AKLAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
Kalibo, Aklan
PREMLIMINARY EXAMINATION
2nd Semester
School Year 2021-2022
Subject: GEC 8 (ETHICS)
Test I: Modified TRUE or FALSE.
Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If it is FALSE, change the underlined word/s to make the
statement correct. Wrong spelling is wrong.
1. Ethics is derived from the Greek Word ethos which means “characteristic way of acting.” TRUE
2. Ethics is defined as the science of the morality of the human acts; a study of human motivation
and human rational behavior. TRUE
3. “Sipsip” is unjust report about a co-worker so that the latter is removed from work. TRUE
4. “Sulutan” one’s name is already in the line-up but cancelled because someone who has the
connections gets the slot. TRUE
5. A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialized set of tasks and to complete
them for a fee. TRUE
6. A profession refers to an occupation that requires specialized education, knowledge, training and
ethics. TRUE
7. Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing,
defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. TRUE
8. A personal or cultural value is an absolute or relative ethical value, the assumption of which can
be the basis for ethical action. TRUE
9. A value system is a set of consistent value and measures. TRUE
10. A principle value is a foundation upon which other value and measures of integrity are based.
TRUE
11. A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned a story or event. TRUE
12. Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good
and those that are bad. TRUE
13. A moral code is a system of morality and moral is any one practice or teaching within a moral
code TRUE
14. The adjective moral is synonymous with “good” or “right”. TRUE
15. An example of a moral code is the “Golden Rule” which states that, “one should treat other as
one would like other to treat oneself.” TRUE
16. Ego is a Latin word meaning “I”, Cognate with the Greek “Eyw (Ego)” meaning “I”, often used in
English to mean the “self”, “identity” or other related concepts.TRUE
17. A name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things,
or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. TRUE
18. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person and may or may
not include a middle name. TRUE
19. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name and is a proper noun. Other
nouns, are sometimes, more loosely called names; an older term for them, now obsolete, is
“general names.” TRUE
20. Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a
group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any
experience that has formative effect on the way one thinks, feels or acts. TRUE
21. Honor is an abstract concept entailing a perceived equality of worthiness and respectability that
affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or corporate body such as
a family, school, regiment or nation. TRUE
22. An attitude is a favorable or unfavorable evaluation of something. Attitudes are generally positive
or negative views of a person, place, thing or event. TRUE
23. Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles,
expectations and outcomes. TRUE
24. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions. TRUE
25. Integrity can be regarded as the opposite of hypocracy, in that it regards internal consistency as a
virtue, and suggests that parties holding apparently conflicting value should account for the
discrepancy or alter their beliefs. TRUE
26. Economic and political situation has a lot to do with the poverty, peace and other situations,
wherein lie the root of human right violation and violence.TRUE
27. Poor educational system is the educational system that has become very technical. Teachers
lack the necessary updating. They are overworked and underpaid; thus, education suffers. TRUE
28. Disparity between the rich and the poor is the rich grow richer and the poor getting poorer
because the rich and the powerful dictate the rule of the game and pay less for more work while
the poor receive the weight to every price increase.TRUE
29. The spirit of materialism is everyone tries to give less in terms of work for more pay. People are
living beyond their means. There is so much consumerism.TRUE
30. Tabula Rasa is another word for Prior of Knowledge. TRUE
Test II: Write the letter only that represents to the correct answer in each question.
THE SITUATION NOWADAYS IN OUR SOCIETY TO FRUSTRATE THE REALIZATION TO
FULFILL OUR DREAMS:
A. Lack of peace and order
B. Povert
C. Disunity
D. Unhappiness
E. Lack of love
31. Presence of bullies on board ship who are untouchables because of connections. A
32. Disorders caused by drunkenness. A
33. Quarrels due to over-sensitivity as a result of “kantiyawan” i.e., bragging winners and poor losers.
A
34. Unemployment B
35. Very high cost of living. B
36. Squatter Relocation. B
37. Malnutrition B
38. Longing for the loved ones at home. E
39. Misunderstanding D
40. Guilt and hang-over due to misuse of time at port. D
41. Unhappy news from home D
42. Health problems of self or loved ones D
43. Bad news D
44. Lack of communication with loved ones E
45. Unfaithfulness E
46. Loveless use of sex E
47. Unkind remarks about absent companions E
48. Regionalism, i.e., the “tayo-tayo” mentality C
49. Lack of Concern for others E
50. Unreconciled differences C
Good Luck!
Prepared By:
HARLEY B. SABIDO
Instructor
Approved:
ENRIQUE I. SAREN RYAN REGALAD
Head of Tourism Department Head of Customs Department
