Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality

Answer Key for Assignment 08 – Week 08

MCQs

1. Ethics:
a. are moral principles that govern one’s behaviour
b. indicate the way one should execute an activity in an appropriate manner
c. are individual's beliefs and ideas of right and wrong
d. All of these

2. Which of the following is a good etiquette:

a. Asking other vehicle riders to give way to emergency vehicles
b. Causing disturbance in movie theatres
c. Sneezing in public without covering the nose with a handkerchief
d. Talking aloud on mobile phones in public places

3. Which of the following is NOT a feature of professional ethics:

a. Mannerisms expected from a professional
b. Internal code of practice in organisations
c. Moral responsibilities based on social expectations
d. None of these

4. Identify the bad etiquette in an official group meeting:

a. addressing all
b. monopolising the discussion
c. using a common/official language
d. informing in advance in case of one’s absence

5. Which of the following is NOT helpful in effective thinking:

a. Seeking suggestions from trusted people
b. Not taking hurried decisions
c. Not listening to gut feelings
d. Thinking afresh in the morning

6. Remembering names of people is important because:

a. People like those who remember their names
b. People like to be called by their names
c. Forgetting causes embarrassment
d. All of these

7. Match the individual with the corresponding idea:

i. John Milton 1. The mind in itself can make a heaven out of hell or a hell out of heaven.
ii. Abraham Lincoln 2. Politeness can be easily acquired, and it is a profitable
accomplishment.
iii. Bernard Shaw 3. Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
 a. i to 1; ii to 3; iii to 2
b. i to 2; ii to 3; iii to 1
c. i to 3; ii to 2; iii to 1
d. None of these

8. According to K. Dunlap, learning:

a. commences before birth
b. ends very quickly
c. starts after getting the degree
d. None of these

9. Which of the following indicates an uncaring attitude towards the environment:

a. Using a car-pool when it is possible
b. Using a car only when it is necessary
c. Making a flight journey even when it is avoidable
d. Using a bicycle whenever possible

10. Being well-organized is indicated by:

a. being completely in control of your life
b. always remembering where you have kept important things
c. not missing any important dates and appointments
d. All of these

11. Anthropocentrism means:

a. human-centred views
b. bio-centred views
c. techno-centred views
d. insect-centred views

12. Which of the following act shows the least care for the environment?
a. Using lifts
b. Conserving water
c. Not using plastic
d. Using recycled materials

13. Which of the following could be possible consequences of a climate change disaster:
a. Many human beings will become climate refugees
b. Boundaries between countries will blur
c. There will be a fight for food and other scarce resources.
d. All of these

14. The term “etiquette” refers to:

a. Independently determined behavior
b. Socially acceptable behavior
c. Eating behavior
d. Quiet behavior
 15. In a social get-together, one should use:
a. A language known only to the people in one’s profession
b. A regional language known by a certain community present there
c. Only non-verbal language while avoiding verbal language
d. A language known to everyone present in the gathering

16. If you are asked to do an immoral act by the higher authorities:

a. You should obey them right away
b. You should do it only if it is profitable to you
c. You should straightaway refuse
d. You should delay responding to the order

17. Defaming one’s boss is acceptable only when:

a. One is intoxicated
b. One has changed the job
c. One is with one’s friends
d. None of these

18. Our memory may not function well owing to:

a. Overloading of data
b. Anxiety and stress
c. Lack of sleep and fatigue
d. All of these

19. According to The Secret of Mind Power, the best way to remember unconnected objects is by:
a. Linking them in an illogical and ridiculous manner
b. Dissociating them using different logics
c. Associating them in a linear and coherent manner
d. None of these

20. Fictions on “climate change” aim to:

a. Amuse us to feel safe and secure about the future
b. Teach us how to pass the responsibility to the governments
c. Transform us into environmentally responsible individuals
d. Make us nostalgic about a pastoral past to forget the present-day crisis

True / False

21. The only real competition is with oneself. True

22. Remembering names and words become easy when you make associations as logical as
possible. False
23. Circumstance makes a man. False
24. If you have given an appointment to a person, you should keep the person waiting only if you
are superior in position to that person. False
25. According to The Secret of Mind Power, most of the time, people who forget others’ names
had not remembered the names in the first place. True