WEBCE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Your partner comes into the station just before his shift and you
realize he has been drinking. You tell him that you can cover for him,
report him to your supervisor, or he can call in sick. He is convinced he
is fit for duty and proceeds to roll call. This is an example of
_____________. Answer: A. an ethical dilemma
◉ One of the main reasons for studying ethics is due to the
__________by government authorities. Answer: discretion used
◉ One of the criticisms of prosecutors in their use of discretion is that
_________. Answer: decisions are often more influenced by politics
than justice
◉ One of the reasons the study of ethics is so important in criminal
justice is due to the fact that _______. Answer: criminal justice involves
some level of coercion.
◉ Which of the following involves determining good and evil and
defining moral duties? Answer: ethics
◉ Which of the following philosophers believed that bad acts are
performed through ignorance? Answer: Socrates
, ◉ Which of the following is not included in Plato's four virtues?
Answer: Integrity
◉ Which of the following philosophers thought that bad behavior came
from weak wills and that people did bad things knowing they were bad?
Answer: Aristotle
◉ If you saw a person trapped in a burning building and decided to rush
in to save them, this would be an example of ___________behavior.
Answer: B.supererogatory
◉ Values are most often revealed by a person when_________. Answer:
one has to choose between competing virtues.
◉ Which of the following is defined as a judgment of worth,
desirability, or importance? Answer: values
◉ Which of the following is NOT an element in determining if a
behavior is ethical or moral? Answer: C. It is behavior not a belief.
◉ If a hermit living alone on a desert island pollutes the ocean, he has
committed _________. Answer: B. an immoral act
◉ An important question to ask in the use of critical thinking is:
Answer: Is there another way to interpret the information?
2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Your partner comes into the station just before his shift and you
realize he has been drinking. You tell him that you can cover for him,
report him to your supervisor, or he can call in sick. He is convinced he
is fit for duty and proceeds to roll call. This is an example of
_____________. Answer: A. an ethical dilemma
◉ One of the main reasons for studying ethics is due to the
__________by government authorities. Answer: discretion used
◉ One of the criticisms of prosecutors in their use of discretion is that
_________. Answer: decisions are often more influenced by politics
than justice
◉ One of the reasons the study of ethics is so important in criminal
justice is due to the fact that _______. Answer: criminal justice involves
some level of coercion.
◉ Which of the following involves determining good and evil and
defining moral duties? Answer: ethics
◉ Which of the following philosophers believed that bad acts are
performed through ignorance? Answer: Socrates
, ◉ Which of the following is not included in Plato's four virtues?
Answer: Integrity
◉ Which of the following philosophers thought that bad behavior came
from weak wills and that people did bad things knowing they were bad?
Answer: Aristotle
◉ If you saw a person trapped in a burning building and decided to rush
in to save them, this would be an example of ___________behavior.
Answer: B.supererogatory
◉ Values are most often revealed by a person when_________. Answer:
one has to choose between competing virtues.
◉ Which of the following is defined as a judgment of worth,
desirability, or importance? Answer: values
◉ Which of the following is NOT an element in determining if a
behavior is ethical or moral? Answer: C. It is behavior not a belief.
◉ If a hermit living alone on a desert island pollutes the ocean, he has
committed _________. Answer: B. an immoral act
◉ An important question to ask in the use of critical thinking is:
Answer: Is there another way to interpret the information?
