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Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th
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,TEST BANK FOR
Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th Edition
Chapter 1-14
Chapter 1
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
Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th
Edition
,TEST BANK FOR
Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th Edition
Chapter 1-14
Chapter 1
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
