1) Applied ethics addresses the moral permissibility of specific actions and practices in a variety of domains.
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False
2) A fight against pollution and resource depletion is best described as the central concern of which of the following?
A.None of the others
B.The deep ecology movement
C.The Gaia movement
D.The International Movement on Climate Control
E.The shallow ecology movement
3) Difficulties in addressing ethical concerns in domains in which humanity had little experience is referred to as
A.Ethical vagueness
B.Ethical ambiguity
C.Policy vacuum
D.None of the others
E.Ethical dissonance
4) Which of the following are suitable maxims concerning ethics for salespeople?
A.Do not ster customers toward purchases that are unsuitable for them, given their stated needs and desires.
B.Refrain from lying and deception.
C.Fully answer customers' questions about items.
D.Do not suggest a product unless the salesperson is willing to purchase the same product.
E.Provide customers with safety warnings and precautions.
5) The term "logical malleability" refers to
A.A condition where the logical operations may be changed frequently depending on the application.
B.None of the others
C.A condition where the logical operations may be extended depending on the application.
D.A condition where the logical operations may be substituted for one another depending on the application.
6) Several industry insiders point out that the EPA regulations placed on Diesel engines is better viewed as an economic policy rather than an environmental policy, which would significantly alter or perhaps reverse the ethical aspects of the case.
True
False
7) The reading material given explains how NASA engineers were not properly trained in engineering ethics, and cites this as a major contributor to the disaster.
True
False
8) Although ineffective communication could lead to serious ethical dilemmas, not all engineers must know how to effectively communicate, as engineering teams usually have managers or team leaders who provide the liaison between the various organizational entities.
True
False
9 )Introducing low-cost diesel into the market of passenger cars can be made out as an instance of the train problem with the five on the track ahead being future people affected by CO2 emissions and the one on the sidetrack being present people affected by NOx and particulate matter. If this analogy holds, it could provide a partial defense of VW.
True
False
10) Theoretically, it is possible to construct an explanation where the chain of decisions to launch, which led to the Challenger Disaster, could be ethically justified.
True
False