BMEG 455 Final Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the primary responsibilities of professional engineers? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Practice in a professional and ethical manner
-Be stewards of the profession
-Behave lawfully
Whare are some major considerations of professional engineers? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Obligation to the public
-Practice within the area of qualification
-Obligations under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act
-Maintain competence
-Presentation of consequences
-Act in a professional manner
What is meant by self regulation? What are some benefits of it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Members are responsible for regulating the profession
Benefits: Members have the professional knowledge/expertise to best inform regulation and
maintain standards of excellence
Why can self - regulated bodies be vulnerable? - CORRECT ANSWER Because the
regulator bodies are not just accountable to the public but also accountable to members of the
profession
What are the duties of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists BC - CORRECT
ANSWER -Protect public interest while respecting the practice of professional
engineering
-Exercise power and functions and performing duties
-Enforcing the act
,EGBC - Authority. What can they do and what can't they do? - CORRECT
ANSWER Can do:
- Make recommendations
-Refer to practice review
-Reprimand
-Apply conditions
-Suspension
-Fine upto 25000
-Cancelation
Can't do:
Resolve disputes or award compensation
-Give technical advice
-Demand performance by an EGBC professional
-Affect third party approval process
What was the reason behind the Quebec bridge disaster? - CORRECT
ANSWER Miscommunication between Theodore cooper and his team
What does the Engineers and Geoscientists Act provide procedure for? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Establishing bylaws
-Regulating entrance to the profession
-Issuing certificates and seals
-Investigating complaints
-Enter into interprovincial agreements to practice
Role of Bylaws - CORRECT ANSWER Procedure for conduct of meeting
Rules for elections
How to manage funds
Requirements for professional practice
Processes for quality management
, Acceptable complaint resolution alternatives
Liability insurance declaration
Role of Quality Management Guidelines. What does it outline? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Use of seal
-Maintenance of project documentation (10 years min) -Application of direct supervision
- Procedures for field reviews
-Independent review of structural designs
- Use of the professional guidelines
- Can put in a request for consideration of other guidelines (regulation is dynamic)
What is NOT something that EGBC can do? (i.e. which is not true below) a) EGBC can
cancel someone's license b) EGBC can help to resolve disputes for members c) EGBC can
recommend a course of action d) EGBC can initiate a practice review for a member (i.e. audit
them) - CORRECT ANSWER b) EGBC cannot resolve disputes
What's the point of the stamp/seal: - CORRECT ANSWER -Visible commitment to the
standards of the professions...signifies to the user of the document that an engineer has
accepted professional responsibility for the content
What are the 4 kinds of ethical theories. Describe each. - CORRECT
ANSWER Utilitarianism - most good for most people (Mill)
Rights Ethics - individual has right to life, liberty, property (John Lock)
Virtue Ethics - We seek the mean between deficiency and excess. (Aristotle)
Duty Ethics - The desire to do ones duty (Kant)
What is the reflexive principalism framework? - CORRECT ANSWER - A modern
ethical framework to help develop moral reasoning
1. Autonomy - supporting and respecting autonomous decisions of persons
2. Beneficence- providing benefits
3. Justice - Fairly distributing benefits, risks, costs
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the primary responsibilities of professional engineers? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Practice in a professional and ethical manner
-Be stewards of the profession
-Behave lawfully
Whare are some major considerations of professional engineers? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Obligation to the public
-Practice within the area of qualification
-Obligations under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act
-Maintain competence
-Presentation of consequences
-Act in a professional manner
What is meant by self regulation? What are some benefits of it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Members are responsible for regulating the profession
Benefits: Members have the professional knowledge/expertise to best inform regulation and
maintain standards of excellence
Why can self - regulated bodies be vulnerable? - CORRECT ANSWER Because the
regulator bodies are not just accountable to the public but also accountable to members of the
profession
What are the duties of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists BC - CORRECT
ANSWER -Protect public interest while respecting the practice of professional
engineering
-Exercise power and functions and performing duties
-Enforcing the act
,EGBC - Authority. What can they do and what can't they do? - CORRECT
ANSWER Can do:
- Make recommendations
-Refer to practice review
-Reprimand
-Apply conditions
-Suspension
-Fine upto 25000
-Cancelation
Can't do:
Resolve disputes or award compensation
-Give technical advice
-Demand performance by an EGBC professional
-Affect third party approval process
What was the reason behind the Quebec bridge disaster? - CORRECT
ANSWER Miscommunication between Theodore cooper and his team
What does the Engineers and Geoscientists Act provide procedure for? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Establishing bylaws
-Regulating entrance to the profession
-Issuing certificates and seals
-Investigating complaints
-Enter into interprovincial agreements to practice
Role of Bylaws - CORRECT ANSWER Procedure for conduct of meeting
Rules for elections
How to manage funds
Requirements for professional practice
Processes for quality management
, Acceptable complaint resolution alternatives
Liability insurance declaration
Role of Quality Management Guidelines. What does it outline? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Use of seal
-Maintenance of project documentation (10 years min) -Application of direct supervision
- Procedures for field reviews
-Independent review of structural designs
- Use of the professional guidelines
- Can put in a request for consideration of other guidelines (regulation is dynamic)
What is NOT something that EGBC can do? (i.e. which is not true below) a) EGBC can
cancel someone's license b) EGBC can help to resolve disputes for members c) EGBC can
recommend a course of action d) EGBC can initiate a practice review for a member (i.e. audit
them) - CORRECT ANSWER b) EGBC cannot resolve disputes
What's the point of the stamp/seal: - CORRECT ANSWER -Visible commitment to the
standards of the professions...signifies to the user of the document that an engineer has
accepted professional responsibility for the content
What are the 4 kinds of ethical theories. Describe each. - CORRECT
ANSWER Utilitarianism - most good for most people (Mill)
Rights Ethics - individual has right to life, liberty, property (John Lock)
Virtue Ethics - We seek the mean between deficiency and excess. (Aristotle)
Duty Ethics - The desire to do ones duty (Kant)
What is the reflexive principalism framework? - CORRECT ANSWER - A modern
ethical framework to help develop moral reasoning
1. Autonomy - supporting and respecting autonomous decisions of persons
2. Beneficence- providing benefits
3. Justice - Fairly distributing benefits, risks, costs
