Question 1

"Passive euthanasia" can be classified as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   a passive act of not taking steps to prolong life
B)   a deliberate act via a definite action that results in killing someone (including oneself) 
C)   injecting a patient with a lethal overdose of narcotics to end his/her suffering
D)   all of these choices A

Question 2

Death is defined as the point when an individual ceases to be a person under which of the following notions of "death"?

Accepted Answer

A)   whole-brain
B)   traditional
C)   higher-brain
D)   personhood D

Question 3

"Active euthanasia" can be classified as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   a passive act of not taking steps to prolong life
B)   withdrawing the feeding tube of a person in a persistent vegetative state
C)   a deliberate act via a definite action that results in killing someone (including oneself) 
D)   all of these choices C

Question 4

The term "euthanasia" comes from the Greek term for a

Accepted Answer

A)   painless death.
B)   good death.
C)   unnatural death.
D)   immoral death.

Question 5

Which of the following terms refers to cases in which a person requests that her life be ended, either directly or by refusing treatment?

Accepted Answer

A)   involuntary euthanasia
B)   voluntary euthanasia
C)   nonvoluntary euthanasia
D)   advance directive

Question 6

Which of the following characterizes a person in a persistent vegetative state?

Accepted Answer

A)   the cerebral hemispheres are damaged or dysfunctional
B)   she/he is able to breathe and excrete on their own
C)   her/his eyelids may blink and the eyes may move but only reflexively
D)   all of these choices

Question 7

Death is defined as the permanent cessation of breathing and heart beat under which of the following notions of "death"?

Accepted Answer

A)   traditional
B)   whole-brain
C)   higher-brain
D)   personhood

Question 8

Death is defined as the permanent loss of consciousness under which of the following notions of "death"?

Accepted Answer

A)   higher-brain
B)   whole-brain
C)   traditional
D)   personhood

Question 9

Living wills

Accepted Answer

A)   only apply to patients with terminal illnesses.
B)   only apply to patients who are permanently unconscious.
C)   only apply to patients with terminal illnesses, or who are unconscious.
D)   only apply to patients who have identified proxy decision-makers.

Question 10

What makes it wrong, according to Singer, to kill any being?

Accepted Answer

A)   Killing ends the possibility that the being can experience whatever further good life holds.
B)   Killing evinces a lack of respect for the being's autonomy.
C)   Killing is against the Biblical injunction not to kill.
D)   Killing violates the Hippocratic Oath.

Question 11

Which of the following terms refers to cases in which someone ends the life of another contrary to that person's wish (i.e., the individual not only fails to give consent but expresses the desire not to be killed)?

Accepted Answer

A)   involuntary euthanasia
B)   voluntary euthanasia
C)   nonvoluntary euthanasia
D)   advance directive

Question 12

Rachels argues that

Accepted Answer

A)   killing and letting die are morally distinct.
B)   killing is always morally worse than letting die.
C)   letting die is always morally worse than killing.
D)   the moral significance of the distinction between killing and letting die should be challenged.

Question 13

Which of the following terms refers to cases in which the decision about death is not made by the person who is to die because she/he has failed to give consent or instructions and the decision is then left to family, friends, or physicians?

Accepted Answer

A)   involuntary euthanasia
B)   nonvoluntary euthanasia
C)   voluntary euthanasia
D)   advance directive

Question 14

The principle of double effect makes it morally acceptable to

Accepted Answer

A)   euthanize patients who request it, provided that the procedure is done with the consent of two physicians.
B)   euthanize patients who request it, provided that the procedure is handled by two physicians, each of whom administers a less than lethal dose of medication.
C)   give medication to relieve pain, even if this could be foreseen to lead to death.
D)   give medication to relieve pain with the double intent of causing death.

Question 15

Death is defined as the irreversible cessation of all brain functions under which of the following notions of "death"?

Accepted Answer

A)   higher-brain
B)   traditional
C)   whole-brain
D)   personhood

Exam 7: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Death Suicide-PART A