MIDTERM EXAMINATION

POLICE ETHICS AND VALUES

CRIM SOC 141

Name:_________________________________ Course & year Level: ____________

Date: ______________ Score: ______________

I. Identification: Write your answer on the space provided before the number. Misspelled
words shall be considered wrong. Each correct answer is worth two (2) points.

__________________________1. A branch of philosophy which studies the principles of

right or wrong in human conduct.

__________________________2. In ethics, it is concerned with what we do not what we

feel.

__________________________3. These are actions performed by man, knowingly and

voluntarily.

__________________________4. These are biological and physiological movements in man

such as, metabolism,respiration, fear, anger, love, and jealousy.

__________________________5. Is the quality of human acts by which they are constituted

as good, bad or indifferent.

__________________________6. It stands for the norm of morality which is the standard

by which actions are judged as to their merits or demerits.

__________________________7. Are those actions which stand neutral in relation to the

norm of morality. They are neither good nor bad in themselves.

__________________________8. It refers to the attitude and it stands for all that is good. It
is the multiplicity of sterling qualities, both natural and acquired, which, because they
proceed from the hearts and minds and it also greatly influenced one`s behavior towards
himself and others.

__________________________9. These are rights that are based on natural law, that is on
human nature. These rights are present on the time a person is conceived and the time he is
born.
_________________________10. It is a lasting readiness and facility, born of frequently
repeated acts, for acting in the same manner.

Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter which corresponds the correct answer.
Each correct answer is worth 2 points.

1. Are those done either by man`s mental or bodily powers under the command of the
will.
a. Commanded acts
b. Elicited acts
c. Moral acts
d. Immoral acts

2. Are those performed by the will and are not bodily externalized.
a. Commanded acts
b. Elicited acts
c. Moral acts
d. Immoral acts

3. Those actions which are in conformity with the norm of morality.

a. Commanded acts
b. Elicited acts
c. Moral acts
d. Immoral acts

4. Actions which are not in conformity with the norm of morality.

a. Commanded acts
b. Elicit acts
c. Moral acts
d. Immoral acts

5. A type of ignorance which a person possesses without being aware of it, or having
awareness of it, lacks the means to rectify it.
a. Vincible ignorance
b. Ignorance
c. Invincible ignorance
d. Passion
6. An Ifugao went for the first time in the city. Without the knowledge when to cross
the street, he was caught by the traffic enforcer and arrested for violating the traffic
rules. This is an example of;
a. Vincible ignorance
b. Ignorance
c. Invincible ignorance
d. Passion

7. What if the person who committed the violation(situation under question number
21) is a resident on that city, it would be an example of;
a. Vincible ignorance
b. Ignorance
c. Invincible ignorance
d. Passion

8. Refers to any physical force extended on a person by another free agent for the
purpose of compelling the said person to act against his will.
a. Violence
b. Fear
c. Habits
d. Force

9. Is the power of lawful authority to govern his subjects and to make laws for them.
a. Right of property
b. Right of jurisdiction
c. Human rights
d. Natural rights

10. A disturbance of the mind of a person who is confronted by an impending danger or

harm to himself or loved ones.
a. Violence
b. Fear
c. Habits
d. Force

11. Are those based on the natural law, that is, on human nature.
a. Human rights
b. Civil rights
c. Ecclesiastical rights
d. Natural rights
12. Either tendencies towards desirable objects, or tendencies away from undesirable or
harmful things.
a. Ambitions
b. Aims
c. Passions
d. Emotions

13. It is the study of human motivation, and ultimately of human rational behavior.
a. Morality
b. Ethics
c. Behaviors
d. Conduct

14. It is the tendency of will towards something, whether this is realizable or not.
a. Intention
b. Consent
c. Wish
d. Fruition

15. It is essential to an act. Without it, an act is a mere act of man.

a. Voluntass
b. Voluntariness
c. Will
d. Voluntary

16. Is the acceptance of the will of those needed to carry out the intention.
a. Wish
b. Intention
c. Consent
d. Election

17. The enjoyment of the will derived from the attainment of the thing he had desired
earlier.
a. Use
b. Intention
c. Consent
d. Fruition

18. Is the command of the will to make use of those means elected to carry out the
intention.
 a. Use
b. Intention
c. Fruition
d. Election

19. Morality has a wider implication than law, because law can either be moral or
immoral.
a. True
b. False
c. Probably
d. Maybe

20. The primary objective upholder of the law must know its crime, policeman knew
too well that he has committed his life to defend and protect the rights of the citizen
and uphold the law at all cost.
a. Limitation of police authority
b. Primordial police responsibility
c. Police community relation
d. Police discretion

21. One of the faults that is very common to new officers. They appear to the public to
be over impressed with their importance.
a. Acting officiously in the public
b. Permitting personal feelings in the police job
c. Failed to keep private life unsullied as an example to all
d. Failed to recognize the badge of office

22. Policeman shall use his power of arrest in accordance with the law and with due
regard to the rights of the citizens concerned.
a. Conduct in arresting a law violator
b. Impartial presentation of evidence
c. Conduct towards the community
d. Knowledge of the law and other responsibilities

23. “ with no compromise for crime” this means that the police officer must perform his
duties to the letter of the law without taking into consideration the spirit of the law.
a. False
 b. True
c. It depends
d. Maybe
24. Getting angry, other than as an interrogative technique , serve no purpose.
a. True
b. False
c. It depends
d. Maybe

25. The police at all times should always direct their actions strictly towards their
functions and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary by averaging
individuals of the state of authoritative judging guilt or punishing the guilt.
a. Police should not usurp judicial powers
b. The community are the police
c. Police discretion
d. Primordial police responsibility