HUM 115 CRITICAL THINKING UPDATED FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You have a coding assignment that is due. You put in 200 lines of code and think it's
all good, but the system tells you there is a mistake. You double check your work and
re-enter the code. Again, the system tells you there is a mistake. You know you are
right, and you burst into tears. After pulling yourself together, using critical thinking, what
would a good next step be to resolve the issue?
a. Complain to your friends
b. Take screen shots and email the instructor, asking them to review the program for
errors.
c. Email the instructor and say you felt you did a great job.
d. Hope your future grades are good enough to pull up your course average. - ✔✔b.
Take screen shots and email the instructor, asking them to review the program for
errors.
✔✔The Vance Monument taskforce sought out community engagement to help them
decide what to do about the monument. A member of the NC Sons of Confederate
Veterans visited downtown Asheville and carried a Confederate flag hoping to protect
the historic statue. He heard protestors who thought the Vance Monument should be
dismantled or repurposed by changing the plaque on the obelisk, seeing it as a symbol
of racism. He felt personally attacked. What should this man do to combat his emotions
so he can think critically about his beliefs?
, a. Leave downtown Asheville immediately to avoid hearing anything that challenges his
beliefs.
b. Vehemently disagree with the task force speaker during the question and answer
period saying, "You can't put modern day values on historical figures and erase history."
Then point out that there were black people in the Confederacy who also felt like their
home was being attacked by "Yankees" - ✔✔c. Listen with an open mind and be willing
to acknowledge the other viewpoint.
✔✔In a science fiction movie, an officer is implementing an experimental process to
prevent a catastrophic geologic event affecting a primitive indigenous alien population.
A crew of a starship vessel is willing to save him; however, environmental conditions
prevent simple extraction. The commander refuses to let the crew extract the officer,
proclaiming "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or in this case, one."
The commander's conclusion is based on which moral theory?
a. Utilitarianism
b. Ethical altruism
c. Kantian ethics
d. Ethical egoism - ✔✔a. Utilitarianism
✔✔Consider the following ethical argument. Which of the three statements represents
the moral statement about a moral principle?
Statement 1: A dealership advertised a car at a very low price, but only had a similar
higher priced model in stock.
Statement 2: It is wrong to perform a bait and switch.
Statement 3: The dealership was wrong to advertise the car on special sale when in
actually it was not available.
a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
c. Statement 3 - ✔✔b. Statement 2
✔✔During a discussion about women being subjugated in the Middle East, Vanessa
argues that you can't judge other countries for their practices because people in
different parts of the world have different beliefs. What moral theory is Vanessa using?
a. Religious Relativism
b. Cultural Relativism
c. Moral Relativism
d. Authoritarian Moral Theory - ✔✔b. Cultural Relativism
✔✔Which of the following best illustrates a justification?
a. "Employing stealth marketing tactics is necessary because our competitors have
greater brand awareness and are outselling us."
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You have a coding assignment that is due. You put in 200 lines of code and think it's
all good, but the system tells you there is a mistake. You double check your work and
re-enter the code. Again, the system tells you there is a mistake. You know you are
right, and you burst into tears. After pulling yourself together, using critical thinking, what
would a good next step be to resolve the issue?
a. Complain to your friends
b. Take screen shots and email the instructor, asking them to review the program for
errors.
c. Email the instructor and say you felt you did a great job.
d. Hope your future grades are good enough to pull up your course average. - ✔✔b.
Take screen shots and email the instructor, asking them to review the program for
errors.
✔✔The Vance Monument taskforce sought out community engagement to help them
decide what to do about the monument. A member of the NC Sons of Confederate
Veterans visited downtown Asheville and carried a Confederate flag hoping to protect
the historic statue. He heard protestors who thought the Vance Monument should be
dismantled or repurposed by changing the plaque on the obelisk, seeing it as a symbol
of racism. He felt personally attacked. What should this man do to combat his emotions
so he can think critically about his beliefs?
, a. Leave downtown Asheville immediately to avoid hearing anything that challenges his
beliefs.
b. Vehemently disagree with the task force speaker during the question and answer
period saying, "You can't put modern day values on historical figures and erase history."
Then point out that there were black people in the Confederacy who also felt like their
home was being attacked by "Yankees" - ✔✔c. Listen with an open mind and be willing
to acknowledge the other viewpoint.
✔✔In a science fiction movie, an officer is implementing an experimental process to
prevent a catastrophic geologic event affecting a primitive indigenous alien population.
A crew of a starship vessel is willing to save him; however, environmental conditions
prevent simple extraction. The commander refuses to let the crew extract the officer,
proclaiming "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or in this case, one."
The commander's conclusion is based on which moral theory?
a. Utilitarianism
b. Ethical altruism
c. Kantian ethics
d. Ethical egoism - ✔✔a. Utilitarianism
✔✔Consider the following ethical argument. Which of the three statements represents
the moral statement about a moral principle?
Statement 1: A dealership advertised a car at a very low price, but only had a similar
higher priced model in stock.
Statement 2: It is wrong to perform a bait and switch.
Statement 3: The dealership was wrong to advertise the car on special sale when in
actually it was not available.
a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
c. Statement 3 - ✔✔b. Statement 2
✔✔During a discussion about women being subjugated in the Middle East, Vanessa
argues that you can't judge other countries for their practices because people in
different parts of the world have different beliefs. What moral theory is Vanessa using?
a. Religious Relativism
b. Cultural Relativism
c. Moral Relativism
d. Authoritarian Moral Theory - ✔✔b. Cultural Relativism
✔✔Which of the following best illustrates a justification?
a. "Employing stealth marketing tactics is necessary because our competitors have
greater brand awareness and are outselling us."
