.using the aff as a counter-criticism

100.Kritikal arguments have empirically achieved true social change.a.true b.false

101.Which of the following strategies is NOT advanced by the Ross and Prestes article:

a.cross-examination of the opponents to establish binding alternativesb.specifically permuting the kritikc.offering pragmatism as an alternative counter-critiqued.link turning the alternativee.weighing the aff plan advantages against the kritik

102.Affirmative plans operate as all of the following except:a.micro-turns to the criticismb.alternatives that can be weighed against the kritikalc.kriticisms of the status quod.impact turns to the alternativee.viable arguments independent of fiat illusions

103.The stock issue involving whether the plan advanced by the affirmative would work has been labeledall of the following except:a.workabilityb.solvencyc.preferabilityd.plan meet neede.satisfaction

104.Turns can also historically been labeled flips.a.trueb.false


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105.Which type of judge places the least emphasis on the stock issue of desirability.a.stock issues b.tabula rasac.policymaker d.game theorist e.hypotester

106.This stock issue of desirability is determined by all of the following issues except:a.topicalityb.significance c.harms d.solvency e.inherency

107. Fiat can best be worst described as a:a.powerb.assumptionc.hypothetical counterfactual processd.mindsete.quantifiable action

108.Affirmative plans cannot claim to be net beneficiala.true b.false

109.The most unpredictable judge type:a.game theorist b.tabula rasa c.lay d.flaye.policymaker

110.The most misunderstood stock issue:a.topicality b.inherency c.significance d.solvency e.desirability

111.The affirmative is accorded the first and last speech in a direct-clash policy debate round on whatprinciple?a.They have to overcome presumptionb.The speeches in the round are modeled after trial proceedingsc.Prosecutions in trial give the first & last speechesd.It offsets the Negative advantage of the 2NC / 1NR Blocke.Life is unfair for the negative. Deal with it.f.I an retardedh.HIV HIV HIVi.My Hispanic forefathers will be avenged on the wrongs suffered at the Battle of San Jacinto, you white

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112.The negative team is accorded presumption in the debate round because:a.there are always hidden harms to changing the status quob.the affirmative gets the first and last speechesc.defendants are assumed innocent until proven guiltyd.both a and ce.all of the above

113.The two absolute voting issues in a policymaker framework:a.topicality and net benefits b.significance and harms c.inherency and solvency d.topicality anddesirability

114.There is no rule book on debate theory.a.trueb.false

115.The least exacting standard for inherency:a.core b.attitudinalc.exceptional d.existential e.structural

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