PRELIM EXAM

GE 8- ETHICS

Name:______________________________________ Year/SET:_______________
Instructor:______________________________________Date:________________

PART 1-Instruction: Encircle the correct answer for each of the following
questions. ENCIRCLE only one answer for each item. Strictly, NO ERASURES.

1. It teaches man what is right or wrong.

a. Ethics
b. Moral
c. Value
d. Virtue

2. Which of the statement below BEST describe the meaning of Ethics?

a. Set of standard, rules, regulation and moral principles that guides human
behavior and his actions.
b. A golden rule you make so that your life will be comfortable.
c. Studies the very foundation of morality itself
d. None of the above

3. Which of the following situation shows the appropriate way to handle a dilemma?
a. Janine who gets annoyed to her subject teacher so she rants and post all of
her sentiments in Social Media.
b. Michael who accidentally killed her best friend out of anger.
c. Rona steals money from her sister’s wallet for her project.
d. Karen who never makes a decision whenever she is mad, angry or stressed.

4. Your partner cheated on you. Now, you get the chance to take your revenge with
someone you really like. Would you do it?
a. Yes, I am hurt so why not make them feel what I felt
b. Yes, what comes around goes around
c. No, seeking revenge often leads to a back-and-forth retaliation, causing a
never-ending loop of suffering
d. No, I don’t want to suffer karma.

5. Would you report an accident you caused if there is no witness?

a. Yes, my conscience will hunt me so I will take responsibility for my action.
 b. Yes, so that I could get back my honor.
c. No, no one sees it so, who cares?
d. No, I can’t afford to live in prison and leave my family who relies on me

6. Ethics derives from the Greek word ______

a. Eros
b. Ecos
c. Ethos
d. Elhos

7. “Professional Law Enforcers are the most dangerous criminals in the whole world”
Which of the following statement supports this?
a. Their expertise and knowledge in the field of law will help them to take
advantage in doing crime.
b. Moral
c. Right Conduct
d. They are trained to kill and do evil things
e. The statement is false because law enforcers are the heroes of our society.
f. They know how to hide evidences.

8. The word “Ethos” means _________

a. Custom or Character
b. Skill or Talent
c. Gift
d. Choice

9. It is a person’s personal belief or his standards that guides him on exercising his
own ethical value.
a. Ethics
b. Moral
c. Right Conduct
d. Virtue

10. In False dilemma, how many option/choices are/is available?

a.3
b.4
c.2
d. Unlimited choices

11. How does ethics help an individual in making life choices?

a. It guides human behavior and his actions in terms of choosing what is right or
wrong.
b. It helps them to see the positive sides of the problem that they are facing
c. It guides human to live a comfortable and luxurious life
d. It makes them successful in their revenge.

12. A Moral Dilemma is ________________

a. where a decision is required but different values seem to conflict and it is not
possible to uphold both
b. where the required course of action is clear
c. any situation where a decision has to be made
d. None of the above
13. The following statement answers the question, “Why does Ethics exist?”—except
—

a. Humans by nature are able to distinguish between what is good and bad
b. Humans by nature feel within themselves an obligation to do what is good and
avoid what is bad
c. Humans by nature feel accountable for their actions
d. Humans by nature are sensitive to insult and feel the need to decide if they
block the people on their life or not.

14. Who among these people below depicts the importance of Ethics?
a. Sansa is friendly to her co-workers.
b. Arya loves to travel with her friends.
c. Jon is the most trustworthy person in the office
d. Rob who prefers not involving himself in the drama

15. When law fails, ethics stop people from harming the society. Why?
a. Because ethics teaches people the right and wrong things to do.
b. Because ethics is supported by law enforcers
c. Because ethics is contagious
d. Because ethics teaches people to be unbothered in life problems.

16. Who among the following promotes unbiased judgement?

a. Teacher A, who loves all of her students
b. Teacher B, who grouped the fast learners from average learners
c. Teacher C, who sided her student Jane after she got into a catfight with her
classmate
d. Teacher D, who covers the name of each student in the paper, while
checking/rating their essays.

17. What are/is the character/s that is/are developed because of Ethics?
a. Credibility
b. Sensitivity
c. Frugality
d. Ruthlessness

18. “Ethics promotes rational thinking”. What does it mean by the highlighted word?
a. When a person thinks in accordance to what he feels.
b. When a person thinks in accordance to what is right or wrong
c. What a person thinks in accordance to his mental status
d. When a person thinks in accordance to what other people tells him.

19. What is the effect of ethics in the field of Business?

a. A solid reputation in Ethics may improve company’s business.
b. It will help you win in the business competition.
c. It will make company owners to gain competitors in business
d. Ethics has no relationship with business.

20. What do you think will happen if Ethics does not exist?
a. Humans are happier than ever.
b. Students won’t have a headache studying this subject.
c. People will carelessly decide and make haste decisions.
d. An individual will be able to build a harmonious relationship with others.
21. In normative ethics, is it wrong to kill one person to save another person?
a. Yes. It’s a mortal sin.
b. Yes. Killing is always wrong whatever the reason is.
c. No. As long as you have valid intentions
d. No. Its your choice.

22. What are the three branches of Ethics?

a. Metaethics, Applied Ethics, Social Ethics
b. Social Ethics, Metaethics, Universal Ethics
c. Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics
d. Metaethics, Normative Ethics and Moral Ethics

23. It is a branch of ethics that concerned with what we mean.

a. Normative Ethics
b. Applied Ethics
c. Metaethics
d. Situational Ethics

24. It is the foundation of morality itself.

a. Applied Ethics
b. Metaethics
c. Normative Ethics
d. Social Ethics

25. Normative ethics is also known as ________

a. Descriptive Ethics
b. Prescriptive Ethics
c. Practical Ethics
d. Normal ethics

26. On the question,

“What we must do to lessen the population of Teenage Pregnancy?” What is the
branch of ethics that is being shown?

a. Metaethics
b. Normative Ethics
c. Applied Ethics
d. Social Ethics

27. Set of considerations on how one should act.

a. Metaethics
b. Normative Ethics
c. Applied Ethics
d. Social Ethics

28. Which statement relates with Metaethics?

a. Honesty is virtue
b. It is wrong to kill someone just because you are mad.
c. Is euthanasia ethical?
d. It is wrong to steal

29. “Professional Law Enforcers are the most dangerous criminals in the whole world”
Which of the following statement supports this?
 a. Their expertise and knowledge in the field of law will help them to take
advantage in doing crime.
b. They are trained to kill and do evil things
c. The statement is false because law enforcers are the heroes of our society.
d. They know how to hide evidences.

30. Your partner cheated on you. Now, you get the chance to take your revenge with
someone you really like. Would you do it?
a. Yes, I am hurt so why not make them feel what I felt
b. Yes, what comes around goes around
c. No, seeking revenge often leads to a back-and-forth retaliation, causing a
never-ending loop of suffering
d. No, I don’t want to suffer karma.

31. Why does Normative Ethics controls or regulates people?

a. It teaches us the right thing to do thus making us comply.
b. It provides situations that scares us.
c. It manages to possess our lives
d. None of these answers is correct.

32. “Ever since I was young, I promised to myself that will not destroy someone else’s
family”
The statement shows ________
a. Ethics
b. Moral
c. Goodness
d. Luck

33. Which is WRONG about Moral Dilemma?

a. Confronted by two conflicting moral choices which every available choice is
wrong or can affect other choice.
b. There are moral reasons for you to choose each of the actions.
c. You cannot perform all of the actions thus making you in a problematic
situation.
d. You can get out easily on this situation.

34. Moral Dilemma is also called _____

a. Moral Paradox
b. Moral Problem
c. Ethical Paradox
d. Practical Problem
35. Applied Ethics is also known as _______.
a. Physical Ethics
b. Situational Ethics
c. Practical Ethics
d. Prescriptive Ethics

Saving All my Love for You

By Whitney Houston

A few stolen moments is all that we share

You've got your family and they need you there
Though I've tried to resist being last on your list
 But no other man's gonna do
So I'm saving all my love for you

It's not very easy living all alone

My friends try and tell me find a man of my own
But each time I try, I just break down and cry
'Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue
So I'm saving all my love for you

36. Based on the given song, what do you think is the role of the woman in the song?
a. Mistress
b. Wife
c. Daughter
d. Sister

37. What is her current situation in the song?

a. The woman in the song is experiencing a one-sided love with the man
who doesn’t even know her.
b. The woman in the song has a relationship with a man who has a wife and
family but can’t give up because of how deep her love is for the man
c. The woman in the song is a mother of the man who has an ill-fated
relationship with her son.
d. The woman in the song is the wife of a man yet she is aware that his
husband has a mistress.

38. What is the moral dilemma in the song?

a. The woman is stuck between being a mistress or giving up in the
relationship knowing she can hurt the family of his lover.
b. The woman is stuck between she will beg for mercy to the wife of the man
to let him go or just continue on keeping their relationship in discreet.
c. The woman is stuck between listening to her friends or not.
d. There is no moral dilemma in the song

39. What do you think will happen if she won’t stop seeing the man?
a. She will be happy
b. She will hurt herself
c. She will hurt the man’s family.
d. She will be stuck in choosing.
40. What do you think will happen if she will stop seeing the man?
a. She will hurt the family of the man
b. She will hurt herself
c. She will look for another man
d. She will die.
41. This level of moral dilemma is considered as “bloated”
a. Individual Moral Dilemma
b. Organizational Moral Dilemma
c. Systematic Moral Dilemma
d. None of the above.

42. This dilemma is experienced by individuals who have a hard time to choose the
right action from two or more actions.
a. Individual Moral Dilemma
b. Organizational Moral Dilemma
c. Systematic Moral Dilemma
d. None of the above.
43. Which situation is an Individual Dilemma?
a. Over-fishing
b. Corruption
c. Deciding which parent to live
d. Deciding to lay off workers in able to save your company.
44. Which situation is an Organizational Dilemma?
a. Over-fishing
b. Corruption
c. Deciding which parent to live
d. Deciding to lay off workers in able to save your company.

45. Which situation is a Systematic Dilemma?

a. Over-fishing
b. Is euthanasia ethical?
c. Deciding which parent to live
d. Deciding to lay off workers in able to save your company.

46. What are/is the character/s that is/are developed because of Ethics?
a. Credibility
b. Sensitivity
c. Frugality
d. Ruthlessness

47. This dilemma is usually faced by groups or individual as a result of structural

relationship.
a. Structural Dilemma
b. Systematic Dilemma
c. Individual Dilemma
d. Organizational Dilemma

48. Systematic Dilemma occurs at what level_____?

a. Barangay Level
b. Macro level
c. Micro Level
d. None of these answers are correct.
49. Set of considerations on how one should act.
a. Metaethics
b. Normative Ethics
c. Applied Ethics
d. Social Ethics

50. Why is Systematic Moral Dilemma considered as “bloated”?

a. Because it happens gradually
b. It does not happen overnight
c. It happens fast
d. It doesn’t happen or occur at all
51. This dilemma presents only two options or sides when there are many options or
sides.
a. Moral Dilemma
b. Ethical Dilemma
c. Social Dilemma
d. False Dilemma

52. What is the feeling of an agent who is experiencing False Dilemma?

 a. Calmed
b. Joyful
c. Pressured
d. Scared
53. Why is False Dilemma considered as “Black or White thinking”?
a. You are given two option without considering other possible answers.
b. You are given one option
c. You are given both negative options
d. You are both given unclear options.

54. How many options does Moral Dilemma have?

a. 1
b. 2.
c. 4
d. 5

55. How many options does False Dilemma have?

a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 1

56. Which of the following situations is False Dilemma?

a. “The one you love or the one who loves you”
b. To be or not to be
c. If you don’t order pizza, you will eat this one-week old spaghetti.
d. Should I take revenge or not?

57. Which of the following statements shows Moral Dilemma?

a. The one you love or the one who loves you
b. If you don’t continue this course, just drop out.
c. If you don’t order pizza, you will eat this one-week old spaghetti.
d. Black or White?

58. “Ever since I was young, I promised to myself that will not destroy someone else’s
family”
The statement shows ________
a. Ethics
b. Moral
c. Goodness
d. Luck

59. Moral Dilemma is also called _____

a. Moral Paradox
b. Moral Problem
c. Ethical Paradox
d. Practical Problem

60. It is the foundation of morality itself.

a. Applied Ethics
b. Metaethics
c. Normative Ethics
d. Social Ethics
 PART 2- Identify the situation. Write ID if it is Individual Dilemma, OD if it is
Organizational Dilemma and SD if it is Systematic Dilemma.

________1. Should I eat or not? ID

________2. Should I lay off workers in an economic downturn, jeopardizing the

security of the workers and their families, in order to save money and keep
shareholders happy? OD

________3. Over-fishing affects whole fisherman in Barangay Cagangohan. SD

________4. Corruption’s impact is poverty. SD

_________5. Which parent should I live? ID

_________6. Should I open for job vacancies or just promote my employees. OD

_________7. Should I donate my kidney to my twin sister or not? ID

_________8. Global warming SD

_________9. Some employees may not know the resources exist to help in
decision-making. They may not know who to turn to with questions. Any time an
organization is not fully supporting people, they're increasing the possibility of
high-risk behavior. OD
________10. Should I let their family starve or steal bread from someone else? ID

PART 3- Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Write FALSE if the statement
is wrong.

________1. Ethics comes from the Greek word “Ethos” TRUE

.
________2. The word Moral refers to the belief of other people. FALSE

________3. Ethics teaches man what is right or wrong. TRUE

________4. Applied ethics is also called as Practical Ethics. TRUE

_________5. Systematic Moral Dilemma occurs at Micro Level. FALSE

_________6. There are 4 branches of Ethics. FALSE

________7. There are 3 levels of Moral Dilemma. TRUE

________8. Individual Moral Dilemma is often termed as “bloated”. FALSE

________9. False Dilemma is often called as “Black & White Thinking” TRUE

________10. In Moral Dilemma, there are unlimited choices. FALSE

Part 4- Provide your own situation or example of False Dilemma & Moral
Dilemma. (10 points each)

Moral Dilemma:
(Two Options and Both must affect NEGATIVELY) (10 points)

False Dilemma:
(Two Options. Option 1 must be Positive and Option 2 must be Negative)
(10 points)
Prepared by: Claire Danes T. Canales, LPT