Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice 7th Edition by Joycelyn M. Pollock - Test Bank

,Chapter 1 – Morality, Ethics, and Human Behavior


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. All public servants have the following characteristics except:
a. paid from public purse
b. special duties
c. power to use force
d. held to higher standard

ANS: C REF: p. 6 OBJ: LO 1

2. Which of the following is not one of the ethical principles that govern public
servants identified by the Josephson Institute?
a. accountability
b. democratic leadership
c. public service
d. incomplete judgment

ANS: D REF: p.6 OBJ: LO 2

3. According to the 2009 Transparency International list of most and least corrupt
nations in the world, which of the following countries did not rank in the top ten “least
corrupt” countries?
a. Denmark
b. Singapore
c. United States
d. Finland

ANS: C REF: p. 7 OBJ: LO 2

4. Which of the following is not one of Braswell’s reasons to study ethics?
a. develop critical thinking skills
b. become aware and open to ethical issues
c. develop wholesight
d. improve public image

ANS: D REF: p. 7 OBJ: LO 1 & 2

5. The term _______________ refers to what is judged as good conduct.
a. ethics
b. morality
c. honor
d. goodness

,ANS: B REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3

6. The highly technical discipline investigating the meaning of ethical terms
including a critical study of how ethical statements can be referred to as:
a. normative ethics
b. applied ethics
c. forensic ethics
d. meta-ethics

ANS: D REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3

7. __________________ ethics determine what people ought to do and defines
moral duties based on ethical systems or other means of analysis.
a. Applied
b. Normative
c. Professional
d. Conventional

ANS: B REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3

8. The application of ethical principles to specific issues such as social research or
medical practice is called:
a. meta-ethics
b. normative ethics
c. applied ethics
d. practical ethics

ANS: C REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3

9. While duties are what you must do in order to be good, ______________ are
commendable but not required actions.
a. functions
b. superogatories
c. imperfect duties
d. obligations

ANS: B REF: p. 9 OBJ: LO 3 & 4

10. A good Samaritan who jumps into a river to save a drowning child, risking his or
her own life to do so, has performed a(n):
a. professional duty
b. ethical duty
c. superogatory action
d. moral duty

, ANS: C REF: p. 9 OBJ: LO 3 & 4

11. Superogatories have to do with:
a. duties
b. virtues
c. laws
d. meta-ethics

ANS: A REF: p. 9 OBJ: LO 3 & 4

12. Which of the following is not an example of an imperfect duty?
a. a duty to be honest
b. a duty to be generous
c. a duty to take your life
d. a duty to help the poor

ANS: C REF: p. 9 OBJ: LO 3 & 4

13. Which of the following is an example of a value?
a. It is raining hard
b. Rain is good
c. It has been a long time since it rained
d. It rains mostly in the afternoons

ANS: B REF: p. 9 OBJ: LO 3

14. Which of the following is an example of an imperfect duty?
a. to be generous
b. to not engage in infidelity
c. to not cheat on a test
d. to save someone from drowning

ANS: A REF: p. 9 OBJ: LO 3 & 4

15. Which of the following statements about values is false?
a. An explicit value system is a part of every ethical system
b. Our behavior is influenced by our value system
c. the values of life and respect for the person can be found in all ethical systems
d. the value of survival is particular to the U.S. ethical system

ANS: D REF: pp. 9-10 OBJ: LO 3

16. Which of the following would not be considered a moral judgment?