1) The government regulator wants as much assurance as possible that the public is not being
exported to unexpected harm. T
2) A good test of engineering responsibility is the question, ‘‘What does an engineer do when no
one is looking?’’ T
3) Engineers are not morally responsible for harms they negligently, or recklessly cause and they
can not be held legally responsible * F
4) Engineers, shall avoid deceptive acts. * T
5) unsibility: Whatever is right (or wrong) in one situation is right (or wrong) in any relevantly
similar situation. (it requires us to be consistent in our thinking) * F
6) Engineers, shall conduct themselves honourably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to
enhance the honour, reputation, and usefulness of the profession. * F
7) Engineers shall not accept commissions or allowances, directly or indirectly, from contractors or
other parties dealing with clients or employers for the Engineer in connection with work for
which the Engineer is responsible * T
8) Respect for Persons should imply that people should be treated with fairness and respect for
their overall well-being regardless of race, gender, socio-economic status, etc. * T
9) Which one the following is not one of the ethical responsibilities of engineers? *
nature is not polluted through the end product
all means necessary should be used to meet the targets/achieve the goals
pirated tools are not used
people cannot be harmed by using the end product
making sure the process of production does not involve illegal activities
10) Recklessly Causing Harm: not aiming to cause harm but acting in conscious awareness that harm
is likely to result. * T
11) Based on the Utilitarian Philosophy the greatest good for the greatest number of
people should be the primary concern (not for one individual) * T
12) Professional irresponsibility can be described as failure to inform those whose
decisions are impaired by the absence of the information * T
13) Engineers, shall issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner * T
14) Engineers with minimalist view take on responsibilities that no one has a right to expect from
them. If they do not do it no one will fault them. * F
15) Responsibility has to do with accountability, both for what one does in the present and future
and for what one has done in the past * T
16) Responsible engineering practice requires good judgment, not simply following algorithms. * T
17) Engineers, shall act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees. * T
18) Blame-responsibility is the set of one`s own ethical commitments. * F
19) intentionally Causing Harm is not knowingly causing harm but failing to exercise “due care”. * F
20) Professional engineers, in their professional duties, shall perform services only in areas of their
competence. * T
21) Onoff valves are superior to traditional ones. Before Max decides to purchase a large number of
valves from Onoff, Ali (Onoff salesman and former classmate of Max) visits Max and offers to
sponsor him for an all-expenses-paid Holiday trip to Dubai. If Max accept the offer this may
create an actual conflict of interest situation. *T
22) Engineers shall not accept financial or other considerations, including free engineering designs,
from material or equipment suppliers for specifying their product *T
23) Ali designs automobile brakes at Mercedes. While working for Mercedes Ali helps develop a
brake lining which lasts twice as long as conventional brake linings. Mercedes decides to keep
the formula for this brake lining as a trade secret. Later, Ali moves to BMW where he tells them
the formula for new brake lining. Ali is stealing Mercedes’s intellectual property. * T
24) There are differences between professional ethics and personal ethics. * T
25) The obligation-responsibilities of engineers require, not only adhering to regulatory norms and
standard practices of engineering but also satisfying the standard of reasonable care. * T
26) The reasonable care view emphasizes a negative approach to responsibility: eg. “its his job, not
mine!” * F
27) Most engineers are not their own bosses, and they are expected to defer to authority in their
organisations * T
28) Tom designs automobile brakes at Ford. As part of his Research and Development work for Ford
Tom develops a brake lining which lasts twice as long as conventional brake linings. Ford decides
to keep the formula for this brake lining as a trade secret. Later, Tom moves to GM where he
tells them the formula for new brake lining. Tom is stealing Ford’s intellectual property * T
29) Personal ethics is a foundation of Professional ethics. * T
30) Impediments to responsible practice include self-interest, fear, self-deception, ignorance,
egocentric tendencies, narrow vision, uncritical acceptance of authority, and groupthink. * T
31) Engineering Ethics is about; what we have to consider when making decisions and according to
what standards are these actions right or wrong. * T
32) Engineers, in the fulfilment of their professional duties, shall hold paramount the safety, health,
and welfare of the public. * T
33) Engineers can expect to be held accountable, if not legally liable, for intentionally, negligently,
and recklessly caused harms. * T
34) Which one the following is not one of the professional responsibilities of engineers? *
finishing projects on time to meet the deadlines
placing the interest of an employer over all other considerations
going to work on time
using ethical and technical standards in their projects
working as part of a team if and when required
35) Cost/benefit technique is often called risk/benefit analysis. Cost is measured in terms of risk of
deaths, injuries, or other harms associated with a given course of action. T
36) Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall: Hold paramount the safety,
health and welfare of the public. T
37) Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall: Perform services only in areas of
their competence. T
38) Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall: Issue public statements only in an
objective and truthful manner. T
39) Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall: Act for each employer or client as
faithful agents or trustees. T
40) Engineers shall not disclose, without consent, confidential information concerning the business
affairs or technical processes of any present or former client or employer, or public body on
which they serve. T
41) The primary function of engineers within an organization is to use their technical knowledge
and training to create products and processes that are of value to the organization and
customers. T
42) Divergence: if utilitarian and respect for persons lead to the same conclusion. F
43) Convergence: if utilitarian and respect for persons lead to conflicting results. F
44) It is impossible to combine the concerns of utilitarian and respect for person to reach to creative
middle way solutions. F
45) Engineers with good works view take on responsibilities that no one has a right to expect from
them. If they do not do it no one will fault them. T
46) Good works view emphasizes a negative approach to responsibility. “ it’s his job not mine!”. F
47) Based on the respect for persons the greatest good for the greatest number of people should be
the primary concern. F
48) Utilitarian philosophy should imply that people should be treated with fairness and respect for
their overall wellbeing. Regardless of race, gender, socio-economic status, etc. F
49) In respect for persons philosophy unlike the utilitarian thinking priority is given to fulfill the
ultimate respect for individuals. Maximizing the welfare of the majority should come after this. T
50) Reversibility: treat others as u would have them treat you (golden rule). What would you think if
the roles were reversed? T
51) role-responsibility refers to being in a role (charged) with certain responsibilities so that one has
obligation responsibilities and can also be blamed for harm. T
52) Personal ethics is the set of moral ideals shared by most members of a culture or society. F
53) Avoidance of blame or “staying out of trouble” tends to be the dominants concern of the good
works view. F
54) Recklessly causing harm: not aiming to cause harm but acting in conscious awareness that harm
is likely to results. T
55) blame-responsibility refers to the positive obligations of engineers or to observe professional
standards and even go beyond them. F
56) Engineering ethics: is about; what we have to consider when making decisions and according to
what standards are these actions right or wrong. T
57) Professional ethics has to do with the ethical standards accepted by a professional community. T
58) Minimalist view emphasizes a negative approach to responsibility: eg. “It’s his job, not mine!” T
59) The reasonable care view is more directly concerned with the perspective of those who are at
risk of being harmed and trying to prevent that harm. T
60) Reversibility: whatever is right (or wrong) in one situation is right (or wrong) in any relevantly
similar situation. (It requires us to be consistent in our thinking). F
61) Universalizability: treat others as you would have them treat you (golden rule), what would you
think if the roles were reversed. F
62) Engineers are not morally responsible for harms they negligently or recklessly cause and they
cannot be hold legally responsible. F
63) Fear is not one of the impediments to responsibility. F
64) Obligation-responsibility refers to the responsibility for harmful action. F
65) There are no differences between professional ethics and personal ethics. F
66) Uncritical acceptance of Authority is one of the main responsibilities of the engineers. F
67) Engineering ethics is how engineers morally act as engineers. This is professional ethics not
personal ethics. true
68) Professional ethics is a foundation of personal ethics. False
69) Obligation-responsibility refers to being in a role (charged) with certain responsibilities so that
one has obligation responsibilities and can also be blamed for harm. * False
70) The minimalist view of responsibility holds that engineers have a duty to conform to the
standard operating procedures of their profession and to fulfill the basic duties of their job as
defined by the terms of their employment. (includes avoiding harm) * True
71) blame-responsibility refers to the responsibility for harmful action. True
72) Common morality is the set of one’s own one ethical commitment. False
73) Negligently Causing Harm: Knowingly deliberately causing harm! * False
74) Engineers have a responsibility to serve their employers and the public in ways that reduce the
likelihood of harms to others for which either they, their supervisors, or their companies can be
held legally liable. * True
75) There is no difference between professional ethics and personal ethics. False
76) From the moral point of view intentionally, negligently, or recklessly causing harm to others is to
fail to exercise reasonable care. True
77) Engineers can misuse the truth by communicating truth when they shouldn’t disclosing
confidential information without consent. True
78) Plagiarism is inventing some or all research data which are reported without properly carrying
out experimentation . false
79) Cooking is one of the varieties of dishonesty in science and engineering. True
80) Trademarks: formulas, pattern, devices or compiled information used in business to gain
advantage over the competitors. They aren’t in the public domain because they aren’t protected
by patents. False
81) Trade secrets are words, phrases, designs, sounds, symbol, associated with goods or services.
False
82) Critical loyalty to an employer giving due regard to the interest of the employer, insofar as this
is possible within the constraints of the employee’s personal and professional ethics .true
83) Serving on a review panel for awarding engineering research grants and at the same time
submitting a grant proposal to that review panel creates an inherent conflict between one's
interest in being awarded a grant and one's responsibility to exercise impartial judgment of
proposal submissions. true
84) An engineer will have a conflict of interest if she agrees to serve a committee to review job
applications if she has A family member amongst the applicants and she does not declare this
relationship to the committee. true
85) Economic, cultural, and social differences between countries sometimes produce "boundary-
crossing problems" for engineers. Solutions to these problems must avoid absolutism and
relativism and should find a way between moral rigorism and moral laxism. true
86) 21. Some actions. such as exploitation and bribery. can rarely. if ever, be justified. but some
situations are susceptible to creative middle way solutions, as long as the solutions do not
violate several familiar moral standards. True
87) 22. Which one of the following factors does not contribute to the Boundary-crossing problems
in host countries?
a) low levels of economic development
b) extended family situations
c) the practice of building business relationships on personal relationships
d) advanced scientific and technical sophistication in host countries
e) differing environmental and safety standards
88) 23. Integrity in expert testimony requires engineers to:
a) take casts only when they have adequate time for preparation,
b) to refuse to take cases when they cannot testify in good conscience on behalf of their
client, c) to consult extensively with the lawyer regarding the technical and legal details
of the case.,
c) to maintain an objective and unbiased demeanor and always to .be open to new
information
d) try to find a creative middle way between the parties involved