UNIVERSITY OF CAGAYAN VALLEY

Formerly Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao

Balzain West, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
School of Criminology
Professional Conduct and Ethical Standard

PRELIM EXAM
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Instruction: Choose the letter of the correct answer

1. What is the discipline that distinguish good and bad?

a. All of these
b. Morality
c. Moral philosophy
d. Ethics

2. What is the Latin word of ethics?

a. Ethica
b. Ethique
c. Ethikos
d. Ethics

3. What is the application of ethics?

a. Values
b. Morality
c. Beliefs
d. Tradition

4. Ethics is the capacity to determine right and wrong. Ethikos therefor is derived from Greek word while
ethique is derived from what word?
a. French
b. Hebrew
c. Latin
d. Greek

5. “Without moral conduct, society would be a miserable place”, this explains what importance ethical
behavior?
a. Make society better
b. Treat everyone equal
c. Succeed at business
d. Secure meaningful employment

6. What is the practical science that treats the principles of human morality and duty as applied to law
enforcement?
a. Police ethics
b. Ethics
c. Law Enforcement
d. Morality

7. What attribute of a law enforcer present when he is willing to put himself in harm’s way to enforce the
law?
a. Courage
b. Compassion
c. Generosity
d. Perseverance
8. What attribute of law enforcement personnel shows empathy and sympathy with the law breakers and
victims?
a. Compassion
b. Perseverance
c. Generosity
d. Truthfulness
9. What attribute of law enforcement personnel offers themselves off duty by volunteering and who try to
better the lives of others through community service?
a. Generosity
b. Good temper
c. Perseverance
d. Courage

10. What attribute of law enforcement personnel shows that they should be trustworthy and can be counted
on to speak the truth?
a. Truthfulness
b. Good temper
c. Compassion
d. Courage

11. Patrolman D. Magiba can sacrifice his own life just to enforce the law. What attribute of law
enforcement personnel does he has?
a. Courageous
b. Good temper
c. Compassion
d. Perseverance

12. Police Major Cardo Dalisay is not easily deterred from doing the right thing especially in investigating
crimes. What attribute of law enforcement personnel does he has?
a. Perseverance
b. Compassion
c. Courageous
d. Truthfulness
13. Police Corporal Lakas receives a lot of insults from society where he belong, despite of this he remain
calm and considered everything as a challenge. What attribute of law enforcement personnel does he has?
a. Good Temper
b. Perseverance
c. Generosity
d. Compassion

14. Patrolman Ding understand that situations are complex and that everyone deserves respect. What
attribute of law enforcement personnel does he has?
a. Compassion
b. Truthfulness
c. Good Temper
d. Perseverance

15. Police Colonel Rukawa can withstand pressure to react physically and verbally. What law enforcement
attribute does he has?
a. Good Temper
b. Perseverance
c. Generosity
d. Compassion

16. What is the concealment and distortion of the truth that is connected in the performance of his duty?
a. Dishonesty
b. Gifts
c. Moonlighting
d. Incompetency

17. What is an act made by a PNP officer wherein they pursue or engage themselves in any other business?
a. Moonlighting
b. Gifts
c. Dishonesty
d. Incompetency

18. What consist of the abandonment of one’s loyalty to the government?

a. Dishonesty to the Government
b. Incompetency
c. Gifts
d. Dishonesty
19. What is the thing or right disposed gratuitously, or any act of liberty in favor of another who accepts it?
a. Gifts
b. Dishonesty to the Government
c. Incompetency
d. Moonlighting

20. What is known as the lack of adequate ability and fitness to do satisfactory performance of police duty?
a. Incompetency
b. Misfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. Malfeasance

21. What is the omission of an act which ought to be done?

a. Nonfeasance
b. Misfeasance
c. Malfeasance
d. Moonlighting

1. What is the improper performance of duty?

a. Misfeasance
b. Malfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. Incompetency

2. What is the act being performed which is not ought to be done?

a. Malfeasance
b. Misfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. Incompetency

3. Patrolman Juan is patrolling when he saw a car accident, suppose that he will help the victims, but he
seems not to care at all, he left them as if nothing happens. In the given situation, what act is done by Patrolman
Juan?
a. Nonfeasance
b. Misfeasance
c. Malfeasance
d. Moonlighting
4. Patrolman Mori happens to encounter in a shooting incident and one of his legs were injured most. He was then
separated from police service due to?
a. Incompetency
b. Gifts
c. Moonlighting
d. Dishonesty

5. What pillar of character of a law enforcer includes integrity, promise-keeping and loyalty?
a. Trustworthiness
b. Respect
c. Responsibility
d. Justice and fairness

6. What pillar of character includes accountability, pursuit of excellence and self-restraint?

a. Responsibility
b. Respect
c. Justice and fairness
d. Caring

7. Patrolman Saske renders salute to his superiors every time he saw them. What pillar of character does he had?
a. Respect
b. Caring
c. Civic Virtue and Citizenship
d. Responsibility

8. What pillar of character includes equity and demonstrating due process of law?
a. Justice and Fairness
b. Respect
c. Caring
d. Civic Virtue and Citizenship

9. What pillar of character shows being socially conscious?

a. Civic Virtue and Citizenship
b. Responsibility
c. Caring
d. Respect

10. What pillar of character shows concern to others?

a. Caring
b. Trustworthiness
c. Civic virtue and Citizenship
d. Justice and Fairness

11. What is the wise use of one’s judgment?

a. Discretion
b. Power
c. Public Service
d. None of these

12. What primary moral behavior explains that law enforcers have the authority to arrest, detain, search, seize and
question?
a. Power
b. Discretion
c. Public Service
d. All of these

13. What primary moral behavior states that our government employs law enforcers to carry out the states mandate
which is to enforce the law and keep peace and order?
a. Public service
b. Power
c. Discretion
d. None of these

14. What primary moral behaviors includes whom to arrest, investigate, who to talk to and whom to interview?
a. Discretion
 b. Power
c. Public Service
d. Moonlighting

15. What attribute of law enforcement personnel shows the ability to go on despite of obstacles?
a. Perseverance
b. Courageous
c. Responsibility
d. Compassion

16. What is the quality that makes an act good or evil and right or wrong?
a. Morality
b. Values
c. Professional Conduct
d. Tradition

17. What refers to the philosophy of human conduct, emphasizing the determination of right and wrong or the basic
principle of the right action?
a. Ethics
b. Police ethics
c. Standards
d. Professional Conduct
18. I will never act officiously or permit personal ________, _______, _______, or ______ to influence my
decision.
a. feelings, prejudices, animosities, friendship
b. feelings, animosities, friendship, prejudices
c. feelings, prejudices, friendship, animosities
d. feelings, animosities, prejudices, friendship

19. I will enforce the law ____ and _____ without ____ or _____, ______ or _______, never employing
unnecessary _____ or _____ and never accepting gratuities.
a. Courteously, appropriately; fear, favor; malice, ill-will; force, violence
b. Courageously, appropriately; fear, favor, malice, ill-will; violence, force
c. Courteously, appropriately; malice, ill-will; fear, favor; force, violence
d. Courageously, appropriately; favor, fear; force, violence

20. Patrolman Wala K. Jowa, conducted search by virtue of search warrant but exceed its authority by breaking
some doors, windows, and other household equipment which are unnecessary in the conduct of search. It is
categorized as?
a. Misfeasance
b. Malfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. None of these

21. Arresting a suspect without warrant may tantamount to?

a. Malfeasance
b. Misfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. None of these

22. Patrolman Di K. Mahal was task to conduct patrol in Gonzaga St. together with his team. They went to the area
but instead of observing, they arrested all the sidewalk vendors and confiscated all their goods. Their action may
categorize as?
a. Malfeasance
b. Misfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. All of these

23. The improper enforcement of law would mean?

a. Misfeasance
b. Malfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. None of these

24. It implies as the breach in the performance of duty to the fact that there is an absence of duty?
a. Nonfeasance
 b. Malfeasance
c. Misfeasance
d. None of these
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