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
,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
