BMEG 455 – Final Exam Study Material (comprehensive revision guide and
lecture summary)
Characteristics of a profession or of
professionals? - correct answer ✔✔• Paid to perform service
• Prolonged training
• Specialized knowledge
• Clients rather than customers
• Professional judgment can supersede a client's wishes
• Professional membership
• Code of Ethics
• Self-regulating
• Adhere to legal mechanisms to protect public
• Co-author policy
• Promise to protect or enhance the public good
• Responsible for services directly or under supervision
Primary responsibilities of a P Eng - correct answer ✔✔• Practice in a professional and
ethical manner
• Be stewards of the profession
• Behave lawfully
Major considerations of a P Eng - correct answer ✔✔• Obligation to the public
• Practice within area of
qualification
• Obligations under the Engineers
,and Geoscientists Act
• Maintain competence
• Presentation of consequences
• Act in a professional manner
What is self regulation - correct answer ✔✔Members are responsible for regulating the
profession
Benefits to self regulation - correct answer ✔✔In theory members have professional
knowledge/expertise to best inform
regulation and maintain standards of excellence
Issues with self regulation - correct answer ✔✔May tend to protect their own preferentially to
the public
Duties of the Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists BC - correct answer ✔✔1. Protect the public interest while
respecting the practice of
professional engineering
2. Exercise powers and functions
and perform duties
3. Enforce the act
Authority of EGBC (what they can do) - correct answer ✔✔1. Make recommendations
2. Refer to practice review
3. Reprimand
4. Apply conditions
,5. Suspension
6. Fine up to $25,000
7. Cancelation
Authority of EGBC (what they cannot do) - correct answer ✔✔1. Resolve disputes or award
compensation
2. Give technical advice
3. Demand performance by an
EGBC professional
4. Affect the approval process by
third parties
Why did the Eng and Geoscience act get formed? - correct answer ✔✔Quebec bridge disaster
Legal framework of the Eng and Geo science act (provides procedure for) - correct answer
✔✔Provides procedure for:
• Establishing bylaws*
• Regulating entrance to the profession
• Issuing certificates and seals
• Investigating complaints
• Enter into interprovincial agreements to practice
Roles and Bylaws of E and G act (determines...) - correct answer ✔✔Determines:
• 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 - correct answer ✔✔Outlines:
• 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 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..."
New governing layer in updated regulatory landscape - correct answer ✔✔Professional
Governance Act (PGA)
Consolidated framework to regulate: Engineers and Geoscientists BC and the
regulators for forestry, agrology, biology, and applied science
Process to get your P Eng in BC - correct answer ✔✔• Experience years
lecture summary)
Characteristics of a profession or of
professionals? - correct answer ✔✔• Paid to perform service
• Prolonged training
• Specialized knowledge
• Clients rather than customers
• Professional judgment can supersede a client's wishes
• Professional membership
• Code of Ethics
• Self-regulating
• Adhere to legal mechanisms to protect public
• Co-author policy
• Promise to protect or enhance the public good
• Responsible for services directly or under supervision
Primary responsibilities of a P Eng - correct answer ✔✔• Practice in a professional and
ethical manner
• Be stewards of the profession
• Behave lawfully
Major considerations of a P Eng - correct answer ✔✔• Obligation to the public
• Practice within area of
qualification
• Obligations under the Engineers
,and Geoscientists Act
• Maintain competence
• Presentation of consequences
• Act in a professional manner
What is self regulation - correct answer ✔✔Members are responsible for regulating the
profession
Benefits to self regulation - correct answer ✔✔In theory members have professional
knowledge/expertise to best inform
regulation and maintain standards of excellence
Issues with self regulation - correct answer ✔✔May tend to protect their own preferentially to
the public
Duties of the Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists BC - correct answer ✔✔1. Protect the public interest while
respecting the practice of
professional engineering
2. Exercise powers and functions
and perform duties
3. Enforce the act
Authority of EGBC (what they can do) - correct answer ✔✔1. Make recommendations
2. Refer to practice review
3. Reprimand
4. Apply conditions
,5. Suspension
6. Fine up to $25,000
7. Cancelation
Authority of EGBC (what they cannot do) - correct answer ✔✔1. Resolve disputes or award
compensation
2. Give technical advice
3. Demand performance by an
EGBC professional
4. Affect the approval process by
third parties
Why did the Eng and Geoscience act get formed? - correct answer ✔✔Quebec bridge disaster
Legal framework of the Eng and Geo science act (provides procedure for) - correct answer
✔✔Provides procedure for:
• Establishing bylaws*
• Regulating entrance to the profession
• Issuing certificates and seals
• Investigating complaints
• Enter into interprovincial agreements to practice
Roles and Bylaws of E and G act (determines...) - correct answer ✔✔Determines:
• 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 - correct answer ✔✔Outlines:
• 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 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..."
New governing layer in updated regulatory landscape - correct answer ✔✔Professional
Governance Act (PGA)
Consolidated framework to regulate: Engineers and Geoscientists BC and the
regulators for forestry, agrology, biology, and applied science
Process to get your P Eng in BC - correct answer ✔✔• Experience years
