Karen Garcia
EME 603/Dr. Smith
4/10/13
Test Items Assignment
Topic
Teaching ethics across the curriculum. Ethics is important and goes beyond common sense. Is
there a need for an ethics course at The University of Tampa? Do the students know enough
about ethics? These test items will assess participant’s knowledge in the area of ethics to assist
in determining if adding an ethics course to the curriculum would be beneficial.
Learning Objectives
Students should be able to/are expected to…
1. Define ethical terms. (Blooms – Remembering)
2. Identify between philosophers/ethicists and their teachings. (Blooms – Understanding)
3. Compare and contrast between justice and fairness (Blooms – Analyzing)
4. Illustrate an example of an ethical dilemma. (Blooms – Applying)
Multiple choice:
1. Aristotle believed that a speaker with ethics demonstrates. (2. Identify between
philosophers/ethicists and their teachings. Blooms – Understanding)
A. Good attitudes, good sense, and good organization.
B. Good morals, good organization, and good sense.
C. Good sense, good organization, and goodwill.
D. Good sense, goodwill, and good morals.
2. A(n) ________ is a problem, situation, or opportunity requiring an individual, group, or
organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong. (1.
Define ethical terms. Blooms – Remembering)
A. Crisis
B. Ethical issue
C. Indictment
D. Fraud
3. Standards we use to determine right from wrong or good from bad, in thought and behavior
are known as. (1. Define ethical terms. Blooms – Remembering)
A. Attitudes
B. Ethics
C. Values
D. Beliefs
4. Which of the following is a principle which frames ethics? (1. Define ethical terms. Blooms –
Remembering)
A. All parties in the communication process have ethical responsibilities.
B. Speakers in the communication process have ethical responsibilities.
C. Listeners in the communication process have ethical responsibilities.
D. Ethical speakers and listeners possess attitudes that do not pervade their character.
True/false:
5. Interpretation and respect of human rights is consistent across countries. (1. Define ethical
terms. Blooms – Remembering)
A. True
B. False
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6. Utilitarian’s believe we should live for the moment. (2. Identify between
philosophers/ethicists and their teachings. (Blooms – Understanding))
A. True
B. False
7. According to Aristotle, the activity that is most characteristic of human beings is activity that
involves a rational principle. (2. Identify between philosophers/ethicists and their teachings.
Blooms – Understanding)
A. True
B. False
8. According to Lewis Vaughn, the chief aim of virtue ethics is to answer the question, “What
should I do?” (2. Identify between philosophers/ethicists and their teachings. Blooms –
Understanding)
A. True
B. False
Completion and/or short answer:
9.
consists in the attempt to answer difficult moral questions actual people face in
their lives. Answer: Applied ethics (1. Define ethical terms. Blooms – Remembering,
Understanding)
10.
are situations in which there are two choices to be made, neither of which
resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. Answer: Ethical dilemmas (1. Define
ethical terms. Blooms – Remembering)
11. __
sacrifice is the consequence of following ideals. Answer: Personal (1. Define
ethical terms. Blooms – Remembering, Understanding)
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12.
consists in the attempt to answer the fundamental philosophical questions about
the nature of ethical theory itself. Answer: Meta-ethics (1. Define ethical terms. Blooms –
Remembering)
Matching:
13. Column A
According to:
1. Aristotle
2. Immanuel Kant
3. Plato
4. Descartes
5. Georg W.F. Hegel
Column B (2. Identify between philosophers/ethicists and
their teachings. (Blooms – Understanding)
3 C. a just person is happy
5 E. the universal must be furthered, but subjectivity on the
other hand must attain its full and living development.
4 D. the significance of dreams is we sometimes arrive at
the solution to problems in our dreams.
2 B. the maxim of the lying promise would be selfcontradictory if we turned it into a universal law.
F. the central moral problem for women is the conflict
between self and other.
1 A. the activity that is most characteristic of human beings
is activity that involves a rational principle.
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14. Column A
Column B (Define ethical terms. Blooms – Remembering)
Define:
1. Ethics
2. Dogma
3. Virtue
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F. Somebody, especially a theologian, who tries to settle questions of
ethics or morals by applying general rules and principles to them.
5 E. Relating to issues of right and wrong and to how individual people
should behave.
G. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles;
moral uprightness.
4. Values
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B. A belief or set of beliefs that a religion holds to be true.
5. Morals
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D. The accepted principles or standards of a person or a group.
6. Casuist
3
C. The quality of being morally good or righteous.
1
A. The study of moral standards and how they affect conduct
Essay:
15. Explain what an ethical dilemma is. Describe a time you faced an ethical dilemma, how did
you resolve it? (4. Illustrate an example of an ethical dilemma. (Blooms – Applying)
Answer: An ethical dilemma is/are situations in which there are two choices to be made,
neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. Give any example
of an ethical dilemma, the point is evaluate what the students standard of morality is, and if
he/she has the ability to differentiate between right and wrong.
16. Compare and contrast justice and fairness. (3. Compare and contrast between justice and
fairness. Blooms – Analyzing)
Answer: Justice and fairness refer to different concepts. Justice is action in accordance
with the requirements of some law. In a narrower sense, justice is fairness. Fairness is free
from bias or injustice. What constitutes fair treatment and fair rules is often expressed by
a variety of justice principles.
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