Showing posts with label Must Be True. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Must Be True. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2016

Wow, Really?


Which one of the following actions would be unethical according to the principle stated above?

It is unethical for government officials to use their knowledge of impending policies to financially benefit themselves if that knowledge is not available to the general public.

A Finance Department official, one of the few people who knew of a plan to tax luxury cars, bought a luxury car just before the plan was announced to the public in order to avoid paying the tax.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Children vs. Adults Learning Styles


Which one of the following most logically completes the consultant's argument?

Consultant: Children taught using innovative new educational methods learn to think more creatively than children taught using rote methods such as drills, but they are less adept at memorizing large amounts of information. Most jobs at Grodex Corporation require the ability to think creatively but do not require a strong ability to memorize. So Grodex Corporation should probably conduct its employee-training seminars using the innovative methods, because ________.

Answer: the effects of teaching methods in the education of adults are generally very similar to the effects of those methods in the education of children.