Professional Ethics (PFE701)-Semester III

1. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. Ethics is a non-normative science
b. Ethics is a normative science
c. Ethics is a descriptive science
d. None of these
2. This principle of nonmaleficence reflects:
a. The idea of not inflicting intentional harm
b. Not engaging in actions that risk harming others
c. Both A & B
d. Neither A nor B
3. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Ethics has scope in religious sphere
b. Ethics has scope in political consideration
c. Both A & B
d. Neither A nor B
4. What are the implications of philosophy and ethics?
a. Insurance policy
b. Avoid penal action
c. Helps in quality management, strategic planning diversity management
d. All of these
5. Which of the following statements regarding moral autonomy is correct?
a. Ability to arrive at reasoned moral views based on the responsiveness to
human values
b. Ability to arrive at non-reasoned moral views based on the responsiveness to
human values
c. Ability to arrive at reasoned moral views based on the non-responsiveness to
human values
d. None of these
6. What is/are true regarding individual moral responsibility?
a. Responsible agency
b. Retrospective responsibility
c. Prospective responsibility
d. All of these
7. Do ethics concern moral behaviour?
a. Yes
b. No
c. very less
d. may be
8. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Philosophy does not expound ethical assumptions
b. Philosophy expounds non- ethical assumptions
c. Philosophy expounds ethical assumptions
d. All of these

9. Which of these is/are the branch(es) of ethical philosophy?

a. Meta Ethics
b. Non-applied ethics
c. Both A & B
d. Neither A nor B
10. Is it correct that one moral principle can have two or more conflicting applications for
a particular given situation?
a. Yes
b. No
c. May be
d. Incomplete statement
11. Which of the following statements is correct regarding utilitarianism theory?
a. An action is wrong if it results in the happiness of the greatest number of people
in a society or a group
b. an action is right if it results in the happiness of the greatest number of
people in a society or a group
c. an action is right if it results in the sadness of the greatest number of people in a
society or a group
d. an action is right if it results in the happiness of the smallest number of people in
a society or a group
12. What is common in the moral values such as truth, freedom and charity?
a. When they are functioning non-correctly, they are life protecting or life enhancing
for all. But they are still relative values.
b. When they are functioning correctly, they are life protecting or life
enhancing for all. But they are still relative values.
c. When they are functioning correctly, they are non-life protecting or life enhancing
for all. But they are still relative values.
d. None of these
13. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the principle of respect for
beneficence?
a. We have an obligation to bring about bad in all our actions.
b. We have an obligation to bring about good in all our actions.
c. We don’t have any obligation to bring about good in all our actions.
d. None of these
14. Which of the following statements is correct regarding ethics of contemporary
Philosophy?
a. It cannot give practical advice (normative ethics), or it can analyse and
theorise about the nature of morality and ethics
b. It can give practical advice (normative ethics), or it can analyse and
theorise about the nature of morality and ethics
c. It cannot analyse and theorise about the nature of morality and ethics
d. None of these
15. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Philosophy systematizes values
b. Philosophy systematizes facts
c. Philosophy systematizes both facts and values
d. None of these
16. What is moral autonomy?
a. Moral autonomy is the inability to think critically and independently about moral
issues and apply this normal thinking to situations that arise during the
professional engineering practice.
b. Moral autonomy is the ability to think critically and independently about
moral issues and apply this normal thinking to situations that arise during
the professional engineering practice.
c. Moral autonomy is the ability to think non-critically and independently about
moral issues and apply this normal thinking to situations that arise during the
professional engineering practice.
d. Moral autonomy is the ability to think critically and dependently about moral
issues and apply this normal thinking to situations that arise during the
professional engineering practice.
17. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the principle of respect for
autonomy?
a. It addresses the responsibility of the counsellor to not encourage clients, when
appropriate, to make their own decisions and to act on their own values.
b. It addresses the responsibility of the counsellor to encourage clients, when
appropriate, to make someone else's decisions and to act on their own values.
c. It addresses the responsibility of the counsellor to encourage clients, when
appropriate, to make their own decisions and to act on their own values.
d. None of these
18. Which of the following statements about CSR is untrue?
a. It has a strong impact on corporate reporting practices, investment strategies,
SCM & public relations.
b. It is about striking balance between economic performance, meeting
stakeholders’ expectations & responsibility towards society.
c. It is about recognizing that no organisation is an island & must operate in
partnership with the outside world.
d. Its main concern is about maintaining a competitive edge in global market.
19. Identify the ethical responsibility towards employees:
a. Not abuse a dominant or privileged market position
b. Treat with dignity, respect, and justice
c. Maintain the principle of political neutrality
d. Guarantee the products and services of the company and deal quickly and
efficiently
20. Social responsibility is to pursue those policies & decisions or to follow lines of
actions which are desirable in terms of the objective & value of our society' who said?
a. H R Bowen
b. P F Deucker
c. G A Steiner
d. None of these
21. Which of the following should be considered when deciding whether to blow the
whistle?
a. What is the best way to blow the whistle?
b. How will this look on my résumé?
c. Is there the possibility of promotion?
d. All of these
22. Which of the following are components of a well-designed whistle-blowing policy?
a. A suggestion box
b. A guarantee of retaliation
c. A commitment to take appropriate action
d. All of these
23. Which of the following is the principle of corporate responsibility?
a. Trusteeship principle
b. Principle of Stewardship
c. Principle of charity
d. All of these
24. Which of the following does the term corporate social responsibility relate to?
a. Environmental practice
b. Ethical conduct
c. Human rights and employee relations
d. All of these
25. Which clause of companies act 2013 details composition of CSR committee of the
board?
a. 135
b. 153
c. 125
d. 152
26. Which of the following is not the responsibility of confidentiality?
a. Keep information confidential except when disclosure is authorized or legally
required.
b. Perform professional duties in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and
technical standards.
c. Inform all relevant parties regarding appropriate use of confidential
information. Monitor subordinates' activities to ensure compliance.
d. Refrain from using confidential information for unethical or illegal advantage.
27. Which of the following is an argument for whistle-blower protection?
a. A law that recognizes whistle-blowing as a right is open to abuse
b. Whistle-blowing creates more regulation to impede the efficient operation of
business.
c. Whistle-blowing benefits society through the exposure of illegal activity.
d. Whistle-blowing infringes on the traditional right of employers to conduct
business as they see fit.
28. Examples of boundary crossing include:
a. Visiting a client on your day off
b. Attending a client's wedding
c. Giving the client your cell phone number
d. All of these
29. Which of the following is not examples of boundary challenges:
a. The client asks you to pick up some cigarettes for him at the store.
b. The clients ask about your credentials.
c. The clients ask for your telephone number.
d. The client gives you a gift.
30. Way to prevent boundary crossings/violations include:
a. Review current policies and ethical codes
b. Resist flattery and flirtation
c. Reflect on how other staff members will perceive your intentions
d. All of these
31. Whistle-blowers call attention to wrongdoing from within the organization in which
they work to highlight abuse that threatens the _________.
a. Employer
b. Employees
c. Public
d. Government
32. What might be the repercussion of conflicts of interest in the workplace to the
organization itself?

 I. Lost revenue

II. Stolen trade secrets

III. Higher sales

a. I and II only
b. I, II, and III
c. III only
d. II only
33. Sequence the following CSR eligibility criteria and spending as per the provisions of
Indian contract act 2013:

A. Positive net worth of 500 crores or more

 B. 2% of average profit spent on CSR

C. Net profit of Rs.5 crore or more in a given financial year

D. Turnover of Rs.1000 crore or more

E. Penal action for non-compliance

a. E, B, D, C and A
b. A, D, C, B and E
c. A, B, C, D and E
d. C, B, A, D and E
34. Whistle-blowing is seen by superiors as a violation of loyalty and as a __________.
a. Exoneration
b. Commendation
c. Accusation
d. Acquittal
35. Under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, a child is one who has
not completed his
a. 18 years
b. 16 years
c. 15 years
d. 14 years
36. Which one of the following statements is false?
a. There are degrees of judicial hearing ranging from the borders of pure
administration to the borders of a full hearing in a criminal case in the Crown
Court.
b. The requirements of natural justice depend, among other things, on the
circumstances of the case, the nature of the inquiry, the rules under which the
tribunal is acting and the subject matter.
c. There are three recognized categories of licensing case, namely application cases,
expectation cases and revocation cases.
d. Applicants for licences are automatically entitled to hearing if their
application is refused.
37. The following cannot be exploited by assigning or by licensing the rights to others.
a. Patents
b. Designs
c. Trademark
d. All of the above
38. Which of the following techniques permits the grievant (complainant) to remain
anonymous?
a. The exit interviews
b. The gripe-box system
c. The opinion surveys
d. None of these
39. In India, the literary work is protected until:
a. lifetime of author
b. 60 years after the death of author.
c. 40 years after the death of author
d. 20 years after the death of author
40. Ethics & Law overlap. This is called
a. Yellow area
b. White area
c. Black area
d. Grey area
41. Principles of natural justice are NOT applicable against which of the following
actions?
a. Administrative actions
b. Judicial process
c. Rulemaking action
d. Quasi-judicial actions
42. Trade mark:
a. is represented graphically
b. can distinguish the goods or services of one person from those of others
c. may include shapes of goods or combination of colours
d. All of these
43. When workers are encouraged to meet the relevant manager in his office and to
share their opinions, it is called
a. an opinion survey
b. the gripe-box system
c. the open-door policy
d. the exit interview method
44. Which of the following is not the objective of the Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Bill proposed by the second National Commission on Labour?
a. To ensure that no child would be deprived of a future being deprived of
education
b. to ensure children not to work in situations where they are exploited
c. to prohibit child labour in all employments irrespective of their coverage
under the existing Act
d. To tackle the problem of child labour by ensuring universal education
45. The Privacy Act of 1974 was established to
a. Share certain information publicly
b. Protect an individual's data from being shared publicly without his or her
written consent
c. Protect the data confidentiality of those individuals who work in the medical field
d. Ensure the government was enforcing laws around data confidentiality
46. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is an example of
a. Regulative Labour Legislation
b. Protective Labour Legislation
c. Social Security Legislation
d. Welfare Legislation
47. “Audi alteram partem”includes:
a. Notice and Hearing
b. Disclosure of materials and reasoned decision
c. Right to legal representation and right to cross-examination
d. All of these
48. The agreement that is enforceable by law is known as
a. Valid agreement
b. Void agreement
c. Illegal agreement
d. Unenforceable agreement
49. "NEMO JUDEX IN CAUSA SUA" means:
a. No person should be judge of his own cause
b. A person should be judge of his own cause
c. Everyone should be heard before being condemned
d. Everyone should not be heard before being condemned
50. Which of the following legislations apply to unorganized sector workers in India?
a. Minimum Wages Act
b. Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
c. Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970
d. All of these
51. What values do a ‘code of ethics’ command in a court of law?

 1)Code of ethics do not by themselves have the force of law

2) court of laws are bound by code of ethics

3) the code of ethics can provide upon its own power and legality

4) court of law can use the code of ethics in a non-authoritative manner to reason a
judgment, by the aid of its principles
a. 1, 3 and 4
b. 1 and 4
c. 2, 3 and 4
d. 2 and 3
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