Engineering Ethics Quiz
Course Description
In this course the student will study the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics. This Ethics course is intended to fulfill any state’s ethics requirement. A ten-question quiz will test his or her understanding of the subject.
Learning Objectives
- The engineer’s duty to protect the public
- The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
- The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
- The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
- The engineer’s responsibility to the profession
Completion Certificate
You will be able to immediately purchase and print a certificate of completion after passing a ten (10) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies two (2) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
You require 70% or better to pass this quiz.
Quizzes can be repeated until a passing score is achieved.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
What model of Ethics is the engineer concerned with only meeting the standards and requirements?
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Malpractice, or Minimalist, Model
This is a minimalist model in which the professional is concerned only with meeting standards and requirements of the profession and any other laws or codes that apply. This model looks to find fault when problems or accidents arise from someone’s failure to meet a requirement. -
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
What model of Ethics does the engineer go beyond the basics of what is required by standards and codes?
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Good Works Model
A model of engineering practice in which engineers go beyond the basics of what is required by standards and codes and do what they “ought” to do to improve product safety, social health or social well-being. -
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
True or False. Canon #2 is about Engineers main role is the safety, health, and welfare of the public.
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False. This is Canon 1#
Canon 2# is “Engineers shall perform services only in the areas of their competence; they shall build their professional reputation on the merit of their services and shall not compete unfairly with others.” -
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
True or False. You should always Deny a gift.
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False. You’re able to accept gifts depending on the type of gift. Allowing coffee mugs, pens, calendars, and memo pads, but not Caribbean cruises, cases of bourbon, or vacation weekends at a skiing or golf resort. Presumably, a gift becomes a bribe when it affects your professional judgment.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
True of False. It is Ethical to share your previous employers proprietary and trade secrets especially to your new employer whos in the same business.
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False. If you’ve left one employer to work for another employer in the same kind of business, there is likely to be information that you learned in your previous job that is relevant to your current employer. It is unethical to reveal your previous employer’s proprietary and trade secrets.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
True of False. Canon 6# is about Engineers associating themselves only with reputable persons or organizations.
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True. Canon 6# “Engineers shall associate only with reputable persons or organizations.”
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Canon 8# is about _____.
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Canon 8# “Engineers shall consider environmental impact and sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties.”
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
True or False. Ethics is defined as a body of moral principles.
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True. What exactly is “ethics?” In the literal context, ethics can be defined as “a body of moral principles.” Professional ethics and conduct constitutes a set of rules and behaviors which facilitates effective interaction on professional matters. In this respect, ethical rules are very much like laws or standards that govern social and professional interactions. Ethical behavior may broadly be equated with the respect for one’s colleagues, and for their rights.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Engineers provide an important service to society, you ____ participate in any decision that directly affects your own business.
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Although engineers provide an important service to society when they offer their technical expertise to civic, governmental, and regulatory organizations, you should not participate in any decision that directly affects your own business. Furthermore, your professional affiliation should always be fully disclosed so that it is clear to everyone why you are not participating in a particular decision.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
True or False. The utilitarian model is “If the benefits outweigh the costs, then the project should proceed.”
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True. The utilitarian model provides a method for evaluating the impact of such projects, although some of the values needed for the evaluation may be difficult to obtain. If the benefits outweigh the costs, then the project should proceed. The respect for persons model suggests that the rights of the potentially adversely affected persons supersede the societal benefits.