CEN 800 LECTURE 8.1 EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
VW Court Case: Reason - ANSWER-disel emissons cheat
- rigged emissions test
- did not turn steering wheel during emissions test so engine did not rev to normal
performance level
- software cheat built into the car's computer
VW case blamed - ANSWERonly engineers
VW engineer sentence - ANSWER5 years in prison
$250,000 in fines
VW settlement cost them __________ in ___________ and __________ -
ANSWER$16 billion, fines, penalites
VW is from - ANSWERWolfsburg, germany
potential consequence for breaking PEO code of ethics if did not break law -
ANSWERlose licence
PEO PEAK is - ANSWERPEO mandatory annual ethics test
Bombardier vs Metrolink Lawsuit - ANSWER- Metrolinx's claim that the company's
failure to deliver vehicles on time means it has defaulted on the deal will now be
decided by a dispute-resolution board process laid out in the contract.
- company claimed that the engineer so issued the notice of default was co-ordinating
with metrolinx and not acting impartially
Need for eng licensure grew from - ANSWERa concern for public safety during the later
half of the industrial revolution
events that led to a concern for public safety from eng projects - ANSWERA Grand
Trunk train
Quebec Bridge Disaster
Grand Trunk train year - ANSWER1864
Quebec Bridge Disaster year - ANSWER1907
, Quebec Bridge Disaster deaths - ANSWER79
Grand Trunk train deaths - ANSWERover 100
Grand Trunk train: what happened - ANSWERtrain with 458 passengers, was unable to
stop for an open swing bridge over the Richelieu River.
The train plunged into the gap and the coaches piled on top of one another.
Over 100 deaths.
Swing bridge was open
No pneumatic breaks, only friction breaks with access to them on the roof
Elliot Lake Disaster year - ANSWER2012
Elliot Lake Disaster deaths - ANSWER2
Elliot Lake Disaster details - ANSWERAlgo Mall in Elliot Lake Ontario - roof parking lot
collapses into the mall - 2 deaths
Corrosion of steel occured since the mall was build until there was too little material to
support the roof
Failure in welded connection between two steel beams and a column
Reasons for Elliot Lake Disaster collapse were determined from - ANSWER• Mall CCTV
Cameras ‐ footage during collapse
• NORR Engineering Report Summary
Elliot Lake Disaster critical design errors - ANSWER- John Kadlec of Beta Engineering
specified hollow concrete slabs - 38% higher than maximum load
- - Parking lot located on roof without adequate waterproofing
John Kadlec consequences - ANSWERInvolved in Elliot Lake Disaster
Lost PEng licence in 1990s but was reinstated in 1999
Elliot Lake Disaster criminal charges - ANSWER- Robert Wood: 2 counts of criminal
negligence causing death, 1 count causing harm
Elliot Lake Disaster role and consequences of Robert Wood - ANSWER- last person to
inspect the Algo mall
- lost PEng in 2011 months before inspecting the mall
- after losing license, was using term "Graduate Engineer" on business card
- PEO has started procedings (2016) against him for using this title
Elliot Lake Disaster - Outcome for us - ANSWER• The PEO has implemented a number
of recommendations of the Justice Belanger inquiry:
- Required minimum hours of yearly training/education of all P.Eng's (PEAK) program.
- PEO develop new standard for structural inspection
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
VW Court Case: Reason - ANSWER-disel emissons cheat
- rigged emissions test
- did not turn steering wheel during emissions test so engine did not rev to normal
performance level
- software cheat built into the car's computer
VW case blamed - ANSWERonly engineers
VW engineer sentence - ANSWER5 years in prison
$250,000 in fines
VW settlement cost them __________ in ___________ and __________ -
ANSWER$16 billion, fines, penalites
VW is from - ANSWERWolfsburg, germany
potential consequence for breaking PEO code of ethics if did not break law -
ANSWERlose licence
PEO PEAK is - ANSWERPEO mandatory annual ethics test
Bombardier vs Metrolink Lawsuit - ANSWER- Metrolinx's claim that the company's
failure to deliver vehicles on time means it has defaulted on the deal will now be
decided by a dispute-resolution board process laid out in the contract.
- company claimed that the engineer so issued the notice of default was co-ordinating
with metrolinx and not acting impartially
Need for eng licensure grew from - ANSWERa concern for public safety during the later
half of the industrial revolution
events that led to a concern for public safety from eng projects - ANSWERA Grand
Trunk train
Quebec Bridge Disaster
Grand Trunk train year - ANSWER1864
Quebec Bridge Disaster year - ANSWER1907
, Quebec Bridge Disaster deaths - ANSWER79
Grand Trunk train deaths - ANSWERover 100
Grand Trunk train: what happened - ANSWERtrain with 458 passengers, was unable to
stop for an open swing bridge over the Richelieu River.
The train plunged into the gap and the coaches piled on top of one another.
Over 100 deaths.
Swing bridge was open
No pneumatic breaks, only friction breaks with access to them on the roof
Elliot Lake Disaster year - ANSWER2012
Elliot Lake Disaster deaths - ANSWER2
Elliot Lake Disaster details - ANSWERAlgo Mall in Elliot Lake Ontario - roof parking lot
collapses into the mall - 2 deaths
Corrosion of steel occured since the mall was build until there was too little material to
support the roof
Failure in welded connection between two steel beams and a column
Reasons for Elliot Lake Disaster collapse were determined from - ANSWER• Mall CCTV
Cameras ‐ footage during collapse
• NORR Engineering Report Summary
Elliot Lake Disaster critical design errors - ANSWER- John Kadlec of Beta Engineering
specified hollow concrete slabs - 38% higher than maximum load
- - Parking lot located on roof without adequate waterproofing
John Kadlec consequences - ANSWERInvolved in Elliot Lake Disaster
Lost PEng licence in 1990s but was reinstated in 1999
Elliot Lake Disaster criminal charges - ANSWER- Robert Wood: 2 counts of criminal
negligence causing death, 1 count causing harm
Elliot Lake Disaster role and consequences of Robert Wood - ANSWER- last person to
inspect the Algo mall
- lost PEng in 2011 months before inspecting the mall
- after losing license, was using term "Graduate Engineer" on business card
- PEO has started procedings (2016) against him for using this title
Elliot Lake Disaster - Outcome for us - ANSWER• The PEO has implemented a number
of recommendations of the Justice Belanger inquiry:
- Required minimum hours of yearly training/education of all P.Eng's (PEAK) program.
- PEO develop new standard for structural inspection
