Applied Ethics Set 12

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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This set of Applied Ethics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Applied Ethics Set 12

Q1 | Who was the first human to have been born from an embryo that had beenfertilized outside a human body
  • Roe v Wade
  • Louise Brown
  • Nancy Morrison
  • Dolly
Answer: Louise Brown
Q2 | Who introduced the in vitro fertilization technology?
  • Watson and Crick
  • Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe
  • Nancy Morrison and Tennison
  • none of these
Answer: Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe
Q3 | IVF means:
  • In vitro function
  • in vitro fertilization
  • internal visual function
  • none of these
Answer: in vitro fertilization
Q4 | IVF is related with:
  • Reproductive technology
  • Health care system
  • Organ transplantation
  • Euthanasia
Answer: Reproductive technology
Q5 | Which technology is now considered as a routine procedure for certain types of infertility
  • Radiation
  • ICSSI
  • Lasik
  • IVF
Answer: IVF
Q6 | The IVF procedure often produces -------------- for a single safetransplantation.
  • only one embryo
  • more number of embryos
  • two embryos
  • none of these
Answer: more number of embryos
Q7 | In an IVF Procedure embryos can be screened for genetic abnormalities, andthen -------- if such abnormalities are found.
  • maintained.
  • discarded
  • treated
  • transplanted
Answer: discarded
Q8 | Who has predicted that the embryo which is produced by IVF develops bloodstem cells from the 17th days after fertilization?
  • Edwards
  • Nancy Morrison
  • Watson
  • none of these
Answer: Edwards
Q9 | Edwards has predicted that the embryo which is produced by IVF developsblood stem cells from the ----- days after fertilization.
  • 14th l
  • 20th
  • 17th
  • 10th
Answer: 17th
Q10 | Edwards has predicted that the embryo which is produced by IVF develops ----------from the 17th days after fertilization.
  • Cardiac activity
  • blood circulation
  • blood stem cells
  • brain activity
Answer: blood stem cells
Q11 | The first anatomical feature, the so-called primitive streak, appears after the --------day of fertilisation
  • 14th l
  • 20th
  • 17th
  • 10th
Answer: 14th l
Q12 | Primitive streak will develop as:
  • blood stem cell
  • heart
  • brain
  • back bone
Answer: back bone
Q13 | It is wrong to kill an innocent human being. A human fetus is an innocent human being. Therefore it is wrong to kill a human fetus. – Who holds this argument?
  • liberalists
  • conservatives
  • feminists
  • none of these
Answer: conservatives
Q14 | A human fetus is not an innocent human being- Who holds this position?
  • liberalists
  • conservatives
  • feminists
  • none of these
Answer: liberalists
Q15 | “We must either upgrade the status of the earliest embryo to that of the child, or downgrade the status of the child to that of the embryo.”- Who advocatesthis position?
  • liberalists
  • conservatives
  • feminists
  • none of these
Answer: conservatives
Q16 | Liberalists argued that, -----------------is the most visible possible dividing linebetween fertilized egg and child.
  • birth
  • growth
  • pain
  • consciousness
Answer: birth
Q17 | Who argued that, Birth is the most visible possible dividing line betweenfertilized egg and child?
  • liberalists
  • conservatives
  • feminists
  • none of these
Answer: liberalists
Q18 | The location of a being – inside or outside the womb – should not make thatmuch difference to the wrongness of killing it. Who holds this position?
  • liberalists
  • conservatives
  • feminists
  • none of these
Answer: conservatives
Q19 | Conservatives argued --------- have the same human features and the samedegree of awareness and capacity for feeling pain.
  • child
  • cell
  • embryo
  • none of these
Answer: embryo
Q20 | The conservative explains that the -----------------is the same entity, whetherinside or outside the womb.
  • baby / grown up
  • baby/ plant
  • fetus/ baby
  • none of these
Answer: fetus/ baby
Q21 | In Roe v.Wade case the United States Supreme Court considered ---------------- is the mark for the continuation of the life of the fetus.
  • birth
  • quickening
  • genetic difference
  • viability
Answer: viability
Q22 | The point at which the fetus can survive outside the mother’s body variesaccording to the-----------------------.
  • state of medical technology
  • mental ability
  • state of climate
  • none of these
Answer: state of medical technology
Q23 | The fetus is totally dependent on the mother for its survival means that it hasno right to life independent of her wishes. Who express this position?
  • liberalists
  • conservatives
  • feminists
  • none of these
Answer: liberalists
Q24 | --------------------- is the time when the mother first feels the fetus move
  • birth
  • conception
  • Quickening
  • none of these
Answer: Quickening
Q25 | In traditional Catholic theology, quickening was thought to be the moment atwhich the fetus gained its -------.
  • brain
  • mind
  • soul
  • life
Answer: soul
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