POLICE ETHICS

QUESTION AND ANSWER

EASY – BLACK QUESTIONS
1. Among the following choices, which one should be the least priority in the enforcement of the law.
A. saving the injured victim
B. saving the property
**C. cordoning the crime scene
D. preservation of the evidence
2. An act of the person that copies the work or idea of another person and presents it as his own.
**A. Plagiarism B. Copying
C. Editing D. Copyright
3. An established and generally accepted moral values refer to:
**A. Ethical Standards
B. Morality
C. Integrity
D. Judicious use of authority
4. Arresting a suspect without a warrant of arrest may tantamount to;
A. Neglect of duty B. Nonfeasance
**C. Malfeasance D. Misfeasance
5. As a general rule, police officers are not permitted or allowed to engage in any other business or
calling.
A. Bribery **B. Moonlighting
C. Neglect of duty D. Misconduct
6. Authority of a person he exercised over his subordinates.
A. chain of command
**B. command responsibility
C. responsibility
D. command
7. A voice of reason bidding oneself to avoid evil and do good.
A. virtue B. value
C. dignity **D. conscience
8. In the PNP basic issues, what is the key to professionalism?
A. Career Development
B. Career Enhancement
**C. Career Management
D. Career Upliftment
9. It is designed to influence public opinion in favor of the police force.
A. Public Information Program
**B. Public Relations Program
C. Civic Action programs
D. Mass Communications Programs
10. Public officers and employees who served with the highest degree of integrity, loyalty,
responsibility and efficiency manifests.
A. Love of country
B. Allegiance to the government
C. Allegiance to the constitution
**D. Public office is a public trust
11. It refers to the sum total of dealings of the police with the people it serves
**A. Police Community Relations
B. Police Relations
C. Public Relations
D. Human Relations
12. The best PCR a police officer can do to the community is
A. harass the people
**B. perform his job well
C. dress well
D. always present in the office
13. Includes elective and appointive officials and employees, permanent or temporary, whether in the
career or non-career service, including military and police personnel, whether or not they receive
compensation, regardless of amount.
A. Officials
**B. Public Officials
C. Government Employees
D. Public Employees
14. The following are the canon of police ethics except one;
A. Proper conduct of behavior
**B. Obedience to superior and loyalty
C. Attitude towards police profession
D. Firmness in refusing gifts or favors
15. Discipline should be strict but must always be tempered with sympathy and understanding. To
abide by these principles, a superior officer must:
A. Investigate thoroughly all the facts before making a decision
B. Always implement the policies, rules and regulations
**C. Treat all personnel equally
D. Maintain discipline
16. The leniency in due process refers to:
A. Over enforcement
**B. Under enforcement
C. Zero tolerance
D. Preventive enforcement
17. The police officer must be trustworthy and upholds the truth at all times. This is called in police
ethics as?
A. Nobility
B. Integrity
**C. Trustworthiness
D. Honesty
18. These are the specific indicators of shared priorities and respect.
A. Image and visibility
**B. Trust and competency
C. Misconduct and corruption
D. Priorities and dependability
19. The study of standards of conduct and moral judgment.
A. community relations
**B. ethics
C. logic
D. psychology
20. The wise use of one’s judgment, personal experience and common sense to decide a particular
situation.
A. Authority B. Decision
**C. Discretion D. Evaluation
21. This as an unlawful act committed by policemen who caught gambling bet collector, pusher, drug
user.
A. Fixes **B. Shakedowns
C. Gambling D. Gratuities
22. This is known as the moral obligation that depends upon freewill.
A. Task **B. Duty
C. Services D. Rule
23. This refers to the sum total of dealings of the police with the people it serves.
A. Human Relations
B. Police Relations
**C. Police Community Relations
D. Police Public Relations
24. This refers to unfair or unjust acts usually given to friends or relatives.
A. Deviance B. Corruption
**C. Favoritism D. Misconduct
25. This right is an individuals’ right in participating in government affairs.
A. Civil Rights B. Bill of Right
**C. Political Right D. Human Right
26. What disciplinary measure, do you think, will most likely produce discontentment and grievance?
A. Unusual strictness
**B. Inconsistent administration
C. Severity of punishment
D. Impersonal attitude
27. What is the mental capacity to distinguish right from wrong?
**A. Discernment B. Judgment
C. Knowledge D. Wisdom
28. What is the basic weapon of police officers?
A. Gun B. Uniform
C. Whistle **D. Knowledge of the Law
29. Which of the following is a pleasant activity to be performed by a police officer on duty?
A. Using firearm as for warning shot
B. Acceptance of gratuities and donations
**C. Non-partisan police activities
D. All of these
30. Which of the following is not a police custom on courtesy?
A. Salute B. address/title
**C. giving gifts D. courtesy call
31. A police Officer or person acting and or conducting himself according to his professional conduct
and ethical standard is –
**A. An Ethical Person
B. A disciplined Person
C. An ideal Professional
D. A moral Person
32. It is the essence of good manners, a manifestation of sportsmanship and an exposition of gentility
and culture.
**A. Courtesy B. Discipline
C. Loyalty D. Morale
33. It refers to the commitment, dignity and attitude of an individual towards work and his integrity
and his practice of the core moral value principles.
A. Conduct B. Morality
**C. Professionalism D. Ethics
34. It is the power of lawful authority to govern his subjects and to make laws for them.
A. Right of Property B. Juridical rights
**C. Right of Jurisdiction D. Alienable rights
35. Those actions which stand neutral in relation to the norm of morality. They are neither good nor
bad in themselves.
A. Moral actions
B. Immoral actions
**C. Amoral actions
D. Semi- moral actions
36. Which of the following refers to the set of conducts and behavior governing a group, a class, or
organization?
A. Ethical Standards
**B. Professional Standards
C. Code of Conduct
D. Group Ethics
37. The doing either through ignorance, inattention or malice, of that which the police officer had no
legal right to do at all, as where he acts without any authority whatsoever or exceeds, ignores or
abuses his powers.
A. Incompetence B. Dishonesty
**C. Misconduct D. Neglect of Duty
38. Higher levels of professional police service is on demand nowadays, in view of ________.
**A. the changing role of the police
B. the changing economic environment
C. higher pay scale due to standardization
D. more applicants to the police job
39. One common violation committed by law enforcement is the violation of due process of law.
Which of the following best explain due process of law?
**A. Law which hears before it condemns
B. Law which proceeds upon inquiry
C. Law which renders judgment only
D. All of these
40. Who was the English person introduced the principles which might be considered as a version of
code of ethics?
A. Sir Henry Fielding **B. Sir Robert Peel
C. Hippocrates D. Quetelet
41. A general approaches in police community relation program which is directed towards the
general public or various enclaves within the society.
**A. Externally Oriented
B. Service Oriented
C. Internally Oriented
D. Youth Oriented
42. This must be performed by an agent who decides willfully to perform the act. The statement is
referring to:
A. morality B. acts of man
C. ethics **D. human acts
43. Which of the following is the distinction of human acts between acts of man?
**A. deliberate
B. physiological movement
C. instinctive
D. biological
44. Avoiding a conduct of vandalism is a compliance of what duty?
A. affirmative duty B. positive duty
C. natural duty **D. negative duty
45. It is a form of consequentialism, where punishment is forward looking which was founded by
Jeremy Bentham. It is the principles of utilitarianism. Which became a part of what school of
thought?
A. Utilitarianism B. positivist
C. retributive **D. classical
46. In case it is obtain in violation of section 12 shall be inadmissible in evidence against the person
in accused. The statement is referring to:
A. incommunicado **B. admission
C. torture D. secret detention
47. They are neither considered as moral or immoral and sometimes known as psychic responses.
A. fear B. habits
C. violence **D. passion
48. A feeling of frustration that dictated a person to think and give consent in possible things that he
might commit is called?
A. Human acts
B. Commanded acts
**C. Elicited acts
D. Acts of man
49. The statement that “the Filipino is worth dying for” would greatly describe:
A. duty B. obligation
C. rights **D. value
50. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. canons B. standards of practice **C. tenets D. code of ethics
MODERATE - BLUE QUESTIONS
1. Above all, PNP members must be loyal to the constitution and the police service as manifested
their loyalty to their superiors, peers, and subordinated as well.
A. Devotion to Duty B. Discipline
**C. Loyalty D. Integrity
2. A mental or moral training that makes a man willing to be subject to controls and regulations for
the good of the entire group of which he is a member.
A. Courtesy **B. Discipline
C. Loyalty D. Morale
3. All PNP members shall adhere to high standard of morality and decency and shall set good
examples for others to follow. This means PNP members should show
A. Discipline **B. Morality
C. Integrity D. Devotion to Duty
4. A social norm providing guidance for people in their dealings with one another, as a standard
against which actions are evaluated, and as a prescription or requirement that people act justly.
A. Law **B. justice
C. ethics D. conduct
5. Which of the following is not true about rights?
**A. anything which is not owed
B. it is residing inside the person
C. a moral power
D. bound to be respected by others
DIFFICULT – RED QUESTIONS
1. Which of the statement best suits on the phrase “ignorance of the law excuses no one”
A. A taxi driver who fails to carry with him his driver’s license.
**B. Uneducated person who does not know how to read violated an offense.
C. A man who kills another person just to save himself from danger.
D. An idiot person shouting that there is a bomb at the plaza.
2. Unusual emergencies that happens and absence of superior officers leaves the policeman to handle
the situation properly, the best procedure to follow is?
A. Take no action
B. Confer with any other superior
**C. Act according to one’s judgment
D. Confer immediately with other police officers on the best action to take
3. A criminology students that have a high hopes of getting a higher grades and thinks of his brighter
future has a chance of having a better life. This statement carries a modifier of human acts which
would be best attributed to:
A. Passions **B. Positive emotions
C. Negative emotion D. Habit forming
4. A police officer on witness stand is not called upon to express his view about the case, nor to tell
what he heard others say about it, nor to make a speech. Of the following, the most accurate
statement of this situation is that –
A. Be courteous
**B. To tell the truth and nothing but the truth
C. Do not volunteer
D. Wait for the question before responding
5. Police officers shall treat official business as such, and shall not impart the same to anyone except
those for whom it is intended, or as directed by his superior officer, or as required by law.
A. criminal investigation B. admission
C. confession **D. confidential information
6. A police officer in uniform is prohibited from carrying any package or bundle unless it is needed
in the performance of his duty. The likelihood, the said officer will be misinterpreted to ______.
**A. Have accepted favors
B. A trim appearance while in uniform is important
C. Be a comprador for his wife
D. All of the forgoing
7. A group of men by force entered the residence of Mr. Ford. They destroyed the window that made
up of glass and then bagged all the jewelries and other belongings which may cost millions. But Mr.
Ford just let them take all the valuables than his life. What will be the factor modified the action of
Mr. Ford?
A. Violent B. Violence
**C. Fear D. Habit
8. PO1 Rolly was task to conduct a patrol in Roxas St. and together with his team, they went to the
area but instead of observing they arrested all the side walk vendors and confiscated all their goods.
Their actions could be categories as:
A. nonfeasance **B. misfeasance
C. malfeasance D. violation of law
9. Oddy is displaying an odd behavior in which it could be explained and sometimes it is not
conforming with the norms that indicating that he is somewhat confused. In what category of
abnormal condition Oddy belongs?
A. impaired functioning
**B. bizarre behavior
C. disruptive behavior
D. long period of discomfort
10. Changy keeps on changing the topic when his mom will ask him about his grades in school. The
situation is referring to:
A. acting out B. dissociation
**C. avoidance D. denial