University of Cebu

Banilad Campus
Socio 101: The Contemporary World
Instructor: Neil Bryan N. Moninio
Name: _____________________________________ Date:_________________
Schedule: __________________________________ Score: _______________
PRELIM EXAMINATION
General Instruction: The examination is good for one (45) minutes only and is equivalent of 50 points. The
questionnaire consists of 2 pages. Read each question very carefully. A point will be deducted every erasure which
includes superimposition and white ink marks. A point will also be deducted for every question without any
answer. An additional 5 points will be given to students without any erasures. CHEATING IS A GROUND FOR
EXPULSION. Please refrain from talking, peeking nor glancing your classmates’ test papers. If you are caught doing
such, it will be construed as cheating and will be dealt with necessary repercussions.

Part 1 – Modified True or False (2 points each)

Instruction: Write True if the statement if correct in the blank provided. If the statement is false or inaccurate, underline
the ambiguous word or phrase and write the correct answer in the blank provided.

___________________________ 1. Tala refers to a set of guidelines which have been put in place in different countries
and communities and have been accepted by all. Tala are useful tools in guiding and monitoring the interactions of
humans in the society. A tala is a prescribed guide for conduct or action. Tala help guide actions toward desired results.

___________________________ 2. Moral Dilemma, or moral philosophy, may be defined in a provisional way, as the
scientific study of moral judgements. Moral Dilemma is the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad,
right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values.

___________________________ 3. The term Ethics is derived from the Greek word mentos which can mean custom,
habit, character or disposition.

___________________________ 4. Descriptive ethics try and define how people should act, in which actions are judged
by their merits, allowing societies to develop codes of conduct for behavior. It actually defines what is right and wrong.

___________________________ 5. Normative ethics ask what do people think is moral? This branch of ethics does not
actually claim that things are right or wrong, but simply studies how individuals or societies define their morals.

___________________________ 6. Stupidity can be defined as the standards that an individual or a group has about
what is right and wrong, good and evil. Stupidity is not imposed from outside, but innate and can even be conscious.

___________________________ 7. A “solar” may refer to a particular principle, usually as informal and general
summary of a moral principle, as applied in a given human situation.

___________________________ 8. Normative morality refers to certain codes of conduct put forward by a society or a
group (such as a religion), or accepted by an individual for his/ her own behavior.

___________________________ 9. Descriptive morality refers to a code of conduct that, given specified conditions,
would be put forward by all rational persons.

___________________________ 10. A detective agent is a being that is “capable of action with reference to right and
wrong”.
Part 2 - Multiple Choice Questions (2 points each)

Instruction: In circle the letter of the best answer among the choices.

1. It’s hard to deny the objective reality of moral values- actions like rape, torture, and child abuse are not just socially
unacceptable behavior but are moral abominations.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

2. One cannot doubt successfully a phenomenon of his own existence- namely, his moral experience. Even secularists
like Kai Nielsen recommend that one “ought to” act or follow some rules, policies, practices, or principles.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

3. When we accept the existence of goodness, we must affirm a moral law on the basis of which to differentiate
between good and evil.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

4. Moral law is also called Law of Nature because early philosophers thought that generally speaking, everybody knows
it by nature.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

5. Morality is absolute- there is a real right and real wrong that is universally immutably true, independent of whether
anyone believes it or not.
a. Morality is objective.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral judgements must be supported by reasons.

6. Moral judgements are different from mere expressions of personal preference – they require backing by reasons,
and in the absence of such reasons, they are merely arbitrary.
a. Morality is objective.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral judgements must be supported by reasons.

7. It refers to the norms which we have about the types of actions which we believe to be morally acceptable and
morally unacceptable.
a. Morality
b. Moral standards
 c. Non-moral standards
d. Moral dilemma

8. It refers to rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical considerations.

a. Morality
b. Moral standards
c. Non-moral standards
d. Moral dilemma
9. It is a conflict in which you have to choose between two or more actions and have moral reasons for choosing each
question.
a. Morality
b. Moral standards
c. Non-moral standards
d. Moral dilemma
10. What is the title of your prescribed book
a. Ethics
b. Ethics for dummies
c. Ethics for college students
d. Philosophy of Ethics

Part III. Essay

1. Your daughter is suffering from a rare disease that has put her in constant pain and agony which only a few
doctors can cure. You have to bring her to a specific hospital but the latter respectfully refuses the admission of
your child due to lack of financial means to pay the hospital bills. Finally, one day, while praying in Basilica del
Santo Nino, a person sitting beside you forgot his bag containing surmountable amount of money, enough to
pay for the hospital bill for your child. What would you do if you would subscribe to Kant’s categorical
imperative? Explain how Kant’s philosophy would reason out your decision.