ETHICS 205: FINAL QUIZ FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ What is the problem, in Regan's eyes, of arguing that animals have less
inherent value than humans because we alone possess reason?.
Answer: It requires us to say that the mentally retarded child has less value
than the adult with normal mental capacity.
◍ True or False? Patients are often admitted to hospice and palliative care too
late to fain optimum benefit from these services.
Answer: True
◍ According to Rachels, the cultural differences argument.
Answer: Draws a conclusion that does not follow from the argument's
premise
◍ The study of ethics is also often called "moral philosophy.".
Answer: True
◍ True or False? Both a nurse's shift work and the nurse's vacation time are
past of moral space.
Answer: True
◍ True or False? Hospice cared for about 48% of the persons who died in the
US in 2017.
Answer: False (actually about 50%)
◍ 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?.
Answer: The fetus is an innocent person, and directly killing an innocent
, person is murder, which is absolutely impermissible.
◍ On what basis would a contractarian argue against inflicting needless
suffering on animals?.
Answer: Our duty not to hurt animals is a duty to those who care about the
animals
◍ True or False? Like ethics applied to the actions of surgeons, nursing ethics
is closely bonded to nursing theory.
Answer: False
◍ True or False? Rather than the patient. alone, the target of care for hospice
and palliative care includes the family.
Answer: True
◍ True or False? Palliative care is built on hospice principles.
Answer: True
◍ True or False? The best interest standard is used when a surrogate makes
decisions for an adult that are consistent with what the adult previously
verbalized when they were competent to do so..
Answer: False
◍ True or False? A common symptom that hospice nurses can see in their
patients is constipation.
Answer: True (can result from medication side effects, limited physical
mobility, alterations in nutrition/hydration, and end stage disease processes)
◍ In this class I will:.
Answer: Turn in my assignments at the assigned due date (something like
that - i forgot the exact answer)
◍ In the trolley case, the driver must choose between:.
Answer: killing one or letting five die.
◍ True or False? Dehydration is a painful way to die.
Answer: False (people close to death may be more comfortable id
dehydrated, whereas hydration can cause suffering)
, ◍ True or False? hospice and palliative care believe that death should neither
be hastened nor prolonged.
Answer: True
◍ What is Steinbock's opinion of the case in which the infant with Down's
syndrome was allowed to die through passive euthanasia?.
Answer: Intentionally allowing the baby to die was wrong, whether it was
quick or slow.
◍ Voluntary active euthanasia.
Answer: The person who is dying says, "Give me the fatal dose."
◍ True or False? Hospitals suggest that they not be called in unless the patient
has less than six months to live..
Answer: True (to be eligible for hospice one must have a terminal diagnosis
and a prognosis of less than 6 months to live)
◍ Who wanted to: "Seek out and establish the supreme principle of morality"
?.
Answer: Immanuel Kant
◍ True or False? Most people receiving hospital care are not minorities or
people of color.
Answer: True
◍ Steinbock mentions two situations in which she considers it justifiable to
cease life-prolonging medical treatment. One of these is:.
Answer: when a patient refuses treatment.
◍ What are three major reasons for strained relationships between nurses and
physicians?.
Answer: 1) the hierarchal way ethical decisions are made, 2) competency
and quality of care conflicts, 3) lack of communication
◍ True or False? Aristotle divided virtues according to intellect and will..
Answer: False
◍ Like his famous student Plato, Socrates wrote a lot of books..
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ What is the problem, in Regan's eyes, of arguing that animals have less
inherent value than humans because we alone possess reason?.
Answer: It requires us to say that the mentally retarded child has less value
than the adult with normal mental capacity.
◍ True or False? Patients are often admitted to hospice and palliative care too
late to fain optimum benefit from these services.
Answer: True
◍ According to Rachels, the cultural differences argument.
Answer: Draws a conclusion that does not follow from the argument's
premise
◍ The study of ethics is also often called "moral philosophy.".
Answer: True
◍ True or False? Both a nurse's shift work and the nurse's vacation time are
past of moral space.
Answer: True
◍ True or False? Hospice cared for about 48% of the persons who died in the
US in 2017.
Answer: False (actually about 50%)
◍ 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?.
Answer: The fetus is an innocent person, and directly killing an innocent
, person is murder, which is absolutely impermissible.
◍ On what basis would a contractarian argue against inflicting needless
suffering on animals?.
Answer: Our duty not to hurt animals is a duty to those who care about the
animals
◍ True or False? Like ethics applied to the actions of surgeons, nursing ethics
is closely bonded to nursing theory.
Answer: False
◍ True or False? Rather than the patient. alone, the target of care for hospice
and palliative care includes the family.
Answer: True
◍ True or False? Palliative care is built on hospice principles.
Answer: True
◍ True or False? The best interest standard is used when a surrogate makes
decisions for an adult that are consistent with what the adult previously
verbalized when they were competent to do so..
Answer: False
◍ True or False? A common symptom that hospice nurses can see in their
patients is constipation.
Answer: True (can result from medication side effects, limited physical
mobility, alterations in nutrition/hydration, and end stage disease processes)
◍ In this class I will:.
Answer: Turn in my assignments at the assigned due date (something like
that - i forgot the exact answer)
◍ In the trolley case, the driver must choose between:.
Answer: killing one or letting five die.
◍ True or False? Dehydration is a painful way to die.
Answer: False (people close to death may be more comfortable id
dehydrated, whereas hydration can cause suffering)
, ◍ True or False? hospice and palliative care believe that death should neither
be hastened nor prolonged.
Answer: True
◍ What is Steinbock's opinion of the case in which the infant with Down's
syndrome was allowed to die through passive euthanasia?.
Answer: Intentionally allowing the baby to die was wrong, whether it was
quick or slow.
◍ Voluntary active euthanasia.
Answer: The person who is dying says, "Give me the fatal dose."
◍ True or False? Hospitals suggest that they not be called in unless the patient
has less than six months to live..
Answer: True (to be eligible for hospice one must have a terminal diagnosis
and a prognosis of less than 6 months to live)
◍ Who wanted to: "Seek out and establish the supreme principle of morality"
?.
Answer: Immanuel Kant
◍ True or False? Most people receiving hospital care are not minorities or
people of color.
Answer: True
◍ Steinbock mentions two situations in which she considers it justifiable to
cease life-prolonging medical treatment. One of these is:.
Answer: when a patient refuses treatment.
◍ What are three major reasons for strained relationships between nurses and
physicians?.
Answer: 1) the hierarchal way ethical decisions are made, 2) competency
and quality of care conflicts, 3) lack of communication
◍ True or False? Aristotle divided virtues according to intellect and will..
Answer: False
◍ Like his famous student Plato, Socrates wrote a lot of books..
