​ETHC 445 Quizzes Week 1, 3 and 6

ETHC 445 Week 1 Quiz Answers

1. Question. Which of these online behaviors is inappropriate in an atmosphere of adult collegiality?
2. Question. Ethics involves issues of right and wrong, and emotionally charged issues and ideas; thus, the best way to ensure that my comments are taken in the way I mean them is to _____.
3. Question. Posting in the course’s threaded discussions is an essential element in our online, asynchronous classroom. Which of the following is not true about value-adding posts in our course?
4. Question. Which of the following is the most appropriate response for a student to post to another student who has posted this:
   WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU?
   YOU ARE AS STUPID AS A BOX OF ROCKS!
5. Question. Choose from the following choices the way in which collegiality is encouraged in our course.
6. Question. Which of the below behaviors are inappropriate in a course?

ETHC 445 Week 3 Quiz Answers

1. Question. A fallacy is _____.
2. Question. Inferring a claim based on data is deductive logic, but what happens when the inference circumvents logical reasoning?
3. Question. A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him:
   “Buddy! You gotta buy this car. You’ve seen how you either need to drive one of these or take the bus!” This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.
4. Question. A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him: “Buddy! You gotta buy this car. Please! If you don’t buy it, my boss will fire me!” This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.
5. Question. Do you have only a few select friends or a large circle of friends? What fallacy is operating here?
6. Question. Are you for or against the war on terrorism? What fallacy is operating here?
7. Question. All used car salesmen are crooks.
   One of them sold me a lemon.
   Beware. Be cautious.
   What kind of fallacy is operating here?
8. Question. All those old people are cheap. They never give me a fair tip when I park their cars in the valet parking lot.
9. Question. If a ban on issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens is a violation of civil rights,
   then a ban on issuing drivers licenses to blind people is also a violation of civil rights.
   What kind of fallacy is operating here?
10. Question. If children cannot be executed for their crimes, why should we execute people with learning disabilities who have the mental capacity of children?

ETHC 445 Week 6 Quiz Answers

1. Question. What school of ethics would drive the commanding officer (CO) to follow rules and procedures?
2. Question. A decision to get the injured seaman flown to the aircraft carrier for the good of all is an example of what kind of ethics?
3. Question. For the CO to think about what is best for all indicates what kind of decision making?
4. Question. If the CO had been influenced by studying Thomas Aquinas, his decision making would be influenced by what factor?
5. Question. If the CO’s conscience was bothering him while making a decision, reading up on what ethicist would have made him aware of his thinking and deciding?
6. Question. An excessive fear of not upsetting the carrier air group commander is indicative of which of the following?
7. Question. For the CO to be excessively afraid of upsetting the carrier air group commander displays what about his ethics?
8. Question. For the CO to make a decision in accordance with the categorical imperative indicates that he has been reading what ethicist?
9. Question. The maxim “I uphold only the ethical view that all rational beings ought uphold” follows _____.
10. Question. When the CO wants to avoid doing “stupid things,” what theory of ethics is he displaying?
11. Question. The CO’s practice of moderation in not taking excessive risks connects him with what concept of ethics?
12. Question. When the CO seeks the utilitarian solution for his dilemma, his reasoning follows what principle?
13. Question. To think, “What can this do for my reputation when I come up for selection as admiral,” is an example of what kind of ethics?
14. Question. If the CO fails to take action for the injured sailor’s welfare because it might damage his professional reputation, what kind of ethics is operating in the situation?
15. Question. For the CO to consider what the crew as a whole would want for handling the situation involves what kind of ethics?
16. Question. To speculate about “what would the crew want to happen now” engages the CO in what ethics?
17. Question. A decision to ask the injured seaman what he wants to happen is what kind of ethics?
18. Question. A decision to ask the injured seaman what he wants to happen is what kind of ethics?