TEST BANK FOR Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice
Management in Dental Hygiene (Kimbrough, Ethics,
Juriprudence and Practice Management in Dental
Hygiene) 3rd Edition by Vickie Kimbrough & Charla
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Complete Test Bank (Questions & Verified Answers)
Chapter One Test
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Multiple Choice/True-False:
1. Utilitarianism is concerned with
a. rights.
b. duties.
c. happiness.
d. the total amount of happiness in the world.
e. privileges.
2. Kantian ethics is concerned with
a. rights.
b. duties.
c. happiness.
d. the total amount of happiness in the world.
e. privileges.
3. Virtue ethics is based on theories from various philosophers, such as
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a. Rawls.
b. Kant.
c. Socrates.
d. none of the above.
4. The first two utilitarian philosophers were
a. Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
b. Immanuel Kant and John Rawls.
c. Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill.
d. John Rawls and John Stuart Mill.
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5. Virtue ethics is based on
a. character traits.
b. rights.
c. duties.
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d. privileges.
6. Prima facie duties are determined by the present situation.
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a. true
b. false
7. Utilitarians are concerned with consequences when making ethical decisions.
a. true
b. false
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8. If person A has a right, then person B has a duty to ensure that right.
a. true
b. false
9. A privilege is granted only if certain conditions are met.
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a. true
b. false
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10. A deontological approach considers the benefit or happiness that would result
from a decision, while a teleological approach does not consider the
consequences.
a. true
b. false
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Short Answer/Fill-in:
1. A utilitarian who is concerned with individual acts is a/an utilitarian.
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2. A utilitarian who is concerned with the best ways of acting in a given situation is a/an
utilitarian.
3. The ethical studies that explore the nature of moral judgments and the structure of
moral concepts are called .
4. A duty is a duty made obvious by the circumstances surrounding it.
5. is a position taken by a teleologist and is based on the notion that what
matters is the result of an action.
6. Kant’s ethics, or theories, emphasize duties.
7. Utilitarians view social justice as a means to .
8. John Rawls is known for his theory of .
9. Utilitarianism is a theory.
10. ethics was advocated by early philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and
Aristotle.
Matching: Match the description to one of the terms listed below.
1. A type of normative ethics that judges an action by its consequences.
2. A valid claim earned by effort and hard work.
3. A type of consequentialist theory.