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Question:

Multiple choice question

Foundation means a base on which you can build something.

For example:

This basic course in mathematics provides the foundation for the next five advanced courses.

a base on which you can build other things

goal

support for something

basis

Which answers are closest in meaning to foundation? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

basis

a base on which you can build other things

support for something

goal
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Question:

Multiple choice question

The examples below illustrate the meaning of foundation.

 

 

facts

physics

experiments

theories

Which answers below best complete form the foundations of science?

 

Choose the 3 correct answers.

 

 

Response:

theories

experiments

physics

facts
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Something that is based on a strong foundation means it has a strong basis to support it.

reliable data.

evidence based on experiments.

lucky guesses.

sufficient data.

Which answers below best complete this sentence?

Choose the 3 correct answers.

 

When we say that a writer's claims are well-founded, we mean that her position is based on...

Response:

lucky guesses.

sufficient data.

evidence based on experiments.

reliable data.
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Question:

Multiple choice question

assumptions

research questions

facts

principles

Which answers below best complete the sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

 

The foundations of something are the basic...from which you can develop a theory.

 

Response:

research questions

facts

Feedback:

A foundation is an idea, belief or principle from theories can develop. Theories are not the same as facts - theories are a set of hypotheses that can explain facts.

assumptions

principles

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Question:

Multiple choice question

This exercise focuses on the foundations of creativity.

Read the 3 quotations and answer the question below.

If you are a genius, you don't need to work hard: Good ideas will come to you automatically.

Genius is largely the result of hard work, rather than an inspired flash of insight.

The foundation of creativity is knowledge, preparation and hard work.

Quotation 1:

Harry Shum - previously the head of Microsoft’s research laboratory in Beijing:
“Before you create anything new, you need to understand what is already there. Once you have this foundation, being creative can be trainable.”

 

Quotation 2:

Louis Pasteur – discovered that germs cause most infectious diseases:
"In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind."

 

Quotation 3:

Thomas Alva Edison – invented the electric light bulb:
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."

What is the main message of these 3 quotations? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

The foundation of creativity is knowledge, preparation and hard work.

Genius is largely the result of hard work, rather than an inspired flash of insight.

If you are a genius, you don't need to work hard: Good ideas will come to you automatically.