J06 Ethics in Criminal Justice EXAM 8 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (NEW 2021)

J06 Ethics in Criminal Justice EXAM 8 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (NEW 2021) Question 1 5 / 5 points One of the lessons we can learn from Alfred Nobel's obituary (and the opening quote in Chapter 10 of your book) is which of the following? Question options: a)  Even the blackest heart has a grain of compassion. b)  Everyone can be ethical. c)  Make hay while the sun shines. d)  The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. Question 2 5 / 5 points The C in E-T-H-I-C-S stands for which of the following in author Harold Kushner's model? Question options: a)  Contemporary b)  Controversy c)  Compassion d)  Critical thinking Question 3 5 / 5 points According to the concept of abundance mentality: Question options: a)  life's resources are limited; stiff competition yields success. b)  most people are inherently good. c)  even ethical people crush their competitors. d)  life is too short to commit evil. Question 4 5 / 5 points What happened in the case of Dr. Timothy Quill? Question options: a)  He hoarded medications to kill his wife. b)  He violated the Hippocratic oath in the State of Montana. c)  A grand jury refused to indict him for prescribing a leukemia patient a lethal dose of pain medication. d)  He stole medication from the hospital to help a patient end his life. Question 5 5 / 5 points According to your textbook, "quality of life" issues are BEST described as arising in connection with: Question options: a)  increased life spans. b)  global interdependency. c)  technology. d)  abundance mentality. Question 6 0 / 5 points The ethical bar will rise in the future because: Question options: a)  more ethical people will have a college degree. b)  more ethical systems will be developed. c)  decisions will impact more people. d)  None of the above Question 7 5 / 5 points Oklahoma has the second highest divorce rate in the country. Which U.S. president proposed a plan to spend $300 million on promoting marriage? Question options: a)  George Bush, Sr. b)  Obama c)  Bill Clinton d)  George W. Bush Question 8 5 / 5 points In the context of life and death decisions, there is a distinction between killing and letting die. Which of the following is classified as letting die? Question options: a)  Physician-assisted suicide b)  Prescribing enough of a medication to allow a patient to overdose c)  Removing a patient from life support d)  Euthanasia Question 9 5 / 5 points The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a panel of ethics experts to: Question options: a)  discuss the issue of physician-assisted suicide. b)  assess the impact of the AIDS virus on minority populations. c)  help determine who should receive the flu vaccine in the event of a shortage. d)  evaluate when insurance companies may deny coverage for already existing diseases. Question 10 5 / 5 points According to your textbook, just as a smoker cannot go a day without nicotine, people with a character problem cannot go a day without: Question options: a)  stabbing a friend in the back. b)  lying. c)  stealing. d)  speaking ill of another. Question 11 5 / 5 points Your book describes a scenario known as the "bathrobe bonus," wherein a man living on a fixed income discovered a large wad of bills in a bathrobe. He purchased the robe from a dealer at an auction estate. He argued to his wife that he should keep the money. "After all, if I were to return it, the dealer would just keep it and never return it to the rightful owner." Who would disagree with his line of reasoning? Question options: a)  John Stuart Mill b)  Jeremy Bentham c)  Emmanuel Kant d)  Rushworth Kidder Question 12 0 / 5 points The surprising result in the Unabomber case serves as a reminder of ________'s warning that the future is so uncertain that it is not wise to make ethical decisions based on predictions of future outcomes. Question options: a)  John Stuart Mill b)  Emmanuel Kant c)  Rushworth Kidder d)  Aristotle Question 13 5 / 5 points In the future, ethical dilemmas will become increasingly _________as individuals become more interdependent as a result of more expedient communications, such as cell phones, e-mail, and the many new cable and satellite television and radio channels. Question options: a)  complex b)  dishonest c)  scholarly d)  bureaucratic Question 14 5 / 5 points In his book, The Lucifer Effect, psychologist Phillip Zimbardo suggests that the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison were the result of a bad social setting that contaminated the individual prison guard. What would Kant say about the difficulty of ethical conduct in the face of situation pressure to be unethical? Question options: a)  Unethical behavior is a natural result of peer pressure. b)  Ethical people endure, despite the situation, since they follow specific rules. c)  If the guards were better instructed by their leaders, this would not have happened. d)  It is better to conform than to risk retaliation at the hands of supervisors. Question 15 5 / 5 points The story of Alfred Nobel illustrates what ethical lesson? Question options: a)  People who invent materials such as dynamite are unethical. b)  It is unethical not to donate your wealth to charity if you have great wealth. c)  Adhere to the "abundance" mentality. d)  Think about what you'd like people to say about you after you die, and then live your life backward. Question 16 5 / 5 points What phenomenon describes a situation where individuals see life as a finite pie: if person A gets a big piece of pie, it means less for person B, thus making it difficult to be genuinely happy for those who perform well? Question options: a)  Scarcity mentality b)  Blacklisting c)  Finite resources d)  Selfishness Question 17 5 / 5 points The __________ test is a good way to set a baseline ethical test for yourself. Question options: a)  front page b)  mother c)  good heart d)  24-hour Question 18 5 / 5 points _______________ is making and keeping promises. Question options: a)  Honesty b)  Integrity c)  Kindness d)  Courage Question 19 5 / 5 points Ethical dilemmas become more complicated as the interests of more ________ become involved. Question options: a)  countries b)  corporations c)  individuals d)  cultures Question 20 5 / 5 points The 24-hour test is a: Question options: a)  way to determine what ethical system you subscribe to. b)  good way to begin a baseline ethical test for yourself. c)  method for assessing misplaced loyalty. d)  formula for determining how effective a blacklisting sanction is. Done