Ethics and Morality Quiz
Ethics and Morality Quiz
Test your knowledge of ethics and morality with our engaging quiz! This quiz covers a wide range of topics, including medical ethics, legal implications, and different ethical theories.
Challenge yourself and learn more about:
- Principles of ethical decision-making
- Legal concepts related to patient care
- Theories of morality and ethics
11. Ethics is the study of morality using the tools and method of
A. Philosophy
B. Science
C. Description
D. Sociology
The notion of patients imparting information to health professionals who promise, implicitly or explicitly, not to disclose that information to others is known as
A. Truth-telling
B. Confidentiality
C. Security
D. Compliance
A credible and severe threat of harm or force to control another has been called
A. Manipulation
B. Enticement
C. Coercion
D. Waiver
15. Professional misconduct or demonstration of an unreasonable lack of skill with the result of injury, loss, or damage to a patient
A. Misfeasance
B. Malfeasance
C. Mediation
D. Malpractice
16. A legal statement of how an individual’s property is to be distributed after death is
A. Contract
B. Tort
C. Will
D. Judgment
17. ______________ is the major principle of medical ethics that states that physicians and other medical professionals must act in the best interest of the patient.
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Non-malfeasance
D. Beneficence
18. What principle best applies for euthanasia?
A. Beneficence
B. Non-malfeasance
C. Confidentiality
D. Autonomy
19. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Slander
D. Contributory negligence
20. An unlawful threat to do bodily injury to another is
A. Litigation
B. Assault
C. Crime
D. Libel
21. The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is
A. Contract
B. Reasonable care
C. Negligence
D. Abandonment
22. Improper performance of an act resulting in injury to another
A. Nonfeasance
B. Misfeasance
C. Appellant
D. Misdemeanor
23. Being answerable for one’s own action
A. Accountability
B. Responsibility
C. Non-malfeasance
D. Veracity
24. Which of the following is an ethical theory based on the principle of the greatest good for the greatest number?
A. Deontological
B. Duty-based ethics
C. Morals-based ethics
D. Utilitarianism
25. Who may give informed consent?
A. Minors
B. Adults or sound mind
C. Adults without sound mind
Living wills, durable power of attorney, and organ donation are all types of:
A. Advanced directives
B. Informed consent
C. Authorization for treatment
D. Uninformed consent
27 informed consent applies to:
A. Express consent
B. Both express and implied consent
C. Implied consent
D. Neither express nor implied consent
28. A physician can delegate the process of obtaining a consent:
A. At any time, to anyone who works for them
B. Never
C. In emergency situations only
D. Only to a licensed professional
29. Oppression of women morally wrong, advocate equality of women
A. Fidelity
B. Virtue ethics
C. Beneficence
D. Feminist ethics
30. Euthanizing someone against their will:
A. Active euthanasia
B. Involuntary euthanasia
C. Passive euthanasia
D. Voluntary euthanasia
31. To be faithful; to keep promises and honor the trust placed in rehab counselors
A. Autonomy
B. Veracity
C. Fidelity
D. Justice
32. To be fair in treatment of all clients; to provide appropriate services to all:
A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Justice
D. Veracity
33. Which theory of ethics has emphasis on the person and not necessarily on the decisions or principles that are involved?
A. Duty-based ethics
B. Principle-based
C. Right-based ethics
D. Virtue-based ethics
34. The withholding of relevant information from a patient when the physician believes disclosure would likely do harm is known as
A. Therapeutic privilege
B. Enticement
C. Coercion
35. The asexual production of a genetically identical entity from an existing one is known as
A. Reproduction
B. Copying
C. Cloning
D. Stem cells duplication
36. Directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person’s sake is called
A. Directed death
B. Indirect death
C. Euthanasia
D. Moral termination
37. One of the reasons for studying ethics, that despite the many gray areas of ethics, we are
A. Expected to know what the right action is when controlled with an ethical problem.
B. Expected to take the right action when controlled with ethical dilemma.
C. Required by law to know what the right action is when faced with ethical problem.
D. Required by law to take the right action when faced with an ethical problem
38. The ability to render decisions about medical interventions is known as
A. Consent
Disclosure
Competence
Voluntariness
39. The uniting of sperm and egg in a laboratory dish, instead of inside a woman’s body, is called
. Ovarian stimulation
C. Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT
. In vitro fertilization (IVF)
D. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
40. The genetic duplication of a fully developed adult animal or human, such as in the case of Dolly the sheep, is referred to as -------------------
Reproductive cloning
Reproductive therapy
C. Gene therapy
D. Genetic enhancement
41. The principle of autonomy means that:
A. How an ethical decision would affect you is the model on which a person reaches an ethical decision.
B. How your decision affects people is the driving force in how ethical decisions are made.
C. People have a right to participate in ethical decisions that affect them.
D. People have the right to make decisions about their own life.
42. The justification for all medical research is that the benefit:
A. Must outweigh the risks
C. To advance medicine is paramount
B. To patients is worth the known risks
D. Would serve a large portion of the patient population
43. Which of the following arguments is often used to support the view that abortion is immoral even when it is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman?
A. The fetus is an innocent person, and directly killing an innocent person is murder, which is absolutely impermissible.
B. Our moral obligations to the unborn outweigh our obligations to adult human beings.
C. We have no obligation to prevent a person from dying (the mother), while we do have an obligation to refrain from directly killing an innocent person (the fetus).
D. All of these arguments are used.
44. Example of reproductive cloning:
B. Somatic cell
Blastocyst
C. Multipotent
D. Dolly the sheep
45. When we evaluate arguments regarding abortion it is important to distinguish between ----types of questions:
A. Factual and interpretive
B. Moral and legal
C. Utilitarian and Kantian
D. Liberal and conservative
46. The view that would-be parents have a right to decide for themselves whether to use genetic interventions to avert disorders in their children appeals to the right of _ _ _ _ _
A. Beneficence or autonomy goodwill
B. Justice or autonomy
C. Self-determination or autonomy
D. Genetic determinism or liberty
47. A procedure in which sperm from the women’s husband or partner is used
A. Sterilization
C. Artificial insemination husband
B. Artificial insemination donor
D. Artificial insemination
48. The -----------------------is paid by the married couple for renting her womb.
A. Artificial insemination donor
B. Artificial insemination Husband
D. Surrogate mother
C. Artificial insemination
49. The infamous experiment to study the damaging effects of untreated syphilis in 400 poor black men is known as
C. The Tuskegee study
A. The Nazi experiments
B. The radiation experiments
D. The Willowbrook study
50. The term "standard of care" means that the professional must exercise the type of care that:
A. A reasonable person would use in a similar circumstance.
B. Is required by their professional organization
C. Is based on the standards used within the community in which they are practicing
D. Is codified in written laws, policies and procedures
87. The overriding of a person’s actions or decision-making for his or her own good is known as
A. Paternalism
Beneficence
C. Autonomy
D. Non-malfeasance
88. Bioethics uses a form of _______________ to assist in determining the obligations and responsibilities of unique issues relating to modern health care
A. Ethical analysis
B. Moral analysis
C. Value analysis
D. Virtue analysis
89. The authority of persons to control who may possess and use information about themselves is considered
A. A right to medical treatment
B. A right of refusal
C. A right of competence
D. A right to privacy
90. Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person’s property is
A. Malpractice
. Negligence
Slander
Defamation
91. Who may not give informed consent?
A. Physically disabled
B. Adults
C. Minors
92. Which theory of ethics has emphasis on the person and not necessarily on the decisions or principles that are involved?
A-Duty-based ethics
B. Principle-based
. Right-based ethics
D. Virtue-based ethics
93. Being answerable for one’s own action
Accountability
Responsibility
. Non-malfeasance
Veracity
95. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Slander
D. Contributory negligence
96. The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is
Contract
Reasonable care
Negligence
Abandonment
102. Euthanizing someone against their will:
C. Active euthanasia
D. Involuntary euthanasia
. Passive euthanasia
Voluntary euthanasia
103. Which of the following arguments is often used to support the view that abortion is immoral even when it is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman?
E. The fetus is an innocent person, and directly killing an innocent person is murder, which is absolutely impermissible.
F. Our moral obligations to the unborn outweigh our obligations to adult human beings.
G. We have no obligation to prevent a person from dying (the mother), while we do have an obligation to refrain from directly killing an innocent person (the fetus).
H. All of these arguments are used.
104. The action of an autonomous, informed person agreeing to submit to medical treatment or experimentation is known as
A. Autonomy
B. Informed consent
C. Confidentiality
Competence
105. A client’s family member says to the nurse, “The doctor said he will provide palliative care. What does that mean?” The nurse’s best response is: Tests
A. Palliative care is given to those who have less than 6 months to live.
B. Palliative care aims to relieve or reduce the symptoms of a disease.
C. The goal of palliative care is to affect a cure of a serious illness or disease
D. Palliative care means the client and family take a more passive role and the doctor focuses on the physiological needs of the client. The location of death will most likely occur in the hospital setting.
106. Holding or detaining a person against his will is
A. False imprisonment
B. Crime
Incompetent
Duty of care
107. The principles of ____________ and ___________ must be balanced to be certain that any risks involved in medical treatment or procedures are outweighed by the benefit to the patient.
A. Autonomy and privacy
B. Justice and non-malfeasance
C. Dignity and justice
D. Ethics and beneficence
110. _______ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient's health information.
A. OSHA
B. CLIA
C. CMS
D. HIPAA
113. Which of the following describes euthanasia?
A.Is believing that in certain cases there is totally no hope for improvement from an incapacitating condition.
B. Do not slow down nor speed up the onset of death.
C. To provide comfort and pain/symptom management and optimize quality of life.
D. Ending the life of a person to relieve pain or suffering.
116. Directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person’s sake is called
B. Directed death
Indirect death
Euthanasia
D. Moral termination
117. Of the 4 Ds of negligence, __________ is the responsibility established by the physician- patient relationship.
Duty
B. Derelict
C. Direct cause
D. Damages
118. What is the Greek word for good death?
A. Suicide
C. Euthanasia
B. Chemical death
119. A woman who gestates a fetus for others, usually for a couple or another woman, is called
A. Social parent
B. Surrogate
. A test-tube mother
. The true mother
163. A moral theory is -------------
A. The final authority in moral reasoning
C. Similar to a mathematical axiom
B. Equivalent to a moral code
D. Helpful in attempts to make sense of moral judgments and principles
164. Loyalty and faithfulness to others is known as:
A. Beneficence
B. Fidelity
C. Honesty
D. Justice
169. The ability to render decisions about medical interventions is known as
B. Consent
Disclosure
Competence
Voluntariness
170. _________ occurs when a person either performs or fails to perform an action that a reasonable person would or would not have committed in a similar manner.
A. Malpractice
Negligence
Misfeasance
Torts
178. ______________ is the major principle of medical ethics that states that physicians and other medical professionals must act in the best interest of the patient.
Autonomy
Beneficence
. Non-malfeasance
Fidelity
183. Consequentialist moral theories say that what makes an action right is its…
A. Consequences
Form
Relationship to virtue
Conformity with cultural norms
190. The notion of patients imparting information to health professionals who promise, implicitly or explicitly, not to disclose that information to others is known as
Truth-telling
Confidentiality
Security
Compliance
196. In Roe v. Wade, the court decided that a woman’s right to an abortion is based on a fundamental right
Personhood
Potentiality
Viability
Privacy
240. Allied Health Professionals are:
A. Social workers, bioethicists, surgeons, executives
B. Dentists, bioethicists, health managers, executives
C. Social workers, bioethicists, health managers, executives
D. Nurses, bioethicists, health managers, executives
241. Voluntariness is grounded in several related concepts including:
A. Coercion, autonomy, and independence
Freedom, autonomy, and dependence
C. Freedom, autonomy, and independence
Freedom, manipulation, and independence
242. Nurses have 4 fundamental responsibilities:
A. Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and alleviate suffering.
B. Promote health; prevent illness, restore health, aggravation of suffering.
C. Prevent illness, restore health, prescription writing, alleviates suffering.
D. Restore health, alleviate suffering, prescription writing, promote health.
243. The four major principles of medical ethics are:
A. Autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice
B. Privacy, autonomy, misfeasance and justice
C. Autonomy, beneficence, universality and justice
D. Autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and morality
249. Being answerable for one’s own action
Responsibility
Accountability
Non-malfeasance
Veracity
Which of these is correct?
Palliative care is designed to improve a very good person's quality of life
Palliative care is designed to improve a very sick person's quality of life
What does non-maleficence mean in medical ethics
Giving the best treatment possible to the patient following their wishes
The duty to do no harm to the patient
The purpose of informed consent is:
To promote autonomy, to protect a patient from undesired treatment
An international code of ethics for nurses was first adopted by
The National Institutes of Health, Nursing division
The International Council of Nurses (ICN)
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