ENGR 2392 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed

ENGR 2392 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Incident at Morales --- Although the chemical process was supposed to be automated, Fred allowed Manuel to volunteer to control the process manually. Under what conditions would this be a safe and reasonable thing to do? Pick the best answer. If the process were designed from the outset with an option for manual operation with proper safety controls and protection for operators, then manual operation would be a safe and reasonable thing to do during regular production. Incident at Morales --- What is the primary motivation for Phaust hiring a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) away from Chemitoil, a competitor? To obtain proprietary knowledge of a competitor's product and production processes. Incident at Morales --- Assuming Mexico does not have the same environmental regulations as the United States, then ethical considerations regarding the environment stop at the international border with Mexico. False Incident at Morales --- Match the following characters with their roles in Incident at Morales. Fred - Chemical Engineer hired by Phaust to design a new plant to manufacture a new paint remover. Wally - Fred's supervisor at Phaust. Dominique - Corporate liaison from Chemistré (parent company in France) to Phaust. Maria - Fred's wife, a compliance litigator for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hal - Market Analyst at Phaust. Jen - Research Chemist at Phaust. Peter - Project Manager of the construction firm that builds the new plant in Morales Jake - Plant Manager for the SuisseChem plant in Big Spring, Texas Manuel - Plant manager for the new Phaust plant in Morales, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Incident at Morales --- Inflating a project budget as a hedge against potential budget cuts ... None of the other answers are correct statements nor are they considered ethical practice. Incident at Morales --- While ethics is an integral component of engineering practice, ordinary business decision-making should take precedence over engineering ethics. False Incident at Morales --- In "Incident at Morales", which of the following engineering decisions, if any, present ethical considerations? (Incorrect answers result in negative partial credit) Whether to use expensive controls manufactured by Lutz and Lutz, which has an inside track with Phaust. Whether to purchase pipes and connectors made with stainless steel or a high pressure alloy. Whether to line the evaporation ponds to prevent ground water contamination. Incident at Morales --- Dominique asks whether it is ethical to hire an engineer who has recently worked for a competitor, and Chuck replies that while employed as a contractor at Chemitoil, Fred was not required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Select the best answer regarding an engineer's ethical obligations. Regardless of whether the engineer being hired signed a non-disclosure agreement or not, ethical issues are always a consideration. Incident at Morales --- Technically competent, ethically sensitive, reasonable people may have different perspectives and can disagree when faced with complex ethical issues True Ethicana --- Which of the statements below best chracterizes the ethics of engineer Unoco in the video Ethicana? Unoco's ethical behavior is ambiguous. At times he acts ethically and at other times he acts unethically. Ethicana --- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to US companies dealing with foreign government officials as well as foreign companies that sell their stock on US stock exchanges or have business operations in the United States. True Ethicana --- Corruption exists in all parts of the world. True Ethicana --- When working on an engineering project in a foreign country, there is no ethical difference between making a "grease" payment to a government employee to expedite service and paying a bribe to a high ranking government official to get a contract. False Ethicana --- In the video Ethicana, the term "appreciation" is used in the sense of appreciating the support of highly placed governmental officials for a large project funded by an international agency. Even though the "appreciation" takes the form of diverting project funds into the personal accounts of these officials, this is not considered a bribe.` False A common form of corruption is characterized by one person giving something of value to another person in order to receive something of value that otherwise would not be given. True Ethicana --- Ethical responsibilities and obligations do not stop at international borders. True Ethicana --- Which of the statements below best characterizes the character Grismon Grove in the video Ethicana? Grismon Grove is an unethical government official who frequently seeks bribes from contractors Ethicana --- In the video Ethicana, Martine and Mano, ask potential suppliers and contractors for contributions for the technical college in order to be selected. Even though they do not personally benefit, such requests can be viewed as unethical. True Ethicana --- Ethical issues rarely arise in the conduct of ordinary technical and business decision-making in engineering practice. False Henry's Daughters --- [x1] information is information about the physical condition or characteristics of individuals. Biometric Henry's Daughters --- The appropriate response to sexual harassment depends on the setting—for example, whether one is in a situation with one's peers versus with one's supervisor. False Henry's Daughters --- Henry's Daughters highlights ethical issues encountered by the characters, such as ...(Incorrect answers result in negative partial credit. Choose only those issues highlighted in the video) A. professional relationships B. conflicts of interest C. favoritism D. confidentiality of proprietary information E. intellectual property F. sexual harassment G. individual privacy H. technical tradeoffs between safety and cost. I. political and social factors that can influence technical decisions. Henry's Daughters --- The reversability test addresses whether I would think a decision was a good choice if I traded places. True Henry's Daughters --- Match the character names with their roles in Henry's Daughters Henry - Father of two girls, professional engineer, semi-retired lobbyist for GUIDEME. Laura - Henry's older daughter, professional engineer, in charge of special projects for the state DOT. Julie - Henry's younger daughter, working her first post-college job with OUTOCAR. Bob - State Senator and friend (crony) of Henry. Jeff - Chief Engineer for DOT, professional engineer and good friend of Henry Warren - One of two DOT engineers on Laura's OUTOCAR team. Barry - Project manager for OUTOCAR, Julie's boss. Marty - One of two DOT engineers on Laura's OUTOCAR team. Vik & Cho - Two engineers on Laura's GUIDEME team. What are the ethical implications when Henry, a lobbyist, hosts a senator on his expensive yacht? (Choose only those answers that apply. Incorrect answers result in negative partial credit) A. Henry is attempting to buy the senator's influence. B. Henry is creating a situation in which the senator may feel an obligation to reciprocate in an unethical way. D. Henry is creating the impression that the senator will have his support in his next bid for re-election. Identify which, if any, of the following statements are correct regarding proprietary information. (Incorrect answers result in negative partial credit) A. Proprietary information is a form of intellectual property. B. Proprietary information is valuable information that is owned by a company. C. Proprietary information gives a company a competitive edge. D. Employees of a company frequently must sign non-disclosure agreements regarding proprietary information as a condition of employment. The Harms Test addresses the question of whether the benefits outweigh the harms, short term and long term. True The Hiding Test addresses how well I am able to conceal what I am doing from other people. False Match the characters with their roles in Henry's Daughters Henry - Father of two girls, professional engineer, semi-retired lobbyist for GUIDEME. Laura - Henry's older daughter, professional engineer, in charge of special projects for the state DOT. Julie - Henry's younger daughter, working her first post-college job with OUTOCAR. Bob - State Senator and friend (crony) of Henry. Jeff - Chief Engineer for DOT, professional engineer and good friend of Henry Warren & Marty - Two DOT engineers on Laura's OUTOCAR team. Barry - Project manager for OUTOCAR, Julie's boss. Vik & Cho - Two GUIDEME engineers on Laura's team. In Henry's Daughters, the two sisters unconsciously cross the ethical line by letting proprietary information slip. Creating or enhancing software using the other company's proprietary information an example of unethical conduct. True The Cheating Culture:--- When one hospital sued another hospital for failing to disclose adverse information about a doctor being considered for privileges there, they lost the case because a person writing a false recommendation letter for a colleague cannot be held liable. False Contemporary Ethical Issue: Drones are not only revolutionizing American warfare but are also changing in profound ways the lives of the people who fly them. True The Cheating Culture: --- Which of the following factors, if any, contributed to the Wall Street crash of 2008? A. The creation of a new type of financial investment called "a mortgage backed security." B. The creation of a new type of insurance called a "credit default swap" to offset the risk of non-credit worthy borrowers being included in a mortgage backed security. C. Unethical lending practices by banks and mortgage companies. D. Corporate executives and boards of directors who "cooked" the books in order to create inflated values for their company's stock. E. Investment and brokerage firms whose financial advice was contrary to the best interests of their clients. When Greg Smith quit Goldman Sacks he published an opinion piece in which he made the following statement: "I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it." True The Cheating Culture:--- When Dr. Robert C. Smith, a radiologist at the FDA, and seven fellow scientists charged that managers "are not following the law, not following the science, and not following F.D.A. core values," the FDA retaliated by conducting an extensive spying campaign to discredit the group. Even though federal law protects "Whistle Blowers" he was eventually fired. True The Cheating Culture: --- When cheating becomes pervasive a new ethical calculus or culture emerges. People who play by the official rules place themselves at a disadvantage with respect to those who play by the real rules of the game. True Contemporary Ethical Issues:--- The Blow Out Preventer that was the root cause of the Macondo Well Disaster was discovered to have suffered multiple failures due to carelessness. True The Cheating Culture: --- Regulators across the country are confronting a wave of investor fraud that is saddling retirement savers with steep losses on complex products that until a few years ago were pitched only to the most sophisticated investors. True The Cheating Culture:--- The document, written in Lincoln's hand and discovered by two amateur historians from Woodbridge poring over rarely touched files at the National Archives was a testament to Lincoln's compassionate nature. Thomas Lowry, one of the amateur historians, became a media star and based a book on his discovery. It is now regarded as a valuable new piece of the narrative of one of history's most famous assassinations. False Contemporary Ethical Issue:--- When an academic paper is proven to be fraudulent it is easy to retract it and make sure that other researchers are aware that it is fraudulent so the paper will not be used or cited in future research. False The Cheating Culture:--- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson kept his job even though it was discovered that he padded his resume with an embellished college degree. False The Cheating Culture:--- HCA, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States with 163 facilities, uncovered evidence as far back as 2002 and as recently as late 2010 showing that some cardiologists at several of its hospitals in Florida were unable to justify many of the procedures they were performing. True The Cheating Culture:--- When cash from an armored car spilled on the highway one of the persons interviewed at the scene made the following statement: "If the armored car had been in an accident or something, I'd make sure the drivers were OK and I'd call 911.Then I would gather up as much of the money as possible and secure it until the police arrived." False The Cheating Culture:--- The federal whistle-blower law, officially the False Claims Act, dates to 1863 and was originally envisioned as a check on war profiteering after the Civil War. True The Cheating Culture:--- When Caltrans officials became aware of problems with a technician who fabricated structural test data on the Oakland Bay Bridge, they imediately investigated his earlier work to verify the safety of these structures. False