FE CIVIL ETHICS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Creed - ✔✔a statement or oath taken or assented to by an individual in
ceremonies
Engineer Creed - ✔✔advancement and betterment of human welfare
rule - ✔✔guide for conduct and acting in certain situation, or a regulation
governing procedure
statutory rule (statute) - ✔✔enforced by legislative branch and carries the
weight of the law
cannon - ✔✔individual principle or body of principles, rules, standards, or
norms
Code - ✔✔a system of principles or rules
ASCE - ✔✔American Society of Civil Engineering
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,ASCE cannons - ✔✔-focus on safety, health, and welfare / susatinable
development
-only in area of their competence
-shall issue public statements only in a truthful manner
-act in professional matter to avoid conflicts
-no unfairly competition/ professional reputation on the merit of their
service
- be honorable and have integrity, zero tolerance for bribery, fraud, and
corruption
- Continue professional development throughout career
Ethics - ✔✔rules of conducts
We need engineer conducts because - ✔✔it is easy for engineers to take
advantage of clients. Engineers must represent the interests of their
employers or clients and protect public health, safety, and welfare
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, Sustainability - ✔✔Any design or development that seeks to minimize
negative impacts on the environment so that the present generation's
resource needs do not compromise the resource needs of future
generations
Engineering - ✔✔Profession rather than an occupation because of special
privileges, special knowledge, and special responsibilities; regulated by
ethical standards
Model Rule (NCEES Rule of Professional Conduct) - ✔✔-Licensee's
obligation to society
- licensee's obligation to employers and clients
-licensee's obligation to other licensees
Conceptual Issues - ✔✔Definitions of terms may be in dispute
Most responsibility - ✔✔-The public welfare
Licensee's Obligation to society - ✔✔- first and foremost responsibility is to
the public welfare
-only approve and seal designs that meet standards and safeguard public
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Creed - ✔✔a statement or oath taken or assented to by an individual in
ceremonies
Engineer Creed - ✔✔advancement and betterment of human welfare
rule - ✔✔guide for conduct and acting in certain situation, or a regulation
governing procedure
statutory rule (statute) - ✔✔enforced by legislative branch and carries the
weight of the law
cannon - ✔✔individual principle or body of principles, rules, standards, or
norms
Code - ✔✔a system of principles or rules
ASCE - ✔✔American Society of Civil Engineering
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Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
,ASCE cannons - ✔✔-focus on safety, health, and welfare / susatinable
development
-only in area of their competence
-shall issue public statements only in a truthful manner
-act in professional matter to avoid conflicts
-no unfairly competition/ professional reputation on the merit of their
service
- be honorable and have integrity, zero tolerance for bribery, fraud, and
corruption
- Continue professional development throughout career
Ethics - ✔✔rules of conducts
We need engineer conducts because - ✔✔it is easy for engineers to take
advantage of clients. Engineers must represent the interests of their
employers or clients and protect public health, safety, and welfare
2
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
, Sustainability - ✔✔Any design or development that seeks to minimize
negative impacts on the environment so that the present generation's
resource needs do not compromise the resource needs of future
generations
Engineering - ✔✔Profession rather than an occupation because of special
privileges, special knowledge, and special responsibilities; regulated by
ethical standards
Model Rule (NCEES Rule of Professional Conduct) - ✔✔-Licensee's
obligation to society
- licensee's obligation to employers and clients
-licensee's obligation to other licensees
Conceptual Issues - ✔✔Definitions of terms may be in dispute
Most responsibility - ✔✔-The public welfare
Licensee's Obligation to society - ✔✔- first and foremost responsibility is to
the public welfare
-only approve and seal designs that meet standards and safeguard public
3
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
