Introduction to Professional
Engineering in Canada
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Almost all provincial codes of ethics state that the engineer must consider the duty to
public welfare as paramount. What does paramount mean? ANSWER -The public
safety must be placed ahead of personal gain.
Although provincial codes of ethics that that public welfare is paramount, the codes
also impose a duty to keep the employers business affairs confidential. Therefore, a
dilemma may occur. For example, consider the case where an employer has an unsafe
work site, or plans to use substandard materials in a bridge to support structure,
thereby creating a public safety hazard. If the engineer cannot convince the employer
to follow safe construction practices, then the engineer is encouraged by the code of
ethics to : ANSWER -try to resolve the problem with the employer, and ask the
association to mediate
The term conflict of interest means (when used in a code of ethics) that the engineer :
ANSWER -has a personal or financial interest that conflicts with the employers
interests
An engineer is assigned, by an employer , to purchase materials for construction
project and to supervise the construction. In collaboration with a partner, the engineer
creates a delivery company that purchases the materials, delivers them to the
construction site and charged the costs to the engineers employer, with and added
profit for the engineer and the partner. The engineers employer is not aware that the
engineer is the half-owner of the delivery company. Has the engineer infringed the
code of ethics? If so what should be done? ANSWER -A conflict of interest has
, occurred; the engineer must disclose the conflict to the employer and ask whether the
employer will allow the arrangement to continue.
Which of the following is not grounds for charging and engineer with professional
misconduct : gross negligence, incompetence, conviction of a traffic offence ,
conviction of a serious criminal offence ANSWER -conviction of a traffic offence
Which of the following is grounds for charging an engineer with professional mis-
conduct : failing to correct or report a dangerous work site under the engineers
control, sealing a drawing prepared by a technologist under the engineers direct
supervision , accepting secret commission from a supplier for buying the supplies
products, sealing a drawing by an unlicensed person not under the engineers direct
supervision, or making public statements that are not based on firm knowledge and
conviction ANSWER -failing to correct or report a dangerous work site un the
engineers control
Which of the following is grounds for charging and an engineer with professional
mis-conduct : An engineer signs and seals a report as a favour to a friends, even
though the report was not prepared or checked by the engineer, An engineer
undertakes work oustide the engineers area of competence, An engineer fails to inform
an emplyer or client of a conflict of interest, An engineer fails to correct or to report a
situation that may endanger the public ANSWER -All of the above
An engineer designs a machine using software purchased from a commercial software
company. The machine later fails, and it is discovered that the engineer relied on the
output from the software , which was grossly in error. What is the likely outcome ,
concerning the liability for the cost of replacing the failed machine ? ANSWER -The
engineer is fully liable ; the engineer cannot blame the software developer who is
liable only to reimburse the cost of the software
An engineer designs a circuit board layout for a client, using pirated electrical circuit
design software, obtained from the internet. The circuit-board design fails , because
spacing is inadequate for installation of the chips. The client has spent much money in
purchasing unusable materials and in preparing prototype circuit boards, which must
now be scrapped. Obviously the design software was grossly inadequate for the task.
Engineering in Canada
Questions and Correct
Answers the Latest Update
Graded A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Almost all provincial codes of ethics state that the engineer must consider the duty to
public welfare as paramount. What does paramount mean? ANSWER -The public
safety must be placed ahead of personal gain.
Although provincial codes of ethics that that public welfare is paramount, the codes
also impose a duty to keep the employers business affairs confidential. Therefore, a
dilemma may occur. For example, consider the case where an employer has an unsafe
work site, or plans to use substandard materials in a bridge to support structure,
thereby creating a public safety hazard. If the engineer cannot convince the employer
to follow safe construction practices, then the engineer is encouraged by the code of
ethics to : ANSWER -try to resolve the problem with the employer, and ask the
association to mediate
The term conflict of interest means (when used in a code of ethics) that the engineer :
ANSWER -has a personal or financial interest that conflicts with the employers
interests
An engineer is assigned, by an employer , to purchase materials for construction
project and to supervise the construction. In collaboration with a partner, the engineer
creates a delivery company that purchases the materials, delivers them to the
construction site and charged the costs to the engineers employer, with and added
profit for the engineer and the partner. The engineers employer is not aware that the
engineer is the half-owner of the delivery company. Has the engineer infringed the
code of ethics? If so what should be done? ANSWER -A conflict of interest has
, occurred; the engineer must disclose the conflict to the employer and ask whether the
employer will allow the arrangement to continue.
Which of the following is not grounds for charging and engineer with professional
misconduct : gross negligence, incompetence, conviction of a traffic offence ,
conviction of a serious criminal offence ANSWER -conviction of a traffic offence
Which of the following is grounds for charging an engineer with professional mis-
conduct : failing to correct or report a dangerous work site under the engineers
control, sealing a drawing prepared by a technologist under the engineers direct
supervision , accepting secret commission from a supplier for buying the supplies
products, sealing a drawing by an unlicensed person not under the engineers direct
supervision, or making public statements that are not based on firm knowledge and
conviction ANSWER -failing to correct or report a dangerous work site un the
engineers control
Which of the following is grounds for charging and an engineer with professional
mis-conduct : An engineer signs and seals a report as a favour to a friends, even
though the report was not prepared or checked by the engineer, An engineer
undertakes work oustide the engineers area of competence, An engineer fails to inform
an emplyer or client of a conflict of interest, An engineer fails to correct or to report a
situation that may endanger the public ANSWER -All of the above
An engineer designs a machine using software purchased from a commercial software
company. The machine later fails, and it is discovered that the engineer relied on the
output from the software , which was grossly in error. What is the likely outcome ,
concerning the liability for the cost of replacing the failed machine ? ANSWER -The
engineer is fully liable ; the engineer cannot blame the software developer who is
liable only to reimburse the cost of the software
An engineer designs a circuit board layout for a client, using pirated electrical circuit
design software, obtained from the internet. The circuit-board design fails , because
spacing is inadequate for installation of the chips. The client has spent much money in
purchasing unusable materials and in preparing prototype circuit boards, which must
now be scrapped. Obviously the design software was grossly inadequate for the task.
