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GE 310 Ethics Prelim Examination

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ethics is derived from the Greek word ________.

a)

Ethis

b)

Ethos

c)

Etheos

d)

None of the above

2.

Ethics cover the following dilemma except for ____________.

a)

How to live a good life

b)

The language of right and wrong

c)

Our rights and responsibilities

d)

None of the above

3.

It deals with the nature of moral judgement. It looks at the origins and meaning of ethical principles.

a)

Normative ethics

b)

Applied ethics

c)

Meta-ethics

d)

None of the above

4.

It is concerned with the content of moral judgements and the criteria for what is right or wrong.

a)

Normative ethics

b)

Applied ethics

c)

Meta-ethics

d)

None of the above

5.

It looks at controversial topics like war, animal rights and capital punishment.

a)

Normative ethics

b)

Applied ethics

c)

Meta-ethics

d)

None of the above

6.

Ethics eliminate confusion and clarify the issues.

a)

Ethics can provide a moral map

b)

Ethics can pinpoint a disagreement

c)

Ethics doesn’t give the right answers

d)

None of the above

7.

Ethics provides a framework that we can use to find our way through difficult issues.

a)

Ethics can provide a moral map

b)

Ethics can pinpoint a disagreement

c)

Ethics doesn’t give the right answers

d)

None of the above

8.

Ethics doesn't always show the right answer to moral problems.

a)

Ethics can provide a moral map

b)

Ethics can pinpoint a disagreement

c)

Ethics doesn’t give the right answers

d)

None of the above

9.

Using the framework of ethics, two people who are arguing a moral issue can often find that what they disagree about is just one particular part of the issue, and that they broadly agree on everything else.

a)

Ethics can provide a moral map

b)

Ethics can pinpoint a disagreement

c)

Ethics doesn’t give the right answers

d)

None of the above

10.

It is a situation where a person is forced to choose between two or more conflicting options, neither of which is acceptable.

a)

Rules

b)

Dilemma

c)

Ethics

d)

Moral

11.

It is a branch of philosophy that involves the systematizing, defending and recommending the concepts of right and wrong conduct.

a)

Rules

b)

Dilemma

c)

Ethics

d)

Moral

12.

Which of the following is not true about ethics?

a)

Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality.

b)

Ethics improves decision-making.

c)

Ethics brings short-term gains to individuals.

d)

None of the above

13.

It is a situation where a person is forced to choose between two or more conflicting options, neither of which is acceptable.

a)

Moral dilemma

b)

Moral standards

c)

Non-moral actions

d)

None of the above

14.

_______ often forces the individual to decide which option an individual can live with, but any outcomes are extremely unpleasant no matter what.

a)

Moral dilemma

b)

Moral standards

c)

Non-moral actions

d)

None of the above

15.

It is a situation in which a person is torn between right and wrong and looks at the very core of a person’s principles and values.

a)

Moral dilemma

b)

Moral standards

c)

Non-moral actions

d)

None of the above

16.

In this type of dilemma, the moral agent can hardly choose between the conflicting moral requirements.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

17.

This dilemma involves situations wherein two or more moral requirements conflict with each other and that the moral agent hardly knows which of the conflicting moral requirements takes precedence over the other.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

18.

This dilemma is created by the agent's own errors in judgment.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

19.

This dilemma involves situations wherein two or more moral requirements conflict with each other, yet neither of these conflicting moral requirements overrides each other.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

20.

This type of dilemma is caused by circumstances outside the agent’s control.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

21.

In this type of dilemma, the moral agent here does not know which option is morally right or wrong.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

22.

In this type of dilemma one option must be better than the other; only, it needs fuller knowledge of the situation.

a)

Ontological dilemma

b)

Epistemic dilemma

c)

Self-imposed dilemma

d)

World imposed dilemma

23.

Which of the following is not true about the Filipino culture?

a)

It is the summation of indigenous forces and foreign influences.

b)

Customs reflect the people’s faith, their oneness with other, affinity with nature and their celebration in life.

c)

Chinese, Malay and Spanish are just a few of the races that run in the veins of every Filipino.

d)

None of the above

24.

Which country influenced the Philippines in terms of religion and festivities?

a)

America

b)

Spain

c)

China

d)

Japan

25.

Filipinos have positive outlook, a sense of humor, and strong fighting spirit.

a)

Joyful

b)

Hospitable

c)

Respectful

d)

God-fearing

26.

This is the most common terminology that describes how Filipinos welcome foreigners or tourists who visit the country.

a)

Joyful

b)

Hospitable

c)

Respectful

d)

God-fearing

27.

Filipinos are known for our smiles that can warm the hearts of anyone. They have an innate sense of happiness and even find humor in problems.

a)

Joyful

b)

Hospitable

c)

Respectful

d)

God-fearing

28.

Filipinos belong to different religious groups but they all have God in the center.

a)

Joyful

b)

Hospitable

c)

Respectful

d)

God-fearing

29.

It is a folk concept of good public relations and avoidance of conflict with the leader or majority of the group.

a)

Utang na loob

b)

Pakikisama

c)

Amor-propio

d)

Resourcefulness

30.

Filipinos are talented and highly creative.  They can make fashion instruments out of kitchen utensils, and could solve problems at a snap of a finger.

a)

Utang na loob

b)

Pakikisama

c)

Amor-propio

d)

Resourcefulness

31.

It is a technique of reciprocity of debt of gratitude to others.

a)

Utang na loob

b)

Pakikisama

c)

Amor-propio

d)

Resourcefulness

32.

Filipinos get along with different kinds of people. They can easily adjust to any situation and are flexible.

a)

Utang na loob

b)

Pakikisama

c)

Amor-propio

d)

Resourcefulness

33.

Being oppressed by various colonizers for such a long time made our ancestors defiant of the rules they believed to be discriminatory; thus, creating a mentality of “self-righteous disobedience.”

a)

Mañana habit

b)

Bahala na

c)

Crab mentality

d)

Lack of discipline

34.

This trait shows a sense of duty and responsibility.  Filipinos know how to repay other people. When someone helped us, we return the favors with goodness.

a)

Utang na loob

b)

Pakikisama

c)

Amor-propio

d)

Resourcefulness

35.

Roughly translated as “come what may”, this is the Filipinos’ own version of fatalism, the belief of trusting in Divine providence or leaving everything to the hands of fate.

a)

Mañana habit

b)

Bahala na

c)

Crab mentality

d)

Lack of discipline

36.

Filipinos devote so much of their time gossiping and back-biting. It is their way of deviating people’s attention on their inadequacy by focusing on other people’s faults.

a)

Mañana habit

b)

Bahala na

c)

Crab mentality

d)

Lack of discipline

37.

This is the Filipino habit of leaving for tomorrow what can be done today. They tend to postpone their actions for a later time thus reducing accomplishments.

a)

Mañana habit

b)

Bahala na

c)

Crab mentality

d)

Lack of discipline

38.

Filipinos are fond of saying “bukas na lang” or “sa susunod na  lang” due to laziness. This arises from a slack mentality that a problem will eventually go away by itself.

a)

Mañana habit

b)

Bahala na

c)

Crab mentality

d)

Lack of discipline

39.

Some Filipinos have the nerve to crash into wedding parties uninvited or show up at a birthday party because they were brought along by a friend of an invited friend.

a)

Gossipmongers

b)

Freebie hunters

c)

Treating OFWs as ATMs

d)

Excessive partying

40.

Filipinos have this penchant of disregarding the rules in order to prioritize what they want.

a)

Mañana habit

b)

Bahala na

c)

Crab mentality

d)

Lack of discipline

41.

Filipinos’ own unique brand of time, which is known to be minutes or hours behind the scheduled or standard time.

a)

Ningas-kugon

b)

Colonial mentality

c)

Corruption

d)

Filipino time

42.

It is the patronizing foreign instead of local brands, favoring foreign values over our own, and even desiring to look more “Western”.

a)

Ningas-kugon

b)

Colonial mentality

c)

Corruption

d)

Filipino time

43.

Filipinos initially exhibit great enthusiasm at the beginning of a project. Our eagerness however, fades away just as quickly as the fire is extinguished, leaving our work either half-  baked or unfinished.

a)

Ningas-kugon

b)

Colonial mentality

c)

Corruption

d)

Filipino time

44.

Some Filipinos are overly dependent on relatives working overseas that they don’t look for jobs.

a)

Gossipmongers

b)

Freebie hunters

c)

Treating OFWs as ATMs

d)

Excessive partying

45.

This is also referred to as the “Bayanihan”, Filipinos help one another when their fellowmen need them.

a)

Camaraderie

b)

Ability to survive

c)

Strong family ties

d)

None of the above

46.

Filipinos value their families so much that they tend to be so intact.

a)

Camaraderie

b)

Ability to survive

c)

Strong family ties

d)

None of the above

47.

Despite grinding poverty, many Filipinos survive. They can even make a livelihood from garbage dumps.

a)

Camaraderie

b)

Ability to survive

c)

Strong family ties

d)

None of the above

48.

A person who habitually passes on confidential information or spreads rumors.

a)

Gossipmongers

b)

Freebie hunters

c)

Treating OFWs as ATMs

d)

Excessive partying

49.

This theory holds that "existence itself is miraculous, that life contains elements of wonder that can never be defined or eradicated by physical science."

a)

Consequentialism

b)

Supernaturalism

c)

Virtue Ethics

d)

None of the above

50.

This is concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions.

a)

Contextualism

b)

Character-based ethics

c)

Duty-based ethics

d)

Consequentialism

51.

This is based on two principles: (1) Whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the results of that act and (2) the better consequences an act produces, the better or more right that act.

a)

Consequentialism

b)

Supernaturalism

c)

Virtue Ethics

d)

None of the above

52.

_______ ethics are usually what people are talking about when they refer to 'the principle of the thing'.

a)

Character-based

b)

Deontological

c)

Results-based

d)

Supernaturalism

53.

This theory makes ethics depend on God.

a)

Consequentialism

b)

Supernaturalism

c)

Virtue Ethics

d)

None of the above

54.

Duty based ethics is also called as _______.

a)

Character-based

b)

Deontological

c)

Results-based

d)

Supernaturalism

55.

________ not only deals with the rightness or wrongness of individual actions, it provides guidance as to the sort of characteristics and behaviours a good person will seek to achieve.

a)

Consequentialism

b)

Supernaturalism

c)

Virtue Ethics

d)

None of the above