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01/10 Foundations of Ethical Thinking Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 01/10 Foundations of Ethical Thinking, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions

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Which statement best explains the role of values in ethical reasoning?

A
A value automatically determines the required action.
B
A value identifies what is considered important or worthwhile.
C
A value is always a legally enforceable rule.
D
A value is a prediction about the consequences of an action.

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A hospital must choose between two policies and compares the likely benefits and harms produced by each. Which normative approach is it primarily using?

A
Whether the action follows an established duty
B
Whether the action expresses excellent character
C
Whether the action produces the best overall consequences
D
Whether the action conforms to a social convention

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Which statement is a moral judgment rather than a preference, factual report, or prediction?

A
The manager ought to disclose the defect because customers could be seriously harmed.
B
The manager dislikes completing additional safety paperwork.
C
The device was manufactured in three different colors.
D
The company expects the product to sell well.

True or false

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True or false: Every norm is a moral norm.

A
True
B
False

True or false

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True or false: Ethical consistency requires treating every situation identically, even when the situations differ in morally relevant ways.

A
True
B
False

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In a structured ethical analysis, the people, groups, institutions, or environments affected by each option are called .

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The consistency test that asks whether one could accept the same reasoning if the roles were reversed is called .

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What is the name of the area of ethics that develops general standards for evaluating conduct and asks what people ought to do?

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According to virtue ethics, what quality helps a morally excellent person judge how to act well in particular circumstances?

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Which two considerations are clearly relevant moral reasons when deciding whether a manager should disclose a safety defect? Select all correct choices.

A
The action may cause foreseeable serious harm.
B
The person affected is unpopular.
C
The action would undermine informed choice.
D
The person affected is wealthy.

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Which three practices belong in a structured ethical analysis? Select all correct choices.

A
Identify the people and groups affected by each option.
B
Generate realistic alternatives such as delaying action or reducing risk.
C
Treat legal permission as sufficient to settle the ethical question.
D
Separate established facts from assumptions, predictions, opinions, and rumors.

Open ended

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An engineer discovers a defect in a consumer device that could injure users. Correcting it will delay release and increase costs. Analyze what the company should do. Use consequentialist, deontological, and virtue-ethical reasoning, and address at least one serious objection.

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A team evaluates whether an artificial-intelligence system should collect users' personal data. Which branch of ethics is most directly concerned with this particular issue?

A
Metaethics
B
Applied ethics
C
Normative ethics
D
Descriptive sociology

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Which statement best distinguishes values from norms?

A
Values are formal rules, while norms are personal preferences.
B
Values concern what is important or worthwhile, while norms are standards or expectations that guide behavior.
C
Values apply only to private decisions, while norms apply only to public decisions.
D
Values are always moral, while norms are never moral.

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A hospital ethics committee is evaluating whether a proposed use of patient data respects privacy and autonomy. Which area of ethics is most directly involved?

A
Metaethics, because it examines the meaning of moral claims.
B
Normative ethics, because it develops general standards for evaluating conduct.
C
Applied ethics, because it uses moral reasoning to analyze a particular issue.
D
Virtue ethics, because it evaluates the agent's character.

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An organization is deciding whether to release a product with a known defect. Before comparing possible actions, which step should identify customers, employees, investors, nearby communities, and others who may be affected?

A
Identify the stakeholders.
B
Generate realistic alternatives.
C
Test consistency.
D
Reach and defend a conclusion.

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In the safety-defect example, which ethical approach would most directly ask whether the company has a duty to avoid exposing customers to unreasonable risk, even if concealment would protect profits?

A
Consequentialism, because it judges actions by their likely results.
B
Virtue ethics, because it asks what a morally excellent person would do.
C
Applied ethics, because it addresses a practical professional problem.
D
Deontology, because it asks what duties, rules, or rights apply.

True or false

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True or false: If an action is legally permitted, that fact alone settles whether the action is ethically acceptable.

A
True
B
False

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What ethical test asks whether you could accept the same reasoning if the roles were reversed or if everyone in a relevantly similar situation acted on it?

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What area of ethics uses moral principles and reasoning to analyze particular issues such as medical treatment, privacy, or professional conflicts of interest?