Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice 8th Edition by Joycelyn M. Pollock - Test Bank

,CHAPTER 1 – Test Bank

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. 4 OBJ: LO 2

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.4 OBJ: LO 2

3. Those exempt from legal and moral culpability include all of the following except:
a. the insane
b. the young
c. the poor
d. one whose actions were coerced

ANS: C REF: p. 12 OBJ: LO 4

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. 6 OBJ: LO 1 & 2

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

ANS: B REF: p. 6 OBJ: LO 3

,6. The discipline investigating the meaning of ethical systems and whether they are relative
or are universal is known as:
a. normative ethics
b. applied ethics
c. forensic ethics
d. meta-ethics

ANS: D REF: p. 6 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

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

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

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

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

13. If honesty or physical fitness are important to you, these traits would be:
a. Duties
b. Values
c. Morals
d. Superogatories

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

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. Values cannot be empirically verified.
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?
a. Capital punishment is just.
b. Abortion results in the deaths of fetuses.
c. Rich people should give back to the community.
d. People who are capable of work should not accept welfare...

ANS: B REF: pp. 10-11 OBJ: LO 4