WorksheetsProfessional Ethics Part B IAT2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Engineers are responsible to ______________, Employers and Clients, and to other engineers.
a)
Society
b)
Environment
c)
The government
2.
Ethics refers to the study of the ______________ that we all have to make in our lives.
a)
financial choices
b)
moral choices
c)
professional choices
d)
personal choices
3.
A conflict of interest is
a)
a general disagreement between two or more individuals.
b)
when an employee spends company time working on a personal project
c)
a conflict between an employee and his/her manager.
d)
a conflict between an individual’s personal interests and his/her professional obligations.
4.
Engineering is an important and learned profession. As members of this profession, engineers are expected to exhibit the highest standards of __________________.
a)
competence and expertise
b)
honesty and integrity
c)
compassion and consideration
d)
confidentiality and sensitivity
5.
The services provided by engineers must be dedicated to the protection of the _____________________.
a)
public health, safety and welfare
b)
public satisfaction, convenience and prosperity
c)
public understanding, appreciation and reciprocity
d)
public attention, engagement and participation
6.
Engineers must perform under a standard of professional behavior that requires adherence to the highest principles of ethical ____________.
a)
thought
b)
judgment
c)
failure
d)
conduct
7.
Engineers shall perform services only in the areas of their ___________.
a)
control
b)
calculation
c)
competence
d)
creation
8.
The engineer’s creed was developed to state the engineering philosophy of service in a _________ way.
a)
humorous
b)
complex
c)
brief
d)
philosophical
9.
Which of these statements is not included in The NSPE Engineer’s Creed:
a)
To give the utmost of performance
b)
To participate in none but honest enterprise
c)
To protect the security of client information
d)
To place service before profit
10.
Professional responsibility is the responsibility associated with the mastery of special kind of knowledge that a person possesses and the use of knowledge for well-being and benefit of _________________ .
a)
the engineering profession
b)
society
c)
clients
d)
employers
11.
Engineers may perform services outside of their areas of competence as long as they inform their employer or client of this fact.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
Engineers may not be required to follow the provisions of state or federal law when such actions could endanger or compromise their employer or their client's interests.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Engineers may express publicly technical opinions that are founded upon knowledge of the facts and competence in the subject matter.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
Engineers shall not reveal facts, data or information without the prior consent of the client or employer except as authorized or required by law or the Code of Ethics.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
What can happen if you break ethics as an engineer?
a)
Engineers will be held personally responsible.
b)
Engineers may be held personally and legally responsible.
c)
They MUST be fined and jailed.
d)
Only a verbal reprimand.
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