Prelim Quiz 1

The following are elements of human acts except:

Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntaries
Responsibility

The agent of the act knows what he is acting, in other words, the act is done
deliberately. What element of human act is being defined?*
Responsibility
Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntaries

It is a major branch of philosophy which focuses on the study of value or quality.

Ethics
Values
Morals
Moral Value

It refers to the proper way of doing things.

Aesthetics
Etiquette
Technical
Ethics

The agent does the act out of his own decision and will. What element of human act is
being defined?*
Responsibility
Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntaries
It means sense or feeling.
Aesthetics
Aesthesis
Ethos
Ethikos

Correct answer
aesthesis

It refers to a judgment based upon a particular set of values.*

Moral Value
Value Judgment
Valuation
Judgment

Who states that ethics is the investigation of life?*

Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
St. Thomas Aquinas

It refers to that quality of goodness or badness in a human act.*

Ethics
Morals
Moral Value
Morality

It is something desirable, worth having, worth possessing, worth keeping and worth
doing.
Moral Value
Values
Value
Morals

The following are the importance of rules to social being except:*

produce a sense of justice among social beings.
essential for a healthy economic system.
protect social being by regulating behavior.
lays down the principles of right living.

Ethos means _______ ?

character
Customs
Rising from the habit
Sense

It is a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty esp. in
arts.
Ethics
Etiquette
Aesthetics
aesthesis

It refers to an individual's own principles of the rightness and wrongness of human

actions.*
Ethics
Morals
Moral Values
Values
Correct answer
Morals
It refers to an acts that require the creation of choices and usage of responsibility.*
Values
Human Acts
Acts of man
Actions

PRELIM QUIZ 2

Concerning what a person is obligated to do in a specific situation.*

Meta-ethics
Normative Ethics
Applied Ethics
Descriptive theory

I choose not to take something I did not pay for. This statement is an example of a
_____?*
Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

When a person say that an action is right or wrong, he is making a _____?*

Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma
Correct answer
Moral Judgement

It is concerned with the origin and meaning of the ethical principles.*

Meta-ethics
Normative Ethics
Applied Ethics
Descriptive theory

It is the recognition that the individual thinking person (the subject) is at the heart of all
moral valuation.*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

What theory holds that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be
considered ethical?*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

It comes from the Greek word which means twice and assumption.*
Moral Dilemma
Dilemma
Moral Decision
Moral Judgement

Who stated that knowing what was right was not enough, that one had to choose to act
in a proper manner to create the habit of doing good?*
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Ethicists

An individual who can make moral decisions based on the perception of right and
wrong.*
The subject
The person
Moral person
Moral Agent

What is ethically acceptable or unacceptable depends on one’s culture. This is referred

to as ______?*
Individual Relativism
Cultural Relativism
Ethical Relativism
Divine Command Theory

It is an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone.*

Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

It is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is

equivalent to whether it is commanded by God.*
Religion
Religious denomination
Religious groups
Divine Command Theory

This theory claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare.*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

It is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and
identity.*
Religion
Religious denomination
Religious groups
Divine Command Theory

It is one's perception of oneself and an awareness of who you truly are.*

Subjectivism
Self interest
Sense of self
Egoism

It refers to standards by which we judge what is good or bad and right or wrong in a
non-moral way.*
Non- Moral Standards
Moral Standards
Standards of Valuation
Source of Authority

These are the norms that individuals or groups have about the kind of actions believed
to be morally right or wrong, as well as the values placed on what we believed to be
morally good or morally bad.*
Non- Moral Standards
Moral Standards
Standards of Valuation
Source of Authority

Who believed that virtue was necessary for happiness but insufficiently by itself?*
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Ethicists

Who believed that happiness without virtue was base and animalistic?*
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates and Plato
It tells us what we ought to do.*
Morals
Morality
Values
Ethics

Correct answer
Morality

It is the theory of right and wrong action.*

Morals
Morality
Values
Ethics

Correct answer
Ethics

Who claims that wisdom is the basic virtue?*

Aristotle
Socrates and Aristotle
Socrates and Plato
Plato and Aristotle

It occurs when moral conflicts with each other*

Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

The following are the theories that center on the self as the standard of Moral
`Valuation, except:*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

It refers to the different rules and regulation that are posited or put forward by an
authority figure that require compliance.*
Natural law
Positive Law
Law
Religion

PRELIM EXAM

It refers to a judgment based upon a particular set of values.*

Moral Value
Value Judgment
Valuation
Judgment

It is concerned with the origin and meaning of the ethical principles.

Meta-ethics
Normative Ethics
Applied Ethics
Descriptive theory

When a person say that an action is right or wrong, he is making a _____?*

Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

Correct answer
Moral Judgement
It refers to specific beliefs or attitudes that people have or to describes acts that people
perform.*
Value
Moral Values
Morals
Ethics

Who is the oldest and the most influential among all the sophists who had come to
Athens?*
Socrates
Protageras
Aristotle
Protagoras

The following are the importance of rules to social being except:*

produce a sense of justice among social beings.
essential for a healthy economic system.
protect social being by regulating behavior.
lays down the principles of right living.

Correct answer
lays down the principles of right living.

This Filipino character is manifested by genuine and deep love for the family, in the
honor and respect given to parents and elders, in the care given to children, the
generosity towards kin in need, and in the great sacrifices one endures for the welfare of
the family.*
High regards for others
Family orientation
Joy and Humor
Flexible, adaptable and creative
It occurs when moral conflicts with each other*
Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

Correct answer
Moral Dilemma

It comes from the Greek word which means twice and assumption.*
Moral Dilemma
Dilemma
Moral Decision
Moral Judgement

This tells us which are more or less important, which is useful when we have to trade off
meeting one value over another.*
Value
Moral value
Values
Ethics

These are the norms that individuals or groups have about the kind of actions believed
to be morally right or wrong, as well as the values placed on what we believed to be
morally good or morally bad.*
Non- Moral Standards
Moral Standards
Standards of Valuation
Source of Authority

It refers to an acts that require the creation of choices and usage of responsibility.*
Values
Human Acts
Acts of man
Actions

Norm of morality means____.*

The standard of right and wrong in human acts.
The reason why certain acts are morally right and why certain actions are wrong.
Either of the two is correct.
Both statements are correct.

It refers to the different rules and regulation that are posited or put forward by an
authority figure that require compliance.*
Natural law
Positive Law
Law
Religion

It refers to that quality of goodness or badness in a human act.*

Ethics
Morals
Moral Value
Morality

Concerning what a person is obligated to do in a specific situation.*

Meta-ethics
Normative Ethics
Applied Ethics
Descriptive theory

It is something desirable, worth having, worth possessing, worth keeping and worth
doing.*
Moral Value
Values
Value
Morals
One’s own conception of goodness may be different from the others’ conception of
goodness. This is referred to as?*
Psychological Egoism
Moral Relativism
Cultural Relativism
Ethical principle

What are the conditions that must be present in moral dilemmas?*

The person or the agent of moral action is obliged to make a decision about which course of action
is best.
There must be different courses of action to choose from.
No matter what course of action is taken, some principles are always compromised.
All of the Above

It is the recognition that the individual thinking person (the subject) is at the heart of all
moral valuation.*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

It refers to an individual's own principles of the rightness and wrongness of human

actions.*
Ethics
Morals
Moral Values
Values

Who stated that knowing what was right was not enough, that one had to choose to act
in a proper manner to create the habit of doing good?*
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Ethicists
Who states that ethics is the investigation of life?*
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
St. Thomas Aquinas

Who believed that happiness without virtue was base and animalistic?*
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates and Plato

I choose not to take something I did not pay for. This statement is an example of a
_____?*|
Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

It is the view that one particular ethnic group is somehow superior to all others.*
Egoism
Relativism
Ethnocentrism
Theocentrism

The following are the theories that center on the self as the standard of Moral
`Valuation, except:*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism
Ethics is acknowledged as an intellectual discipline belonging to what branch of
science?*
Biology
Sociology
Philosophy
Physiology

It is defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, worldviews,

texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to
supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.*
Law
Religion
Culture
Divinity

This quality of the Filipino is manifested in the ability to adapt to life in any part of the
world; the ability to make new things out of scrap and to keep old machines running;
and the creative talent manifested in the cultural sphere.*
High regards for others
Family orientation
Joy and Humor
Flexible, adaptable and creative

Protagoras is known for three claims, except:*

That one could not tell if the Gods existed or not
That man is the measure of all things
That the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
That he could make the worse argument appear better

It is an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone.*

Moral Decision
Moral Judgement
Moral Issue
Moral Dilemma

Who states that “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing”?*
Protagoras
Socrates
Edmund Burke
Edmond Bruke

Who claims that wisdom is the basic virtue?*

Aristotle
Socrates and Aristotle
Socrates and Plato
Plato and Aristotle

The agent does the act out of his own decision and will. What element of human act is
being defined?*
Responsibility
Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntaries

What theory holds that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be
considered ethical?*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

It is the theory of right and wrong action.*

Morals
Morality
Values
Ethics

It refers to the proper way of doing things.*

Aesthetics
Etiquette
Technical
Ethics

Who considers ethics as the supreme science because it deals with Summum Bonum?
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
All of the above

Correct answer
Plato

An individual who can make moral decisions based on the perception of right and
wrong.*
The subject
The person
Moral person
Moral Agent

This believes that God’s law is the absolute standard by which we are to judge everyone
else’s system of belief and values.*
Egoism
Relativism
Ethnocentrism
Theocentrism

It is one's perception of oneself and an awareness of who you truly are.*

Subjectivism
Self interest
Sense of self
Egoism

This theory claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare.*
Ethical Egoism
Psychological Egoism
Objectivism
Subjectivism

Correct answer
Psychological Egoism

It refers to standards by which we judge what is good or bad and right or wrong in a
non-moral way.*
Non- Moral Standards
Moral Standards
Standards of Valuation
Source of Authority

What are the 3 divisions of ethics?*

meta-ethics, descriptive and applied ethics
metal- ethics, normative and applied ethics
meta-ethics, normative and applying ethics
meta-ethics, normative and applied ethics

Who believed that virtue was necessary for happiness but insufficiently by itself?*
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Ethicists

Discipline of studying and understanding ideal human behavior and ideal ways of
thinking.*
Moral
Morality
Values
Ethics

The following are elements of human acts except:*

Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntaries
Responsibility

It means sense or feeling.*

Aesthetics
Aesthesis
Ethos
ethikos

Ethics was derived from the Ancient Greek “ethikos” which means _______.*
arising from the hobbit
study arising from the habit
arising from the habit
arising from the custom

Filipinos have a cheerful and fun-loving approach to life. What Filipino character is
being described?*
High regards for other
Family orientation
Joy and Humor
Flexible, adaptable and creative

What is the big difference between a human being and an animal?*

Only Humans can speak
Animals uses its instinct more than human
Only human beings are rational.
Only animals have morality.
Ethos means _______ ?*
character
Customs
Rising from the habit
Sense

It is a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty esp. in
arts.*
Ethics
Etiquette
Aesthetics
aesthesis

What is ethically acceptable or unacceptable depends on one’s culture. This is referred

to as ______?*
Individual Relativism
Cultural Relativism
Ethical Relativism
Divine Command Theory

The agent of the act knows what he is acting, in other words, the act is done
deliberately. What element of human act is being defined?*
Responsibility
Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntaries

It is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and
identity.*
Religion
Religious denomination
Religious groups
Divine Command Theory
It is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is
equivalent to whether it is commanded by God.*
Religion
Religious denomination
Religious groups
Divine Command Theory

It tells us what we ought to do.*

Morals
Morality
Values
Ethics

It is a major branch of philosophy which focuses on the study of value or quality.*

Ethics
Values
Morals
Moral Value

MIDTERM EXAM

Trust is the basis of employment and tenure in public service.*

True
False

In a democratic form of government, people enjoy freedom sovereignty, and prejudice.*

1/1
True
False

Living a simple life means living a way of life that is disproportionate to one’s earnings.*
1/1
True
False

It introduces into the workplace the concept of part ownership by the workers of the
company.*
0/1
Japanese management
The Z theory
The Ouichi’s Theory
X and Y theory

Democracy is also a way of life and is founded on the following cardinal principles.
Which of the following is not?*
1/1
Man is a rational beinG
Man is a moral being
Men are uneven before the law
Men will rely on their morals and reasoning

Is a measure or something established to serve as a quantity or basis of comparison in

measuring or judging a capacity, quantity, extent, or value.*
1/1
Standard
Specialized Knowledge
Spirit
Supportive Environments

It means an impartial decision of conflicting claims, a fair determination of a problem or

situation requiring action.*
1/1
Neutrality
Justness
Sincerity
Professionalism

Public Officials and employees must act with impartiality and sincerity and shall not
discriminate against anyone.*
0/1
True
False

It is defined as a state of mind which is truthful, free from hypocrisy or deceit.*

1/1
Neutrality
Justness
Sincerity
Professionalism

It is the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict or disagreement.*

1/1
Political Neutrality
Equal
Loyalty
Neutral

What country became the first Republic in Asia?*

1/1
China
Kazakhstan
Philippines
Uzbekistan

It is defined as loyalty, devotion, and allegiance to one’s country.*

1/1
Patriotism
Nationalism
Justness
Sincerity

It is defined as the love of country and people with greater emphasis on values and
beliefs.*
1/1
Patriotism
Nationalism
Justness
Sincerity

-What provision is the Constitutional foundation for the enactment of the Code of
Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees?*
0/1
Article XI Section 2
Republic Act 6713
Article XI Section 1
Republic Act 6317

Who states that "an honest bureaucracy is the sine qua non for an honest government
and honesty in government is essential for effectively working for the public welfare"?*
1/1
Pres. Manuel Quezon
Chairperson Corazon delos Reyes
Chairperson Corazon Alma de Leon
Dr. Jose Rizal

It refers to the esprit de corps which is shared by people who have something in
common.
1/1
Skills
Spirit
Supportive Environments
Specialized Knowledge

What feature of democracy is manifested through the electoral process?*

1/1
Rule of law and not of men
The sovereignty of the people
Supremacy of the civilian authority over the military
Separation of Church and state

When was the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and
Employees took effect?*
1/1
October 21, 1988
February 1, 1989
April 2, 1989
March 25, 1989

It refers to the awareness of other people’s needs with the ability to give the appropriate
assistance to such needs.*
1/1
Professionalism
Justness
Social Consciousness
Responsiveness

The term red tape was originated with the Spanish administration of the king of Spain
_______?*
1/1
Charles X
Charles II
Charles V
Charles IV
It refers to the court's and judges' capacity to carry out their duties and obligations
without being influenced or controlled.*
1/1
Rule of law and not of men
Existence of three branches of government
Judicial Independence
Inviolability of Civil and Political rights

An unjust decision is perpetuated by intellectual pride and mental honesty.*

1/1
True
False

It refers to anything which measures the quality of work.*

1/1
Specialized Knowledge
Standard
Spirit
Supportive Environments

Who is considered the "pride of Malays"?*

1/1
Apolinario Mabini
Dr. Jose Rizal
Emilio Aguinaldo
Gabriela Silang

Who were the proponents of RA 6713?*

1/1
Senators Jovito Saguisag and Rene Salonga
Senators Jingoy Estrada and Jovito Salonga
Senators Jovito Salonga and Rene M. Saguisag
Senators Jovito Salonga and Rene V. Saguisag
When were the implementing rules of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for
Public Officials and Employees were issued by the commission?*
1/1
October 21, 1988
February 1, 1989
April 2, 1989
March 25, 1989

It is the practice of specialized knowledge.

1/1
Standard
Spirit
Skills
Supportive Environments

What provision states that “the state shall maintain honesty and integrity in the public
service and take positive and effective measures against graft and corruption”?*
1/1
Article XI Section 1
Article II Section 27
Article II Section 17
Article XI Section 27

The following are the prominent feature of democracy, which is not?*

1/1
Judicial Independence
Rule of law and not of men
The sovereignty of the people
The absolute power over the state and government

What do we call the writing that our forefathers used before the arrival of the Spaniards?
*
0/1
Syllabary Writing
Roman Alphabet
Baybayin
Cursive Writing

It is used to bind the most important document that required immediate discussion.
1/1
Red tag
Red tape
Blue tag
Blue tape

It is a practice in w/c political party after winning the election gives government jobs to
its friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory.*
1/1
Merit System
Nepotism
National Spoil System
Cronyism

When was the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and
Employees passed by the senate?*
1/1
October 21, 1988
February 1, 1989
October 1, 1989
February 21, 1988

It is the ability to look beyond selfish or personal interests and have a sense of outrage
at its violation.*
1/1
Commitment to public trust
Commitment to common good
Commitment to people
Commitment to country
It is defined as “giving more in law to those who are less in life”.*
1/1
Social Consciousness
Social Awareness

Social Justice
Responsiveness

What do you call the first Philippine Newspaper?*

1/1
La Solidaridad
Manila Times
Noli Metangere
Gazette

Who states that “My loyalty to my party ends, when my loyalty to my country begins”?*
1/1
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Quezon
Elpidio Quirino
Emilio Aguinaldo

This concept promotes impartiality and objectivity in the exercise of your duties and
responsibilities in the face of political bias.*
1/1
Political Neutrality
Political Equality
Neutrality
Political Impartiality

It signifies that the officer has been entrusted w/ public power by the people; that is why
he is expected to hold this power for the benefit of the people and never for the benefit
of themselves.*
0/1
Public office is a public trust
Commitment to Public trust
Public interest first before personal interest
Professionalism

The amount of compassion of a person may be linked back to that person's awareness
of the human and societal condition.*
1/1
True
False

SEMI FINAL QUIZ 1

Who will recommend the two government employees that will become part of the
award committee?*
The president
The ombudsman and the chairman of the COA
The chairman of the COA and CSC
The ombudsman and the CSC

It refers to the significance of the position in relation to policy and decision making.*
Years of service
Obscurity of the position
Level of salary
Temptation inherent in the work

Who is obliged to submit an annual performance report?*

The government employee
The head of the human resource department
The head of the agency
The CSC officer
It is the transfer of title or disposal of interest in the property voluntary, completely,
and depriving oneself of his rights.*
Disclosure
Divergence
Divestment
Transfer

Who are the members of the award committee?*

The ombudsman, Chairperson of the CSC, Chairman of the COA & 2 government employees
The chairman of the COA and two government employees
The ombudsman, the chairman of the COA and 2 government employees
The chairperson of the CSC and two government employees

Papers must process expeditiously and promptly, the document must contain more
than 3 initials.*
True
False

Public officials and employees shall have material interest in any transaction of their
office.*
True
False

Public employees and officials who commit any violation of the code shall be
punished with a fine not exceeding how many months of their salary?*|
Five
Six
Seven
Four

Government employees are obliged to act on letters and requests within ________.*
3 weeks from the receipt thereof
15 days from the receipt thereof
both are correct
none of the above

Government official and employee shall not recommend any person to any position in
a private enterprise which has a regular transaction with their office.*
True
False

SEMI FINAL QUIZ 2

According to one of the variable in Felicific calculus, an action is to be considered right

or moral if it is more concentrated.*
True
False

John Stuart Mil was born in London in 1748.*

True
False

What is the only moral principle of utilitarianism?*

Greatest Happiness Principle
Principle of the Greatest Number
Principle of Utility
Principle of Equality

The principle of utility takes into consideration the two main motives for human
action-pain and pleasure.*
True
False

The concern of the utilitarian is the well-being of others and the well-being of the
whole community.*
True
False
Jeremy Bentham began studying Greek at the age of three.*
True
False

It holds that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any
judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct.*
Principle of Utility
Consequentialism
Utilitarianism
Utility

It is a method of determining which of alternative actions would be preferable because

of the amount of pleasure to be anticipated.*
Hedonistic Calculus
Felicific Calculus
Both are correct
None of the above

This ethical principle demand that man should act so as to produce the greatest
happiness to the greatest number of people.*
Utilitarianism
Act Utilitarianism
Rule Utilitarianism
Greatest Happiness Principle

It is a theory in moral philosophy by which actions are judged to be right or wrong

according to their consequences.*
Principle of Utility
Consequentialism
Utilitarianism
Utility
SEMI FINAL EXAM

It refers to the cumulative years of service that the nominee has rendered the government.
Years of service
Risks inherent in work
Consistency of performance
Exemplary quality of achievement

Every human person ought to choose the action, among many possible ones, that produces the
most benefit.
True
False

To process the document expeditiously, it must contain more than three initials.
True
False

Who is the founder of modern utilitarianism?

John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
John Locke
David Hume

The following are exempted from filing the SALN; which is not?
Temporary laborers
Contractual worker
Those who serve in an official honorary capacity
Police Officer

This utilitarian theory of ethics states that a person's act is morally right if and only if it produces
the best possible results in that specific situation.
Utilitarianism
Consequentialism
Rule Utilitarianism
Act Utilitarianism

The following were the advocacy of Jeremy Bentham; which is not?

Economic freedoms
The separation of church and state
Freedom of expression
the banning of homosexual acts

Consequentialists upheld the idea that the morally best action is the one that produces the
greatest amount of happiness with everyone considered.
True
False
 Government employees are obliged to act on letters and requests within ________.
15 working days from the receipt thereof
3 weeks from the receipt thereof
Both are correct
None of the above

What provisions of Republic Act 6713 are punishable by imprisonment or a fine if they are violated?
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
All of the above

What is the only moral principle of utilitarianism?

The greatest happiness principle
Principle of the Greatest number
Principle of Utility
Principle of Equality

John Stuart Mill died at the age of 76.

True
False

Public officials and employees are not allowed to work outside of the government especially if the
position or function is passed upon the office where they work.
True
False

Who is the father of utilitarianism?

John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
John Locke
David Hume

Public officials and employees are obliged to submit their Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net
worth within 30 days before the assumption of office.
True
False

Public officials and employees are encouraged to accept the offers and have a material and
financial interest in every transaction requiring their office’s approval.
True
False

Something that is not valued for its own sake but for what can be done with it.
Option 1
Intrinsic Value
Instrumental value
 Values
Happiness

Who is the father of John Stuart Mill?

Jeremy Mill
John Mill
James Mill
Harriet Mill

These are what Mill considered as higher pleasures

Intellectual Pleasure
Physical forms of Pleasure
Intellectual and Moral Pleasure
Helping others

Who treats all forms of happiness as equal?

John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
John Locke
David Hume

In what year did Jeremy Bentham die?

1748
1806
1832
1873

The following are the steps to analyze a case; arrange the following steps in their proper order. I-
Justify the rule or principle if it seems open to argument. II-. Clarify the factors of the situation. III-
Figure out the rule upon which your decision is based. IV- Come up with a considered view on how
to act.
I, II, III, IV
II, IV, III, I
III, I, II, IV
IV, III, II, I

What is the major contribution of John Stuart Mill to Utilitarianism?

Quantitative Hedonism
Qualitative Hedonism
Act Utilitarianism
Rule Utilitarianism

What vector of felicific calculus measures the time the pleasure occurs, it is said that the nearer or
sooner, or more often the pleasure occurs, the better
Certainty
Propinquity
Fecundity
Purity
 It is a descriptive statement of a management or service delivery situation or problem.
A case
Case analysis
The norms
The management problem

The year when John Stuart Mill was born.

1748
1806
1832
1873

What assumption of the principle of utilitarianism states that Pleasure and happiness, are unique,
in being valued purely for their own sake?
Pleasure or happiness is the only thing that truly has intrinsic value.
Actions Are Right Insofar as They Promote Happiness, Wrong Insofar as They Produce
Unhappiness.
Everyone's Happiness Counts Equally.
Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism

It is an ethical theory that determines right from wrong by focusing on outcomes.

Utilitarianism
Utility
Consequentialism
Happiness

A utilitarian theory that is based on the principle of utility.

Utilitarianism
Consequentialism
Rule Utilitarianism
Act Utilitarianism

What theory in moral philosophy involves the calculation of consequences in judging one’s action?
Utilitarianism
Consequentialism
Act Utilitarianism
Felicific Calculus

Because of Jeremy Bentham’s training in law and lecture with William Blackstone, he developed an
affection for the legal profession.
True
False

It refers to the usefulness of the consequences of one’s actions and behavior.\

Utilitarianism
Utility
Consequentialism
Happiness
Hedonistic calculus states that the higher the difference will be, the action must be considered
more moral.
True
False

Responsible officers are obliged to submit annual performance reports within 45 days from the
end of the year.
True
False

Mills argues that ___________________ are superior to a more ________________________.

Consequentialism to Utilitarianism
A lower pleasure to higher pleasures
Higher pleasures to lower pleasures
Intellectual pleasures to moral pleasures

What principle has primarily considered the happiness not of one person but the happiness of the
greatest number of people?
Principle of Utility
Utilitarianism
Principle of Greatest number
Greatest Happiness principle

The variable of felicific calculus measures the number of people who will be affected by one’s
action
Option 1Intense
Duration
Remoteness
Extent

When a conflict of interest occurs, how many days does the law provide government personnel or
officials upon assumption to resign from their job in a private company?
Fifteen days
Thirty days
Sixty days
Ninety days

It is the transfer of title or disposal of interest in the property voluntary, completely, and depriving
oneself of his rights.
Disclosure
Divergence
Divestment
Transfer

It refers to the significance of the position on policy and decision-making.

Years of service
Obscurity of the position
Level of Salary
Temptation inherent in the work
This holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good for the
greatest number.
Utilitarianism
Utility
Consequentialism
Happiness

Who will recommend the two government employees that will become part of the award
committee?
The President
The ombudsman and the chairman of the COA
The Chairman of the COA and CSC
The Ombudsman and the CSC

The document that provides information on the agency’s progress in achieving the goals and
objectives described in its annual performance plan.
SALN
Annual Performance Report
Annual Transactions
Annual Performance Evaluation

What variable or vector of felicific calculus assessess the probability that the action will be
followed by sensations of the same kind?
Certainty
Propinquity
Fecundity
Purity

Act utilitarianism holds that the rule behind the action produces the greatest happiness.
True
False

Public officials or employees shall not engage in the private practice of their profession unless
authorized by the constitution or law.
True
False

What type of consequentialism focuses on one's own consequences?

Utilitarianism
Group Consequentialism
Ethical Egoism
Consequentialist

What type of utilitarianism evaluates the morality of individual actions in light of broad moral rules?
Consequentialism
Utilitarianism
Act Utilitarianism
Rule Utilitarianism
Who is obliged to submit an annual performance report?
The government employee
The head of the human resource department
The head of the agency
The CSC officers

Hedonistic calculus consists of seven variables that Bentham called circumstances.

True
False

FINALS QUIZ

Pythias relationship with Aristotle produced a son named Nicomachus.*

True
False

The human person has a function to fulfill, his life constitutes being one with the
community.*
True
False

It means end or purpose.*

Telos
Intrinsic
Instrumental
None of the above

A man naturally tends towards the quest of the attainment of his own happiness.*
True
false

Every human person is destined to a particular end.

True
False
Moral Virtues are the virtue of the rational part of the soul.*
True
False

What does Aristotle tied with the word good?*

Special Function of a thing
Purpose
Both are correct
None of the above

Aristotle helped by Alexander the Great in establishing his school called Lyceum.*
True
False

A virtuous act is that which proceeds from the person's incorrect intent.*
True
False

Aristotle dedicated his Nichomachean Ethics to Nicomachus.*

True
False