Ethics Midterms
Ethics Midterms
Ethics Midterms
Multiple Choices: Direction – Choose the correct answer from the choices given. Write your answer before the number in
CAPITAL LETTER.
2. Which of the following best describes why Ethics should be studied as part of liberal education?
a. We need the course to attain our degrees.
b. We need the course in order to understand our own moral compass.
c. We need the course to make the right choices all the time.
d. We need the course to go to heaven and be saved.
9. Which of the statements below explains best why rules or “ways of doing things” are important to social beings?
a. Rules make human beings superior creatures,
b. Rules control people to do something they do not want to do.
c. Rules make people know their place and enslave them in a way.
d. Rules make a person a productive member of society in spite of conflict.
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10. What rules are created by the government to maintain order?
a. Commandment c. Custom
b. Etiquette d. Law
11. Which statement best explains the difference between moral standards and other rules of life?
a. Moral standards are deeply rooted due to personal choice.
b. Moral standards involve the salvation of the soul.
c. Moral standards are subject to social consequence.
d. Moral standards are taught to the person overtime.
12. Which statements below give the best description of non-moral standard?
a. It refers to our own personal beliefs.
b. It refers to beliefs that are shared by a certain number of people.
c. It refers to beliefs that are cultural in nature.
d. It refers to beliefs that are enforced by some form of punishment.
16. What kind of dilemma when a person or group of persons who holds high level positions in the society faces a
morally conflicting situation wherein the entire social system is affected?
a. Personal c. structural
b. Organizational d. individual
17. Which of the following refers to our personal notion of what is right or wrong?
a. moral experience c. morality
b. moral standard d. values
22. How do you call this level of dilemma when a member or members of the organization is in a situation where there
is moral conflict, and the decision will potentially harm either some members of the group or the entire company,
cooperative or association?
a. Organizational c. Personal
b. Structural d. Individual
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23. All societies have their own values system which may include____________.
a. Fundamental beliefs, which guide the manner in which they behave, think and perceive things and events.
b. The morality is based on the cultural values of every society.
c. Standards of ethical values
d. None of the above
29. If cultural relativism is true, what happens when the moral code of a society changes?
a. Such changes always indicate moral progress.
b. Such changes only rarely indicate moral progress.
c. Such changes never indicate moral progress.
d. It is impossible for a society’s moral code to change.
31. What statement below best describes the danger of cultural relativism?
a. Social reforms are questionable therefore, social progress is not possible.
b. Since the manana habit is known as a Filipino trait, it is wrong to criticize a Filipino for procrastinating with their
tasks.
c. Different societies have different moral codes.
d. Our moral view and consequently, our behaviour may reflect our own cultural prejudices.
32. In school (before the pandemic), most students come late. You too, go to school and you do not see
anything wrong in it because everybody is coming to school late anyway. Which is your norm of morality?
a. Fear c. Authority
b. Shame d. Group thinking
33. When a manufacturer engages in the production of pirated CD’s, which people’s right does he violate?
a. Right to engage in business c. copyright
b. Intellectual property right d. lawful income
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34. Which of the following refers to the attitude wherein a society’s customs and ideas should be viewed within the
context of that society’s problems and opportunities?
a. Barbarism c. Colonial Mentality
b. Ethnocentrism d. Cultural relativism
1. We could no longer
say that the customs
of other societies are
morally
inferior/superior to
What if
cultural
relativism
were true
2. We could decide
whether our actions 3. The idea of moral
are right or wrong progress is called into
just by consulting the doubt
standards of our
society
Figure 1
a. We would have to stop condemning other societies merely because they are “different.”
b. All one need to do is ask whether the action is in accordance with the code of one’s society.
c. Usually, we think that at least some social changes are for the better,
d. None of the above
39. Which of the following is a complex symbol of system that enables human beings to communicate?
a. Beliefs c. Symbol
b. Language d. Values
41. Lack of patriotism or an active awareness, lack of appreciation and love of the Philippines, and the actual preference
for things foreign are the weaknesses of the Filipinos. This statement is a dimension of
Filipino’s________________.
a. Colonial mentality c. Push-down mentality
b. Crab mentality d. Colony mentality
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42. It is a technique of reciprocity or debt of gratitude to others within the family circle or primary group, sometimes
unlimited in nature, emotional rather than financial or rational.
a. Utang na loob c. Pakikipagkapwa
b. Pakikisama d. Hiya
43. A folk concept of good public relations and avoidance of conflict with the leader or majority of the groups.
a. Utang na loo c. Pakikiramay
b. Pakikisama d. Hiya
44. A common expression among Filipinos on the fatalistic outlook and strong dependence on the “spirits” who will
take care of everything.
a. Bahala na c. Utang na loob
b. Authoritarianism d. Pakikisama
48. Which is the most important perceived need and problem of the Filipino family?
a. Proneness to vices c. Double standard on the roles of male and females
b. Unemployment or financial problem d. overprotectiveness of children
49. Which of the following is a standard of behaviour upheld by members of an organization for the purpose of attaining
goals and uniformity of behaviour?
a. Policy c. Norms
b. Etiquette d. Law
50. Which trait of Filipino character is noticeable in our willingness to take risks and work in other countries?
a. Hard work and industry c. Pakikipagkapwa tao
b. Family orientation d. Joy and humor
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