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MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GE 8 -ETHICS

2ND TERM, AY 2023-2024

Name :_______________________Course & Block: ________________Date________

Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
A. Read carefully the questions and encircle the letter of your choice.
1. It is a set of rules that defines allowable actions or correct behavior.
a. Moral b. Ethics c. Standard d. Values
2. It refers to the standards that a person or a group has about what is right and wrong, or good and evil.
a. Morality b. Moral standard c. Non-Moral Standard d. Values
3. Why Human beings can be ethical?
a. Human possess some traits that makes it possible for them to be moral.
b. Only Human beings are Rational, Autonomous and Self- Conscious.
c. Only Human beings can act morally or immorally.
d. Only Human beings are part of the moral community.
4. It is a rule created and enforced by the government and its agencies to maintain order, resolve
disputes, and protect a person's liberty and rights.
a. Ethical standards b. Non-Moral standards c. Standards d. Laws
5. The consideration of what is right and wrong does not depend on whether the action benefits the
interest of a particular group but it depends on the universal standard point where everyone is seen as equal.
a. Standards are universal b. Moral Standards are more important than other standards
c. Standards are based on objectivity. d. Standard are associated with vocabulary that depicts emotion or feelings
6. Norms that individuals or groups have about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right or wrong.
a. Morality b. Moral standard c. No- Moral Standard d. Values
7. Which of the following is an example of Moral Standard?
a. Wear black or white for mourning; never red. c. Submit school requirements in time.
b. The males should be the one to propose marriage not females. d. Do not kill.
8. Refer to rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical considerations.
a. Morality b. Moral standard c. Non- Moral Standard d. Values
9. Which of the following is an example of Non-Moral Standard?
a. Don’t cheat to others b. Don’t steal c. Don’t kill d. No talking while your mouth is full.
10. The agent regards herself as having moral reasons to do each two actions, but doing both is not possible.
a. Morality b. Behavior c. Moral Dilemma d. Values
11. Which one of the statements regarding making choices in moral dilemmas is true?
a. No matter what choice you make, you will be failing to follow your morals.
b. All of the answers are true
c. There is always an obvious best choice.
d. Moral dilemmas do not require us to make any choices
12. There are two or more moral requirements that conflict with each other.
a. Epistemic Moral dilemmas c. Ontological Moral dilemmas
b. Self-imposed Moral dilemmas d. World imposed Moral dilemmas
13. Where events that we can’t control have created an unavoidable moral conflict.
a. Epistemic Moral dilemmas c. Ontological Moral dilemmas
b. Self-imposed Moral dilemmas d. World imposed Moral dilemmas
14. Where we feel we are obliged to opt for more than one choice. We feel we are obliged to carry out an
action from a moral or legal standpoint.
a. Ontological Moral dilemmas c. Obligation Moral dilemmas
b. Self-imposed Moral dilemmas d. World imposed Moral dilemmas
15. What is freedom?
a. The Power or Rights to Act, Speak or Think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
b. Imposes a valid constraint on the will of a rational being only if the will imposes this constraint upon itself.
c. Is a theory that all events, including moral choices are completely determined by previously existing causes.
d. All of the above
16. Who is the philosopher who said that “freedom is a gift”
a. Jean- Paul Sartrés b. Gabriel Marcel c. Immanuel Kant d. Aristotle
17. He states that freedom is complementary to reason.
a. Aristotle b. Immanuel Kant c. Gabriel Marcel d. Jean- Paul Sartres
18. Who is the philosopher promoting freedom and morality, the principles of justice and fairness?
a. Jean- Paul Sartrés b. Immanuel Kant c. Gabriel Marcel d. Aristotle
19. Freedom demands___________.
a. Justice b. Responsibility c. Limitations d. Happiness

Prepared by: KRISTEL P. OFRACIO, MAEd- Instructor

 20. What are the two philosophical views of freedom?
a. Realism and Idealism c. Determinism and Libertarianism
b. Essentialism and Perennialism d. Existentialism and Behaviorism
21. Choosing and performing one’s duty is an example of what we would ordinarily call a__________.
a. fairness b. free action c. justice d. will
22. It reflects the moral and ethical beliefs and standards that speak to how people should behave and
interact with others.
a. Values b. Culture c. Behavior d. Freedom
23. It is what a person has, does and thinks as part of society.
a. Culture is everything b. Culture is learned c. Culture is shared d. Culture is adaptive
24. Culture can also cause problems for the people who subscribe to it. These problems arise when
environment is changed and culture has remained the same.
a. Culture is continuous and cumulative c. Culture is maladaptive
b. Culture varies from society to society d. Culture is adaptive
25. Culture is a tool for a survival that humans use in response to the pressures of their environment.
a. Culture is continuous and cumulative c. Culture is maladaptive
b. Culture varies from society to society d. Culture is adaptive
26. The final characteristics of culture it is never static. This dynamism of culture is due to changing
needs of humans of the interpret and survive in their environment.
a. Culture is continuous and cumulative c. Culture is maladaptive
b. Culture varies from society to society d. Culture is adaptive
27. Which is the best definition of cultural relativism?
a. A guideline explaining that one society cannot impose its views and standards on another.
b. The highest ranking for a group's most cherished customs and values.
c. A cultural group's desire to pass on its values to the next generation
d. An anthropologist's fanciest way of saying 'culture'
28. Which of the following is FALSE regarding cultural relativism?
a. When studying another culture, you must convert to its religious beliefs to understand its customs.
b. Something that might be taboo in your own society might be perfectly acceptable in another society.
c. It's difficult or even impossible to force your own culture's rituals onto another group.
d. People tend to be more tolerant of another culture's customs when they learn the meaning behind them.
29. Which of the following is NOT considered a basic element of culture?
a. Language b. Norms c. Values d. Symbols
30. This often observed not just from younger people but also from older ones
a. Hospitable b. Strong family ties c. Respectful d. Hardworking

Part II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the following into groups if it is Moral Standards or Non- Moral
Standards
___________31. No talking while your mouth is full.
___________32. Do not lie.
___________33. Wear black or white for mourning; never red.
___________34. The males should be the one to propose marriage not females.
___________35. Don’t steal.
___________36. Maintain a 36-24-36 body figure.
___________37. Don’t cheat others.
___________38. Don’t kill
___________39. Submit school requirements in time.
___________40. When you speak, pronounce words correctly

Part III. ENUMERATION.

41-45. Cite five (5) positive aspects of cultural relativism.
46-47. Give the three (3) Levels of Moral Dillema.
48-50. Enumerate two (2) favorable characteristics commonly associated with Filipinos.

Prepared by: KRISTEL P. OFRACIO, MAEd- Instructor