Naga College Foundation GEC 8 Ethics

M.T. Villanueva Ave., Naga City Prelim Exam

College of Criminal Justice Education

“Good Luck!”

Test I. Multiple Choice. SHADE the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY
NO ERASURES AND ALTERATIONS ARE ALLOWED.

1. It refers to the matters such as the good thing that we should pursue and the bad thing that
we should avoid.
a. Aesthetics c. Technique
b. Philosophy d. Ethics
2. It refers to a behavior that is a self-serving desire, even if one does not acknowledge it or is
even conscious of it.
a. Subjectivism c. Psychological Egoism
b. Ethical Egoism d. Senses of Self
3. It comes from the greek word aesthesis meaning sense or feeling
a. Aesthetics c. Asthetics
b. Aisthethics d. Asthesis
4. It has an idea that one is obliged to obey his creator
a. Natural Law Theory c. Positive Law
b. Divine Command Theory d. Divine Theory
5. Concerned with right and wrong actions, but those which might be considered not quite grave
enough to belong to a discussion on ethics
a. Etiquette c. Technique
b. Philosophy d. Aesthetics
6. Refers to the different rules and regulations that are posited or put forward by an authority
igure that require compliance
a. Natural Law Theory c. Positive Law
b. Divine Command Theory d. Divine Theory
7. Refers to the proper (right way) of doing things
a. Etiquette c. Technique
b. Philosophy d. Aesthetics
8. One is torn between choosing one of two goods or choosing between the lesser of two evils
a. Moral Decision c. Moral Issue
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgment
9. When a person is an observer who makes an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone,
she/he is a making a _______________.
a. Moral Decision c. Moral Issue
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgment
10. When one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform
a. Moral Decision c. Moral Issue
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgment
11. Acceptable and unacceptable ways of behaving in a given field
a. Ethics c. Etiquette
b. Philosophy d. Professional Ethics
12. Philosophy comes from the greek word ___________ and ___________.
a. Pia and Sopia c. Philia and Sophia
b. Philia and Sophie d. Pia and Sophia
 13. ______________ wonders as to what constitute the whole of a reality
a. Metaphor c. Aesthetics
b. Metaphysics d. Epistemology
14. It concerns itself with the value of beauty and ethics, which concerns itself with the value of
human actions
a. Metaphor c. Aesthetics
b. Metaphysics d. Epistemology
15. Refers broadly to the study of value.
a. Epistemology c. Metapology
b. Aesthetics d. Axiology
16. A situation that calls for moral valuation.
a. Moral Decision c. Moral Issue
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgment
17. Study of ethics that reports how people, particularly groups, make their moral valuations without
making any judgment either for or against these valuations.
a. Normative Study c. Philosophical Study
b. Descriptive Study d. None of these
18. ______________ is the basis for determining what we know.
a. Epistemology c. Metapology
b. Aesthetics d. Axiology
19. It prescribes that we should make our end, our own interests as the single overriding concern.
a. Subjectivism c. Psychological Egoism
b. Ethical Egoism d. Senses of Self
20. Refers to the judgment of personal approval or disapproval that we make about what we see,
hear, smell or taste.
a. Epistemology c. Metapology
b. Aesthetics d. Axiology

Test II. Identification. Identify what is being asked. Choose your answer from the box below and
write it at the back of the answer sheet provided. Answers may be repeated twice or even thrice.

Moral Issue Moral Decision

Etiquette Moral Judgment
Moral Dilemma

1. Always say thank you when someone does a kindness to you. (Etiquette)
2. You’re walking through a store and see a wallet lying on the floor. Are you going to claim it or
turn it over to a store security? (Moral Issue)
3. Excuse yourself if you burp, sneeze, cough or fart. Best excuse yourself and step away.
(Etiquette)
4. Fanny and her classmates are assigned by their teacher to buy Christmas Party Gifts. Her
classmates keep all complimentary gift and ask Fanny not to tell the teacher. Fanny eventually
agreed. (Moral Decision)
5. Identify yourself when making a phone call to someone not a close friend or relative. (Etiquette)
6. You are driving a car in the fog and you lost your brake. Suddenly there are 5 people standing
in your lane. There is one person standing in the other lane. Should you swerve and hit the one
person. (Moral Dilemma)
7. Should I get a job or rob a people? (Moral Issue)
 8. She is a bad woman for having two kids with two father. (Moral Judgment)
9. Sitting and acting like a fine lady while having a dinner in a fine dining restaurant. (Etiquette)
10. He is a bad student for cheating in an exam. (Moral Judgment)

Test III. Essay (10 points each)

1. If you are dying out of hunger would you eat an endangered animal? Why?
2. What would you do if you see a naked man with a placard saying “Let’s save the world”. Would
you join him? Why?