NURSING ETHICS MIDTERM
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● The term "_____________" refers to norms about right and wrong
human conduct that are so widely shared that they form a stable social
compact.
Answer: a. Opinions
b. Ethics
** c. Morality
d. Virtue
●● The following statement is an example of which type of ethics:
"Over the last half-century, more relative weight has increasingly been
given to the moral norm of respect for patient autonomy."
Answer: a. Metaethics
b. Virtue ethics
c. Practical ethics
** d. Descriptive ethics
●● A conflict between moral requirements and nonmoral factors, such as
self-interest, can be described as a:
Answer: a. Moral dilemma
,** b. Practical dilemma
c. Prisoner's dilemma
d. Euthypro's dilemma
●● Which of the following is not a moral principle named by
Beauchamp and Childress?
Answer: a. Beneficence
b. Respect for autonomy
c. Justice
** d. Efficiency
●● The moral principle concerned with the fair distribution of benefits,
risks, and costs is called:
Answer: ** a. Justice
b. Autonomy
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence
●● According to Beauchamp and Childress, the once-honorific sense of
profession is now better reflected in the term:
Answer: a. Career
** b. Learned profession
c. Job
,d. Discipline
●● When moral norms conflict, according to Beauchamp and Childress,
which of the following norms should take priority?
Answer: a. Justice
b. Nonmaleficence
c. Respect for autonomy
** d. None of the above
●● Agents who are unable to fulfill all prima facie moral norms in a
given situation may experience _________________, indicating the
existence of a continued obligation.
Answer: a. Euphoria
b. Angst
** c. Moral regret or residue
d. Confusion
●● When moral disagreements arise, a moral agent can—and usually
should:
Answer: a. Persuade others at all costs
b. Not attempt to persuade others
** c. Defend his or her decision without disparaging or reproaching
others who reach different decisions
, d. Abandon previously held beliefs
●● The Hippocratic tradition has been sufficient to meet the ethical
challenges of biological and health sciences in the twentieth and twenty-
first centuries.
Answer: a. True
** b. False
●● Moral ideals, such as charitable beneficence, are morally
praiseworthy but not required of all persons.
Answer: ** a. True
b. False
●● All laws constitute public policies, but not all public policies are
laws.
Answer: ** a. True
b. False
●● In a practical dilemma, moral reasons should always outweigh
nonmoral (or personal) reasons.
Answer: a. True
** b. False
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● The term "_____________" refers to norms about right and wrong
human conduct that are so widely shared that they form a stable social
compact.
Answer: a. Opinions
b. Ethics
** c. Morality
d. Virtue
●● The following statement is an example of which type of ethics:
"Over the last half-century, more relative weight has increasingly been
given to the moral norm of respect for patient autonomy."
Answer: a. Metaethics
b. Virtue ethics
c. Practical ethics
** d. Descriptive ethics
●● A conflict between moral requirements and nonmoral factors, such as
self-interest, can be described as a:
Answer: a. Moral dilemma
,** b. Practical dilemma
c. Prisoner's dilemma
d. Euthypro's dilemma
●● Which of the following is not a moral principle named by
Beauchamp and Childress?
Answer: a. Beneficence
b. Respect for autonomy
c. Justice
** d. Efficiency
●● The moral principle concerned with the fair distribution of benefits,
risks, and costs is called:
Answer: ** a. Justice
b. Autonomy
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence
●● According to Beauchamp and Childress, the once-honorific sense of
profession is now better reflected in the term:
Answer: a. Career
** b. Learned profession
c. Job
,d. Discipline
●● When moral norms conflict, according to Beauchamp and Childress,
which of the following norms should take priority?
Answer: a. Justice
b. Nonmaleficence
c. Respect for autonomy
** d. None of the above
●● Agents who are unable to fulfill all prima facie moral norms in a
given situation may experience _________________, indicating the
existence of a continued obligation.
Answer: a. Euphoria
b. Angst
** c. Moral regret or residue
d. Confusion
●● When moral disagreements arise, a moral agent can—and usually
should:
Answer: a. Persuade others at all costs
b. Not attempt to persuade others
** c. Defend his or her decision without disparaging or reproaching
others who reach different decisions
, d. Abandon previously held beliefs
●● The Hippocratic tradition has been sufficient to meet the ethical
challenges of biological and health sciences in the twentieth and twenty-
first centuries.
Answer: a. True
** b. False
●● Moral ideals, such as charitable beneficence, are morally
praiseworthy but not required of all persons.
Answer: ** a. True
b. False
●● All laws constitute public policies, but not all public policies are
laws.
Answer: ** a. True
b. False
●● In a practical dilemma, moral reasons should always outweigh
nonmoral (or personal) reasons.
Answer: a. True
** b. False
