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Ethics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

When we call someone a ‘responsible person’ or remark that someone ‘conducts themselves responsibly’,

we refer to a positive character trait.

a)

Responsibility as attribution

b)

Responsibility as a virtue

c)

Responsibility as obligation

d)

Accountability

e)

Liability

2.

This is related to responsibility but with a narrower meaning and is defined as being open to judgement by one’s peers or by the entire society.

a)

Responsibility as attribution

b)

Responsibility as a virtue

c)

Responsibility as obligation

d)

Accountability

e)

Liability

3.

This refers to the responsibility of fulfilling one’s legal obligations.

a)

Responsibility as attribution

b)

Responsibility as a virtue

c)

Responsibility as obligation

d)

Accountability

e)

Liability

4.

Responsibility involves a certain activity entrusted or assigned or a duty or job inherent in a position.

a)

Responsibility as attribution

b)

Responsibility as a virtue

c)

Responsibility as obligation

d)

Accountability

e)

Liability

5.

This meaning of responsibility indicates who is required to compensate for damages due to misbehavior.

a)

Responsibility as attribution

b)

Responsibility as a virtue

c)

Responsibility as obligation

d)

Accountability

e)

Liability

6.

This means that responsibility refers to voluntary actions and those entailing a rational choice made of a person’s free will as opposed to being made as the result of coercion or duress.

a)

Consent of the will

b)

Voluntariness

c)

Knowledge

d)

Accountability

e)

Liability

7.

By virtue of living in structured society, we acquire this responsibility which is determined by laws and other legitimate regulations promulgated by the public authorities.

a)

Environmental responsibility

b)

Legal responsibility

c)

Moral responsibility

d)

Social responsibility

8.

This type of responsibility entails being answerable for impacts and not to cause harm

to society or those affected by an action.

a)

Environmental responsibility

b)

Legal responsibility

c)

Moral responsibility

d)

Social responsibility

9.

This type of responsibility refers to the evaluation of the human quality of an

action in terms of good or bad, right or wrong.

a)

Environmental responsibility

b)

Legal responsibility

c)

Moral responsibility

d)

Social responsibility

10.

It is said that we possess this responsibility that consists of acting only after possessing proper justification.

a)

Antecedent responsibility

b)

Consequent responsibility

c)

Congruent responsibility

d)

Transcendent responsibility

11.

This responsibility is derived from discovering a personal calling or ‘vocation’ to carry out a

certain mission in the world.

a)

Antecedent responsibility

b)

Consequent responsibility

c)

Congruent responsibility

d)

Transcendent responsibility

12.

This form of responsibility refers to a ‘vital’ attitude of acting consistently and in harmony with what one is.

a)

Antecedent responsibility

b)

Consequent responsibility

c)

Congruent responsibility

d)

Transcendent responsibility

13.

This form of responsibility owns up to the consequences of one’s actions, seeking to attribute them to someone else.

a)

Antecedent responsibility

b)

Consequent responsibility

c)

Congruent responsibility

d)

Transcendent responsibility

14.

Limited or lack of voluntariness can be affected by various causes, including mental illness

and other diseases.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Mental illness or physical factors

c)

Intellectual fear

d)

Sociological factors

e)

Existence of force

15.

Lack of voluntariness can be affected by an understanding of a possible evil and a movement of the will to avoid it by rationally devised means.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Mental illness or physical factors

c)

Intellectual fear

d)

Sociological factors

e)

Existence of force

16.

Lack of voluntariness can be affected by a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts and behavior.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Mental illness or physical factors

c)

Intellectual fear

d)

Sociological factors

e)

Existence of force

17.

Lack of voluntariness can be related to the cultural and social environment, customs and genuine pressures from the immediate work environment.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Mental illness or physical factors

c)

Intellectual fear

d)

Sociological factors

e)

Existence of force

18.

This conduct is characterized by a conscious and dangerous disregard of others’ safety or well-being, resulting in the creation of an obvious and substantial risk of harm.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Recklessness

c)

Whistle-blowing

d)

Negligence

e)

Existence of force

19.

This refers to reporting an organization’s unethical practices by a current or former employee, either within the organization or publicly.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Recklessness

c)

Whistle-blowing

d)

Negligence

e)

Existence of force

20.

This entails a failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.

a)

Strong emotions

b)

Recklessness

c)

Whistle-blowing

d)

Negligence

e)

Existence of force