NPPE EXAM PREP | NEW 2025/2026 UPDATE |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH ACTUAL
SOLUTION
Who WAS responsible for the quebec bridge disaster? Answer - Chief Engineer
Edward Hoare
Consulting Engineer Theodore Cooper and Design Engineer Szlapka
What were the important lessons learned from the Quebec Bridge Disaster?
List 5 Answer - - Adequate Capitalizations for big projects
- Hire good professionals
- Duties and responsibilities should be clearly defined
- Design decision and technical problems discussed openly
- Review Engineer Designs
- On site work monitoring
- Good communications
- Adequate staff with proper responsibilities distributed equally
Difference b/w Canadian & American License? Answer - Canada is self
regulating -> Associations regulate rules and mandates
America is not self regulating -> govt establishes regulations
What is the importance of self-regulation? Answer - - Right to title
,- Scope of practice -> allows only qualified members to practice engineering
Who benefits from self-regulation? Answer - - The general public
- Associations are funded through licensing fees and not govt funding
What is the value of engineering to society? Answer - - Value is to the public by
allowing and trusting on qualified and licensed professionals to control the
quality of profession services
What are the common clauses in the Engineering Act? Answer - - Purpose of
Act is to protect the public
- Legal Definition of Engineering
- Authority to establish provincial Association
- Purpose of Associations
- Standards for granting licenses
- Procedures for establishing regulations to govern professional practice
- Procedures for establishing by law to govern the Association itself
- Code of Ethics
- Disciplinary procedures
What is the definition of the practice of professional engineering? Answer -
Any act of planning and designing that requires the application of engineering
principles and that concerns the safeguarding of life, the public welfare or the
environment
Definition should include the following:
- A Group (membership)
- Specialized knowledge (skills/methods)
- Accountable and responsible (self-regulating & self-governing)
,- Continued study (lifelong learning)
- ( performing a public service)
What is the purpose of PEO? Answer - - Regulate the practice of professional
engineering
- Protect the public interest
What are the 4 licenses of PEO? Answer - 1. Professional Engineering License
2. Limited License
3. Provisional License
4. Temporary license
What are two things elected council members do? Answer - 1. Elected councils
make the regulations by setting rules that clarify an Association's Act that
typically include:
- Admission requirements
- Professional Conduct
- Disciplinary procedures
2. Elected councils make bylaws that are rules for running the associations
itself and typically include:
- Election procedures
- financial matters
- Committees
- Meetings
What is an Assay? Answer - To measure the properties of something
, What are the admission requirements for professional engineering? Answer -
1. Education
2. Experience - 4 years
3. Knowledge of Professional Practice and Ethics
4. Language
5. Character- references
6. Citizenship
7. Residence
8. Age - 18+
What is a limited license? Answer - Holder of the limited license must be
limited to the services specified in the limited license such as:
- Approved education (3 yrs degree or diploma minimum)
- Good character
- Pass the PEO NPPE
- 8 years of acceptable engineering experience
- Fee Payment
What is a Provisional License? Answer - A license that requires 12 months of
canadian experience and 36 months of outside Canada verifiable engineering
experience and also:
- 18+
- Good character
- undergraduate degree (CEAB approved uni or equivalent)
- fee payment
What is a temporary license? Answer - Out of province professional may
receive this license but following is required:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH ACTUAL
SOLUTION
Who WAS responsible for the quebec bridge disaster? Answer - Chief Engineer
Edward Hoare
Consulting Engineer Theodore Cooper and Design Engineer Szlapka
What were the important lessons learned from the Quebec Bridge Disaster?
List 5 Answer - - Adequate Capitalizations for big projects
- Hire good professionals
- Duties and responsibilities should be clearly defined
- Design decision and technical problems discussed openly
- Review Engineer Designs
- On site work monitoring
- Good communications
- Adequate staff with proper responsibilities distributed equally
Difference b/w Canadian & American License? Answer - Canada is self
regulating -> Associations regulate rules and mandates
America is not self regulating -> govt establishes regulations
What is the importance of self-regulation? Answer - - Right to title
,- Scope of practice -> allows only qualified members to practice engineering
Who benefits from self-regulation? Answer - - The general public
- Associations are funded through licensing fees and not govt funding
What is the value of engineering to society? Answer - - Value is to the public by
allowing and trusting on qualified and licensed professionals to control the
quality of profession services
What are the common clauses in the Engineering Act? Answer - - Purpose of
Act is to protect the public
- Legal Definition of Engineering
- Authority to establish provincial Association
- Purpose of Associations
- Standards for granting licenses
- Procedures for establishing regulations to govern professional practice
- Procedures for establishing by law to govern the Association itself
- Code of Ethics
- Disciplinary procedures
What is the definition of the practice of professional engineering? Answer -
Any act of planning and designing that requires the application of engineering
principles and that concerns the safeguarding of life, the public welfare or the
environment
Definition should include the following:
- A Group (membership)
- Specialized knowledge (skills/methods)
- Accountable and responsible (self-regulating & self-governing)
,- Continued study (lifelong learning)
- ( performing a public service)
What is the purpose of PEO? Answer - - Regulate the practice of professional
engineering
- Protect the public interest
What are the 4 licenses of PEO? Answer - 1. Professional Engineering License
2. Limited License
3. Provisional License
4. Temporary license
What are two things elected council members do? Answer - 1. Elected councils
make the regulations by setting rules that clarify an Association's Act that
typically include:
- Admission requirements
- Professional Conduct
- Disciplinary procedures
2. Elected councils make bylaws that are rules for running the associations
itself and typically include:
- Election procedures
- financial matters
- Committees
- Meetings
What is an Assay? Answer - To measure the properties of something
, What are the admission requirements for professional engineering? Answer -
1. Education
2. Experience - 4 years
3. Knowledge of Professional Practice and Ethics
4. Language
5. Character- references
6. Citizenship
7. Residence
8. Age - 18+
What is a limited license? Answer - Holder of the limited license must be
limited to the services specified in the limited license such as:
- Approved education (3 yrs degree or diploma minimum)
- Good character
- Pass the PEO NPPE
- 8 years of acceptable engineering experience
- Fee Payment
What is a Provisional License? Answer - A license that requires 12 months of
canadian experience and 36 months of outside Canada verifiable engineering
experience and also:
- 18+
- Good character
- undergraduate degree (CEAB approved uni or equivalent)
- fee payment
What is a temporary license? Answer - Out of province professional may
receive this license but following is required:
